Opinion
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Colo. Judge Orders State to Spend $2 Billion More on Education
Opinion -A Colorado court order calling for massive education funding increases has roiled constitutional scholars and set the stage for state Supreme Court ruling after the governor, state education commissioner, and state Board of Education have announced their -
Obama, Congress Reverse Horse Slaughter Ban
Opinion -President Barack Obama has signed legislation that could bring horse slaughter facilities back to the United States. -
Indianapolis Cuts Taxes for Some, Not Others; Supreme Court to Hear Case
Opinion -Consistent administration of laws, rational policymaking, and voter-imposed limits on government are just three principles at stake for taxpayers across America, according to observers of an Indiana property tax case now before the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Oregon Turns to Coordinated Care in Medicaid
Opinion -Early in 2011, Oregon lawmakers passed legislation mandating the state’s Medicaid system be reorganized to use coordinated care organizations to provide health care services to recipients. -
Oil Production Keeps Recession at Bay in North Dakota
Opinion -Oil production in the Bakken shale formation is making unemployment virtually nonexistent in North Dakota. With 200 rigs pumping 440,000 barrels of oil per day, the state’s unemployment rate is holding at 3.5 percent. -
San Francisco’s High Minimum Wage Will Bring More Harm Than Good
Opinion -As of January 1, the minimum wage in San Francisco will increase to $10.24 per hour―about $3.00 above the Federal minimum wage. San Francisco is a very expensive place to live. -
Judge Blocks San Francisco U-Verse Expansion
Opinion -San Francisco consumers will have to wait indefinitely for AT&T U-verse service after Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn ordered a stay of the city’s approval to allow the company to expand its rollout of the Internet protocol television technology. -
Heartland Institute Tech, Antitrust Experts React to Collapse of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Opinion -AT&T announced Monday it had abandoned its plan to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion, citing push-back from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission for killing the deal. -
Consumer Power Report: Lessons of the Year
Opinion -Let’s pause from our normal breakneck pace of waivers and reviews, court challenges and approvals, to take a moment to assess three lessons from the year in health policy. -
And You Thought a Red Nose Was Flashy …
Opinion -A Madison, Mississippi family is being threatened with litigation by city officials unless they remove some of their Christmas decorations.The family put a large Santa Claus figure and two smaller peacocks on the roof of their house. -
Pentagon: Give President Authority to Launch Cyberattacks
Opinion -The Pentagon has laid out its most explicit cyberwarfare policy to date, which advocates granting the president authority to launch offensive cyber operations in response to hostile acts. -
Bay State Panel May Determine Acceptable Provider Price Variations
Opinion -Five years after then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed the landmark Massachusetts health care overhaul into law, policymakers are still grappling with how to deal with high health care costs in the Bay State. -
Same Old Story
Opinion -A 60-year-old New York violinist sued the “Young Concert Artists” competition because he was excluded from it due to his age. -
Heartland Institute Comments on Michigan Rejection of Federal Funds for Health Exchanges
Opinion -The Michigan House of Representatives voted Thursday to reject nearly $10 million in federal funds to set up a statewide health exchange by 2014 as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare. -
Colorado’s Hickenlooper Rejects Call for Medicaid Waiver
Opinion -Despite a significant rise in the cost of Medicaid, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has repeatedly rejected calls to ask President Obama’s administration for waivers from the rules governing Medicaid in order to balance the state budget. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to House Effort to Repeal Light Bulb Ban
Opinion -House Republicans have folded into the omnibus spending bill that will soon cross Obama's desk a rider that will block the ban on incandescent light bulbs through September 2012. -
Question and Answer on Wyden-Ryan
Opinion -House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's staff was kind enough to take the time to go through my questions posed to them. -
Setbacks for PA Vouchers, School Choice Legislation
Opinion -The Pennsylvania House’s Republican majority could not find enough consensus on a voucher bill to bring it to the floor for a vote before lawmakers suspended the session for Christmas. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Voucher Bill Failure in Pennsylvania House
Opinion -An effort in Pennsylvania to pass a school voucher bill, supported by Gov. Tom Corbett, failed in the state House Wednesday night. -
Heartland Institute Reacts to Fracking Bill’s Passage in West Virginia
Opinion -The West Virginia Legislature sent a bill Wednesday to the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that would open up the state’s portion of the massive Marcellus shale deposit to drilling. -
Global Warming Benefiting Africa’s Sahel Region
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Climate Change Weekly #31Global warming activists are sounding four-alarm fire bells over a new study claiming global warming is causing drought and killing trees in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. -
California Prepares to Eliminate Medicare Advantage Plans for 113,000
Opinion -In a situation which may soon be emulated across the country, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in California are being told they cannot keep their plans even if they like them. -
Florida Voucher Scandal Prompts Calls for Greater Regulation
Opinion -A Florida state representative is considering filing legislation to regulate private schools that accept vouchers for disabled students, in light of a scandal involving millions of tax dollars spent fraudulently. -
Louisiana Needs More Jury Trials in Auto Insurance Cases, Watchdog Argues
Opinion -Louisiana’s expensive auto insurance rates are symptomatic of public policy favored by trial lawyers that typically result in anti-business settlements, according to a citizen watchdog group that favors new legislation.
