Opinion
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Supreme Court Upholds Individual Arbitration Contract Clauses
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of AT&T in allowing a case to go to individual arbitration instead of being filed as a class action. The Court’s ruling in AT&T Mobility v. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Reacts to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Greenhouse Gases
Opinion -The United States Supreme Court ruled today against six states that sought standing to sue sources of greenhouse gas emissions for their contributions to global warming under federal common law. The court ruled 8–0 in American Electric Power Co. v. -
More Economic Development Transparency in Oregon
Opinion -Oregon lawmakers have unanimously approved a measure requiring state agencies to post information about Oregon’s economic development tax incentives on the state’s transparency Web site.House Bill 2825, sponsored by State Reps. -
GAO Report Slams FEMA Management of National Flood Insurance Program
Opinion -The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “has not developed goals, objectives, or performance measures” for the National Flood Insurance Program, which means “NFIP’s long-term financial solvency will remain in doubt,” according to a new Government -
Jobs Rushing from Downtown Seattle to Suburbs
Opinion -There are few downtown areas in the nation more attractive than Seattle’s. Downtown Seattle is a dream of spontaneous order and a fascinating place well worth exploring. -
Move to Reduce Restrictions on Credit Union Lending Praised
Opinion -John Berlau of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and Eli Lehrer of The Heartland Institute recently sent this joint letter praising a move to reduce restrictions on credit-union lending to Senators Tim Johnson, chairman of the Committee on Banking, -
Study: Shareholders File More ‘Social Policy’ Proposals
Opinion -The Manhattan Institute’s ProxyMonitor.org Web site sheds light on shareholder proposals submitted to publicly traded corporations via the annual proxy process. -
Debt Limit Deal: Will Cuts be Phony?
Opinion -Behind closed doors, congressional leaders and the White House are discussing budget savings to tie to the upcoming vote on the federal debt limit. Republicans have promised that spending cuts must be at least as large as the debt-increase amount. -
Hot Fun in the Summertime
Opinion -A Long Island woman is suing the maker of her bikini bathing suit because the metal underwire in the top got hot in the sun and burned her.The woman was sunbathing in her backyard, only for about an hour, she claims, on a 90-degree day. -
Study: Massachusetts Could Cut $1 Billion Without Harming Education
Opinion -The Commonwealth of Massachusetts could cut more than a billion dollars from its annual education spending without measurably affecting the performance of public schools, according to a study by the Beacon Hill Institute. -
Let Us Choose Good Schools
Opinion -The basic principle of equal treatment by the law is not complicated. -
When Is 45 mph “High Speed”? When Iowa and Feds Subsidize It
Opinion -The federal government is again offering money it does not have to entice a state—Iowa—to spend money it does not have on something it does not need. -
California Lawmakers Pushing Trio of Dubious Internet Tax Bills
Opinion -This marks the third year in a row Sacramento’s legislative elite have pushed a tax on Internet sales. -
States, Localities Imposing Big Layoffs
Opinion -State and local government jobs were long thought to be more secure than private sector ones during economic downturns. But that's no longer the case.The recession that hit in 2008 has opened up large budget shortfalls in nearly every state. -
Many ‘Endangered’ Sites Aren’t Worth Saving
Opinion -As it has every year for nearly a quarter-century, the National Trust for Historic Preservation—a private, nonprofit organization—released a list of the nation’s “most endangered” historic sites earlier this week. -
Illinois Lawmakers Bet on Gambling; Governor Threatens Veto
Opinion -Illinois lawmakers have placed a huge bet on gambling to boost the state’s economy.It’s a bet the chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board calls “garbage. -
Poor Reviews Prompt States to Cry ‘Cut!’ on Film Tax Incentives
Opinion -A record 40 states offered $1.4 billion in film and television tax incentives in 2010. -
Stage Doors and ‘Broken Windows’ in Michigan’s Film Credits Debate
Opinion -Another day, another self-interested plea for more state film subsidies that ignores the “cost” side of the program’s balance sheet and sees only its purported “benefits. -
Union Negotiator: Connecticut Agreement Best in Nation
Opinion -Workers around the nation envy Connecticut state employees, according to their lead negotiator. -
Detroit Offers Incentives to Police, Firefighters to Move into the City
Opinion -When Detroit’s census figures were released earlier this year, the results were startling even to city officials. Over the past decade, the population had declined 25 percent, to just over 713,000 persons—the city’s lowest population since 1910. -
Fruit Punch
Opinion -Six Washington, DC-area youngsters were fined $500 recently for selling lemonade without a permit. -
California’s Bullet Train Rolling to Bankruptcy
Opinion -For California’s high-speed rail boosters, including their chief cheerleader, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, May must have felt like a month from hell. -
Wisconsin Court Upholds Bargaining Bill; Unions Sue in Federal Court
Opinion -The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered “a resounding humiliation” to a state judge by overturning her ruling invalidating restrictions on collective bargaining powers for unionized government workers, said Maureen Martin, senior fellow for -
Fear-Mongers Upset the Apple Cart
Opinion -The real intent of so-called consumer-advocacy groups is to throw a monkey wrench into the wheels of capitalist progress and to diminish our nation's ability to supply abundant, low-cost, healthy food to our citizens ("Pesticide Residue Taints Apples,"
