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Florida Service Trades Use Licensing to Reduce Competition, Raise Prices
Opinion -Although the federal government still seems not to understand the concept of economic moral hazard, it seems a few state attorneys general do. -
Net Neutrality Violates Property Rights Principles
Opinion -Network neutrality, a euphemistically labeled and insidious concept, is perhaps the biggest current threat to the Internet, chiefly because it threatens property rights by supplying the wrong answer to the question, “Who owns the pipes?”The U. -
Some State Attorneys General See the Danger in More Moral Hazard
Opinion -Although the federal government still seems not to understand the concept of economic moral hazard, it seems a few state attorneys general do. -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Experts React to Parent Trigger Bill Passing the Indiana Legislature
Opinion -The Indiana House today passed its version of the Parent Trigger, a reform idea that forces radical change in a public school if half the parents whose children attend the school sign a petition. The Indiana Senate passed the bill a few weeks ago. -
Washington, DC Group Says Adjusting Government Employee Pensions is Constitutional
Opinion -Illinois this year raised personal income taxes by a whopping 67 percent and the corporate income tax a nearly as whopping 46 percent to help pay for the state’s public employee pension obligations. -
Study: Research on Voucher Programs Shows Extensive Benefits
Opinion -A new study by the Foundation for Educational Choice reiterates earlier findings that vouchers or “opportunity scholarships” are a “win-win” for students and taxpayers. -
Bernanke Deciphered
Opinion -In March, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Committee on Banking. I find his testimony extremely disturbing. -
Maybe Neighborhood Grocers Should Set Economic Policy
Opinion -The United States would be a better country—and we would have better lives—if the Federal Reserve were as trustworthy as our local grocery store. -
Controversy Dogs Former Kentucky Superintendent
Opinion -The controversy surrounding the superintendent of Kentucky’s largest school district did not end when Sheldon Berman’s contract was not renewed in November. -
I Deserve What You Earn!
Opinion -Yes, you heard me right. I deserve what you earn.If you want to understand the real source of the nation’s budget crisis, look at me.If you profit, I get all of my dollars even before you get your first dollar. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Legal Expert Reacts to Supreme Court Global Warming Case
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in a “public nuisance” lawsuit that could ultimately result in a court order requiring five electrical generating companies to limit their emissions of greenhouse gases. -
Idaho Governor Signs Third Major School Reform Bill
Opinion -Idaho lawmakers approved the final piece of Superintendent Tom Luna’s far-reaching education reform plan before the 2011 session deadline, setting the stage for major changes in the state’s public schools.Gov. -
Media Advisory: Supreme Court Justices’ Questions about Global Warming Lawsuit May Spell Trouble
Opinion -In a lawsuit against five electrical power generating companies, six plaintiff states want a court order labeling their power plants’ emissions of greenhouse gases a “public nuisance” and requiring reduction in such emissions. -
Indiana Senate To Vote on Voucher, Parent Trigger Bills
Opinion -Indiana’s state Senate is poised to vote on a host of ambitious school reforms, including a voucher bill aimed at providing children from families earning up to $60,000 a year with $4,500 a year to attend the school of their choice statewide. Gov. -
Heartland Scholar Condemns Poker Raids: ‘This Makes No Sense’
Opinion -WASHINGTON, DC – Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Eli Lehrer today condemned the April 15 raids carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation against three major online poker sites and the indictments against 11 individuals involved with -
Pension Games
Opinion -I hope every state lawmaker, local government official and government worker in Illinois read the excellent explanation of what has gone so wrong with Illinois' government pensions ("A perfect pension storm," Commentary, April 5), by Jeffrey Korzenik, a -
Supreme Court Affirms Arizona Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Opinion -In a ruling hailed by school choice supporters across the country, the United States Supreme Court has ruled opponents of Arizona’s 14-year-old tax credit scholarship program may not challenge the program on grounds it violates the Establishment -
#268: Bureaucracy! The Cause Of and Solution To All Our Problems
Opinion -In response to House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed Path to Prosperity, President Barack Obama delivered a hastily constructed address to the country last week stressing that he, too, has an approach to deficit-cutting. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #10-8
Opinion -You can’t buy Raging Bitch beer in Michigan, where it’s been banned, leading to a federal lawsuit by its brewery alleging First Amendment violations.The Michigan Liquor Control Commission banned the brand, saying it was offended by the name. -
Protection from Oil Price Surges and Inflation
Opinion -On March 30, President Obama repeated the familiar energy policy refrain of increasing the nation’s independence from foreign oil in order to control energy prices. -
Snyder’s Budget for Michigan Adds Up to Real Reform
Opinion -With Wisconsin’s labor and budget storms raging in the background, the governor of neighboring Michigan is charting a comparatively calm route toward more modest budget and tax reform.Newly installed Gov. -
FCC Issues CA Man $7,000 Forfeiture Order
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission fined a Merced, California man $7,000 after he refused to let FCC investigators inspect his citizens band (CB) radio station. -
Show Bookers: Heartland Institute Experts Can Speak About Obama’s Budget Speech
Opinion -President Barack Obama today will unveil his latest budget blueprint in a speech at George Washington University. -
Rural Wireless Providers Lobby for New FCC Roaming Rules
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission passed new rules that mandate mobile broadband companies provide rural carriers “commercially reasonable” smart phone data-roaming agreements in the same fashion the FCC currently enforces voice-roaming agreements.