Opinion
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Heartland Institute Legal Expert Reacts to Layoff Notices at WEAC
Opinion -The Wisconsin public school teachers’ union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, announced Monday it has issued layoff notices to about 40 percent of its employees, about 42 individuals. -
Climatology Professor Rebuts Smear on Skeptical Scientist
Opinion -University of Delaware professor of climatology David Legates has authored a fantastic article in the Financial Post shining the light on an activist smear campaign against Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics researcher Willie Soon. -
Parent Trigger Online Debate Begins Today
Opinion -TUNE IN: PublicSectorInc.org Online Debate Begins Monday, August 15, 2011.THE PARENT TRIGGER: A POSITIVE STEP OR A DISTRACTION FOR IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?In 2010, California enacted education legislation known as the “parent trigger. -
Pennsylvania Mulls Privatizing Liquor Sales
Opinion -Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) is leading the charge to privatize the state’s liquor sales. Utah is the only other state that retains total control over both wholesale and retail liquor sales within its borders. -
North Carolina House Considers Selling Government Assets
Opinion -The proposed sale of Rex Healthcare to WakeMed Health & Hospitals spurred North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) to take a more thorough look at the assets on the state’s balance sheet.Tillis picked a former House speaker, Rep. -
Chicago Mayor Wants City Employees to Compete for Work
Opinion -Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has declared his intention to make city workers compete with private-sector workers to provide certain city services. -
Let the Billionaires Pay! Then What?
Opinion -As Congress wrestled with the debt ceiling this summer, many commentators argued for tax increases, and specifically for the wealthiest Americans to pay more. -
Consumer Power Report: What’s a Half-Trillion-Dollar Mistake Among Friends?
Opinion -Here’s more on that half-trillion-dollar mistake in Obamacare that we referenced a few weeks back. -
$200 Billion in Suggested Cuts to Come from Green Scissors
Opinion -The new Green Scissors report from Friends of the Earth, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Public Citizen and The Heartland Institute will soon come out and recommend at least $200 billion of federal spending cuts that would also help the environment. -
Denver Judge Halts Nation’s First District-Level Vouchers
Opinion -A Denver district judge temporarily stopped the first district-level school voucher program in the country, sending several hundred students scurrying to find new schools after the school year had begun. -
Illinois State Workers’ Pay Out of Sync with Private Sector
Opinion -Government employee unions in Illinois have sued the governor over his failure to give state workers a third raise in seven months. During his 2010 reelection campaign, Illinois Gov. -
Heartland Institute Responds to 11th Circuit Court Declaring Obamacare Mandate Unconstitutional
Opinion -The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Friday ruled 2–1 that Obamacare’s mandate that Americans purchase health insurance or pay a penalty to the federal government is unconstitutional. -
Heartland Praises Nicholson Cat Fund Reform Proposals
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE -- Heartland Institute staffers today praised proposals from Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Chief Operating Officer Dr. Jack Nicholson that would put the giant taxpayer-backed reinsurer on sounder financial footing. -
Postal Service, Near Collapse, Wants to Axe 120,000 Jobs
Opinion -The U.S. Postal Service says it may layoff 120,000 workers, remove collective bargaining restrictions, and rework empioyees' health insurance and pension programs for employees. The requests to Congress, made public Aug. -
FDA Claims No Change in Off-Label Guidance Policy
Opinion -Medical device manufacturers say they’re worried new Food and Drug Administration regulations would extend the legal doctrine known as "intended use," making the manufacturers legally liable even without any actual promotion of off-label uses of their -
States Examine, Recalibrate Double-Dipping Policies
Opinion -Six states have proposed legislation this year restricting “double-dipping,” in which public employees retire early and collect a pension, then rejoin the state workforce, sometimes in their previous position, to retire again later with a second pension, -
CO Judge Blocks County Voucher Pilot
Opinion -A Denver District judge issued an injunction late Aug. -
Global Warming Issue Haunts Pawlenty in GOP Debate
Opinion -Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty paid a heavy price in last night’s Republican presidential candidate debate for his prior support for carbon dioxide restrictions. -
New School Cafeteria Regulations Cost $7 Billion, Cut Choices
Opinion -Kids might notice some of their favorite menu items are missing when they return to school cafeterias this fall, as a new federal law and changing school regulations increasingly dictate what’s on their plates. -
Lemonade Laws
Opinion -August 20, 2011, has been declared Lemonade Freedom Day by Robert Fernandes, a father outraged by city officials closing and/or suing children who run lemonade stands across the country. -
Rasmussen Poll: Most Americans Say Climate Scientists Falsify Data
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #15A new Rasmussen poll shows 69 percent of Americans say it is at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data to support their own theories and beliefs, including 40 percent who say it is “very likely” -
The Long Menu of the Law
Opinion -The jury in a Virgin Islands murder trial gave the judge a set of demands to start off the trial: double the usual jury stipend and “a list of foods they deem necessary to survive. -
Wisconsin Unions Spend Tens of Millions, Fail to Flip State Senate
Opinion -Government workers in Wisconsin may be wondering whether their effort to recall six state senators from office was worth the price. -
Does Fed’s Low Interest Rates Pledge Mean Monetary Stimulus?
Opinion -In a statement on Aug. 10, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee changed its time horizon for maintaining short-term interest rates.
