Opinion
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Anti-Individual Mandate Proposition Passes In Show-Me State
Opinion -In a surprisingly one-sided contest, Missouri became the first state to tabulate votes on a referendum responding to President Obama’s health care law. -
Heartland Health Policy Expert: Message From Missouri “Is Clear”
Opinion -In Tuesday’s primary election, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition C, with 71 percent supporting a law banning the government from forcing residents to buy health insurance. -
Massachusetts Suspends Biofuel Mandate
Opinion -The state of Massachusetts has suspended a biofuel mandate which was set to take effect on July 1. State officials found the costs prohibitive and biofuel availability to be minimal. -
Alaska Supreme Court Approves Herbicides Along Railroad
Opinion -The Alaska Railroad will be able to utilize chemical herbicides to control dangerous weed growth along its tracks, as the Alaska Supreme Court has rejected appeals from environmental activist groups to force the railroad to employ other weed-control -
Massachusetts Attorney General Questions Cape Wind Costs
Opinion -In the latest twist in a long battle over a proposed wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts, state Attorney General Martha Coakley is demanding the developers of the controversial Cape Wind project supply her with cost and profit estimates for the -
Scientists Reject Royal Society’s Global Warming Position
Opinion -The Royal Society of Great Britain, generally considered the nation’s most prestigious scientific society, has announced it will conduct a review of a previous public statement supporting the claims of global warming alarmists. -
Bingaman Promotes Subsidizing Shift to Algae-Based Fuels
Opinion -Buoyed by a just-released Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report raising doubts about continuing subsidies for corn-based ethanol, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) is calling for new incentives to promote algae-based fuels instead. -
Penn State Exonerates Michael Mann
Opinion -Pennsylvania State University recently released a report summarizing its final “investigation” into whether one of its employees had committed scientific misconduct. -
California Assembly Votes to Ban Plastic Shopping Bags
Opinion -Californians are about the lose the freedom to use disposable plastic shopping bags, as a bill to ban the bags is making its way through the legislature with the support of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R). -
New Mexico Electricity Prices Soar Due to Renewable Power Mandates
Opinion -New Mexicans are rallying to fight a 21.2 percent rate increase proposed by PNM, the largest electrical system in the state. It would be the third major increase in recent years. Previous increases raised rates for some customers by as much as 24 percent. -
Reform Needed, but not ‘Race to Top’
Opinion -Wednesday's editorial bemoans Wisconsin's second consecutive loss in the federal Race to the Top sweepstakes. It's right to call for more reform efforts, but wrong to characterize the loss as a negative. -
Set State School Standards High
Opinion -I do not doubt the sincerity of California State Board of Education President Ted Mitchell (“Common, demanding standards would help state’s schools excel,” Open Forum, July 30) or The Chronicle’s editors (“The right -
Report: Charter School Segregation Study Flawed
Opinion -A high-profile study claiming to expose increased racial segregation in charter schools is marred by flawed statistics, researchers at the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform say. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #9-16
Opinion -There’s a concept in law called “assumption of risk,” which applies when a plaintiff knowingly engages in a dangerous activity. That doctrine may knock a British woman’s case out of court. -
2010 August Health Care News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The August issue of Health Care News reports more than 20 states have opted out of the national high-risk pools that are a part of the federal health care overhaul, preferring not to rely on the federal government to run such pools for them. -
2010 August Budget & Tax News (full text pdf)
Opinion -The August 2010 issue of Budget & Tax News leads with a report on the tanning salon tax, which went into effect on July 1 and is the first of several taxes associated with the federal health care overhaul. -
2010 August InfoTech & Telecom News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The August issue of InfoTech & Telecom News opens with news coverage of Sen. -
Consumer Power Report #232
Opinion -Welcome to the Consumer Power Report – Greg Scandlen is off this week. We all knew it was coming. Assuming it was dead was never really an option. -
Heartland Senior Fellow: Federal Wind Insurance Still a Terrible Idea
Opinion -The national director of The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate today harshly criticized reports that the House of Representatives would again consider Rep. Gene Taylor’s Multiple Peril Insurance Act (H.R. -
Arizona Tax Hike Fails to Generate Expected Revenue
Opinion -Arizonans this May overwhelmingly approved Proposition 100, a three-year, one-cent increase in the state sales tax rate that was sold as a way to avoid cuts to education funding. -
Reaction to President Obama’s Education Reform Speech to National Urban League
Opinion -President Obama today addressed the centennial conference of the National Urban League in Washington, DC. The president restated his case for the $4. -
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear School Choice Cases
Opinion -When the United States Supreme Court reconvenes on the first Monday in October, two important school choice cases challenging Arizona’s tuition tax credit will appear on the justices’ docket. -
Parents, Not Governments for Schools
Opinion -In the July 8 column, "Good teachers for all," Amber Arellano rightfully bemoans Michigan's failure to address its teacher tenure practices. The article is a realistic assessment of the status of reforms in Michigan and throughout the United States. -
Attracting Businesses During the Great Recession
Opinion -The latest unemployment numbers show the nation remains in the deepest economic recession since the Great Depression. Economists are predicting a “double dip” recession, meaning things may get worse before they get better.
