Opinion
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Annual Individual Health Care Spending Reaches New High, Report Finds
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Average annual health care spending for people with employer-sponsored insurance rose to an all-time high in 2018, according to a recent report. -
Tradition and Why the Russians Are Who They Are
Opinion -Editorial -No matter how reasoning and independent thinking we are and attempt to be, we can never break away from the traditions of the society we're born into. Here's what this means for Russians. -
Harrisburg Nixes Water System Sale, Bucking Trend
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Harrisburg is just one of several U.S. cities that considered water utility privatization in 2019, but other municipalities took the step. -
Book Review: Exploration of Higher Ed’s ‘Tangled Web’ Makes for Profitable Reading
Opinion -school-reform-news -Editors Todd Zywicki, a law professor at George Mason University, and Neal McCluskey, director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom, have compiled contributions from many of the most original thinkers in the higher education reform movement. -
Federal Court Temporarily Enjoins California Alligator Trade Ban
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The State of Louisiana, along with some landowners and boutique retailers, are suing California to prevent a decades-old law banning the importation and sale of alligator and crocodile products in the state from finally coming into effect. -
Oklahoma Governor Embraces Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
Opinion -health-care-news, News -To underscore his commitment to Medicaid block grants, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt joined the Trump administration in Washington D.C for the “Healthy Adult Opportunity” announcement and said his state will be the first to sign up. -
Partners in Liberty: Cascade Policy Institute
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Cascade Policy Institute is Oregon’s free-market think tank. -
Child Safety Accounts: A State-by-State Analysis
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -Profiles of public school safety in each state are available from The Heartland Institute. -
Arizona Sued for Allegedly Mishandling School Choice Program
Opinion -school-reform-news -The Arizona Department of Education is erecting barriers to keep families out of the program, say parents. -
U.S. EPA Allows Continued Use Chemical Traps to Control Predators
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the continued use of cyanide traps, known as M-44s, to control predators on public lands, despite the fact they sometimes kill non-targeted species. -
CMS Unveils New Trump Administration Policy on Medicaid Block Grants
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Trump administration is moving to give states unprecedented leeway by revamping key sections of Medicaid, the federal health care program for low-income and disabled people. -
Eminent Domain for Midwestern Wind Energy Power Line Remains in Flux
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Landowners in Missouri are fighting the use of eminent domain by the developers of the $2.3 billion Grain Belt Express power line to run the high-voltage power line across their property. -
National School Choice Week Celebrations and Survey Show Voters Support Education Options
Opinion -school-reform-news, News -Support for school choice has increased significantly in the past two years. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Statement on Reorganization
Opinion -Press Release -The following is a statement on the reorganization of The Heartland Institute, which began on Friday, March 6, 2020 -
Profile: EdChoice Provides Research and Training to Expand School Choice
Opinion -school-reform-news -Formerly known as the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, EdChoice is the oldest school choice advocacy group in the nation. -
Shortage of Psych Beds Puts Spotlight on Michigan’s CON Law
Opinion -health-care-news, News -As Michigan continues to struggle with how to address its lack of available beds in its psychiatric hospital in Caro, Michigan, the legislature is proceeding with hearings on legislation to exempt, among other areas, psychiatric beds from CON approval. -
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Exclusion of Religious Schools from Scholarship Programs
Opinion -school-reform-news -In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, Kendra Espinoza and other parents are challenging a 2018 ruling by the Montana Supreme Court that the state’s tax credit scholarship program is unconstitutional. -
Obamacare: 10 Years of Distress and Disappointment
Opinion -Editorial -In its first decade, ObamaCare has failed to solve many of the health care problems it was supposed to address. -
Replace Common Core with Common Sense. (Yes, It Can Be Done)
Opinion -school-reform-news, Editorial -Florida again leads the way by supporting a wide range of private and public school choices for families, a blossoming of freedom that DeSantis helped bolster as a top priority upon taking office in 2019. -
Keeping Africa on the Brink of Starvation
Opinion -Editorial -UN and EU government agencies – and tax-exempt NGOs – have brought a plague of locusts. -
AOC’s Pitch for the Green New Deal Is Unhinged From Reality
Opinion -Editorial -AOC's recent comments, along with the actual text of Green New Deal bill, are at odds with numerous facts about pollution, regulations, and the economics of energy. -
Federal Government Clarifies Migratory Bird Protections
Opinion -environment-climate-news -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a rule under which it would no longer prosecute entities that unintentionally or accidently harm or kill birds protected under the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. -
Commentary: FDA’s New Commissioner Needs to Shed Bloat, Put Patients First
Opinion -health-care-news, Editorial -Now that the Trump Administration’s new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, has been confirmed, -
Virginia’s ‘Clean Economy Act’ Will Have Dirty Results
Opinion -Editorial -850-foot-tall turbines, 3.5 times DC covered with solar panels, mining, child labor, pricey power.