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Utah Enacts A–F School Grading System
Opinion -This fall, Utah parents will have more clarity about how their child’s school performs, thanks to a new school grading system Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed into law. -
Arizona Gov. Vetoes Tax Credit Expansion, OKs Disabled Student Vouchers
Opinion -Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) twice vetoed a bill to expand Arizona’s education tax credit program in the waning weeks of the state legislature’s spring session. -
Teachers Union Prepares Ballot Campaign Against Ohio Merit Pay Law
Opinion -Ohio has become one of the first states to adopt statewide teacher pay-for-performance. -
Report: Business Should Use Clout to Promote Real Reform
Opinion -A new report calls on the nation’s business community to take bolder steps toward reforming the nation’s education system in order to improve its science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) performance. -
NCLB Opt-Out Bill Introduced in Senate
Opinion -A bill by Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) would let states opt out of a reauthorized No Child Left Behind Act, giving them much broader authority to direct federal education funds to local education priorities. -
‘Bag Tax’ or ‘Bag Ban’ Debate Continues in Chicago Suburb
Opinion -The City Council of Evanston, a suburb just north of Chicago, has been weighing the pros and cons of a five-cent tax on each disposable plastic or paper shopping bag used in the city. -
UK’s NHS Seeks to Limit Care for Smokers, Obese
Opinion -British citizens who smoke, drink, or tip the scales because they’ve eaten too many fish and chips could soon be denied medical treatment for lifestyle-related illnesses. -
Heartland Institute Texas Director Hails House Passage of Reinsurance Resolution
Opinion -AUSTIN – The director of The Heartland Institute’s Texas office today praised the Texas House of Representatives’ passage of a memorial opposing new taxes on offshore affiliated reinsurance transactions. -
Heartland Institute Staffers Praise Citizens’ Decision to Buy Reinsurance
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE – The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank, today praised the Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s plans to purchase approximately $500 million in private reinsurance. -
Rutgers Suicide Brings Cyberbullying, Hate Crime Charges
Opinion -A sexual encounter between two college men surreptitiously video-streamed from a Web camera to another computer in the same dormitory building by the roommate of one of the men has prompted serious criminal charges related to cyberbullying, invasion of -
Feds Want Us to Live Like Children
Opinion -We spend the first part of our lives trying to grow up, and, apparently, millions of us spend the rest of our lives hoping to live like children. How else to explain the desire to “save” Social Security and Medicare? -
Obama Doubles Down on Rationing
Opinion -Seniors, beware. Buried in the President’s April deficit speech was a plan to give even more power to the Medicare rationing board created in his health-overhaul law. -
Heartland Institute Legal Expert Can Talk About New HEALTH Act, Tort Reform
Opinion -Congress is considering a tort reform bill approved Wednesday (5-11-2011), by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. -
Gold Would Discipline Both Federal Government and Wall Street
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute Experts React to Microsoft Purchase of Skype
Opinion -Microsoft today announced it will purchase Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. -
AT&T Seeks Approval for $39 Billion T-Mobile Bid
Opinion -AT&T says its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile will bring LTE (long-term evolution) coverage to 97 percent of the United States—representing an additional 55 million customers—and make it the largest wireless network in the United -
MEDIA ADVISORY: Heartland Institute to Host School Reform Policy Forum in Trenton Thursday
Opinion -The Heartland Institute is sponsoring a Policy Forum, titled “Realistic Reforms for New Jersey Schools,” in Trenton, New Jersey on Thursday, May 12 featuring state Sen. -
Virtual Charter School Bill Passes in Indiana
Opinion -The Indiana legislature has passed a bill permitting virtual charter schools to serve students throughout the state, regardless where they live. -
Spending, Debt Ceiling RallyTea Party to Take Down RINOs
Opinion -"We put you in and we can take you out" seems to be the message Tea Party leaders are sending Republicans in Congress.Tea Party leaders referred to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) as "John Maynard Boehner" and called Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis. -
Media Advisory: Heartland Institute Statement on Today’s Obamacare Hearing in Federal Court
Opinion -A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today heard arguments in lawsuits against President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The lawsuits claim the mandate to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. -
Obama’s ‘Wealth’ Benchmark Hurts the Middle Class Most
Opinion -Consider a two-income family of public school teachers each earning about $60,000 a year. With a combined income of $120,000, are they "the wealthy"?Most people probably would say they are not. -
Starbucks CEO Switches View on Obamacare’s Employer Mandate
Opinion -In the latest round of public opinion shifts among employers regarding President Obama’s health care law, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has done an about-face. -
#271: Transparency Is Relative
Opinion -Today, Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner has a report on open government issues that follows on prior stories about the lack of transparency in the creation of Obamacare. -
Heartland Criticizes Legislature’s Inaction on Meaningful Property Insurance Reform: ‘An Epic Disappointment’
Opinion -TALLAHASSEE—The Florida director of The Heartland Institute offered tepid praise for a limited property insurance reform bill that passed Florida’s Senate late Thursday evening and now goes to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk for a signature.
