Opinion
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‘Parent Trigger’ Proposals Spread Across Nation
Opinion -California’s “parent empowerment” law turns one year old in January, but it is already inspiring imitators and improvements across the country. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Ruling that Obamacare Is Unconstitutional
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson of Virginia today declared the Obama administration’s health care reform law unconstitutional. -
Fed Report: Credit Card Issuers Heavily Solicit College Students, Alumni
Opinion -Credit card companies paid more than $83 million to colleges and alumni groups and foundations in 2009 to solicit business, according to the Federal Reserve’s first annual report issued under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and -
Action on Ethanol Will Tell Us if Congress Is Serious about Deficit Reduction
Opinion -We could learn soon – possibly as soon as Monday – if federal lawmakers who say they are serious about fiscal responsibility mean it. -
New Jersey Parent Trigger Shows Promise
Opinion -Today New Jersey state Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) introduced The Parent Empowerment and Choice Act, a bill that would allow parents to trigger reform on a school-by-school basis.The Heartland Institute applauds Sen. -
Fed Chairman Might be Mulling Municipal Bond Purchases
Opinion -Mutual fund data reporting firm Lipper recently noted investors pulled net $3.1 billion from municipal bond funds in one week in November. -
Postwar Economic Growth Refutes Keynesian Theory
Opinion -The November mid-term elections were a citizen referendum for reductions in the size and scope of the federal government. -
Film Tax Credits No Longer a Smash Hit with States
Opinion -In 2010, for the first time since states began directly subsidizing film productions through their tax codes, fewer states will offer film tax credits at the end of the year than at the beginning. -
Illinois Senate Passes ‘Huge’ Gambling Expansion Bill
Opinion -The Illinois Senate has passed a bill that would greatly expand legalized gambling in the state.“Is it a huge [gaming] expansion? Yes, I’m not going to deny it. -
Houston’s ‘Rain Tax’ Could Swamp Property Owners
Opinion -A new “rain tax” that voters in Houston narrowly approved in the November general election could add thousands of dollars of fees to some properties. -
Puerto Rico Slaps Tax on Products by Companies Headquartered Elsewhere
Opinion -A new tax law in Puerto Rico could jeopardize business investment on the island, including investments by the island’s important biopharmaceutical industry, says John Castellani, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. -
Reformers Contest Call for More School Spending in California
Opinion -California’s school finance formula needs a long-term, top-to-bottom overhaul, concludes a report by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). -
Consumer Power Report #251
Opinion -What passes for conventional wisdom in political circles these days is disheartening to say the least.Richard Reese sent around a snippet from a white paper from Merritt Hawkins, the physician recruiting firm. Dr. -
Heartland Experts React to Indiana’s New Education Agenda
Opinion -Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett unveiled their education agenda Wednesday at a meeting of the Education Roundtable in Indianapolis. -
North Carolina Weighs New Social Studies Standards
Opinion -The second draft of standards for social studies courses in North Carolina elementary and secondary schools offers sound improvements over the initial version, says Terry Stoops, director of education studies at the John Locke Foundation. -
‘Trigger’ Law Would Spur School Reform
Opinion -Imagine a simple law that would serve as a template for what's achievable in states and school districts across the nation where students languish in failing schools. -
Taxpayer Advocates Like Tax Deal; Democratic Party Stalwarts Oppose It
Opinion -Taxpayer advocates sound happy about a deal to extend tax cuts that were approved by Congress in 2001 and 2003. Income redistribution advocates . . . not so much. -
John Nothdurft Named Director of Government Relations for The Heartland Institute
Opinion -John Nothdurft this month was named The Heartland Institute’s new director of government relations. -
Kansas Funding Lawsuit Pits Legislature Against the Courts
Opinion -A coalition representing 72 Kansas school districts and 32 students is suing the state over education budget cuts. -
Heartland Institute Experts on Obama, GOP Tax Compromise
Opinion -Tax policy experts at The Heartland Institute offer the following comments for attribution on the tax deal President Obama and congressional Republicans reached Monday night. -
Ohio Schools Opt Out of ‘Race to the Top’
Opinion -Ohio won $400 million in the second round of the U.S. Department of Education’s $4. -
Parents, Technology Can Trigger Education Transformation
Opinion -It’s possible the real “race to the top” in the next few years won’t come from bureaucrats in Washington, DC but from an energized education transformation movement. -
New Food Safety Legislation Would Be Costly, Ineffective
Opinion -New legislation to increase government supervision of food safety, primarily by allowing government-ordered food recalls, appears to have broad support from many manufacturers and food processors. But it looks like a raw deal for most everyone else. -
Consumer Power Report #250
Opinion -In Washington on Friday, the vote on the much-discussed deficit commission report failed.
