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Mixed Signals on Tenure Reform Could Halt Innovations
Opinion -Thanks to Race to the Top, teacher tenure reform has gone from a relatively obscure issue to one of the most contentious education policy debates of 2010.The $4. -
Consumer Power Report #220
Opinion -I was at a health care event in Barrington, Illinois this week when a participant made a statement that I have been thinking for weeks, but have never said out loud. -
Senate Considers Bill to Stop Remote Laptop Surveillance
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Market Will Recover Despite Government
Opinion -Review of It’s Not As Bad As You Think, Why Capitalism Trumps Fear and the Economy Will Thrive, by Brian S. Wesbury (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010), ISBN: 978-0-470-23833-2, $24. -
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case on California Video Game Ban
Opinion -The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a constitutional challenge to California’s ban on the sale and rental of violent video games to minors. -
Proposed ‘Cyberspace’ Office Raises Questions
Opinion -A bill introduced by Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) to create a federal office for cyberspace issues is raising concerns over whether the nation needs a new government bureaucracy managing the Internet. -
Economists Cite Flaws in Global Warming
Opinion -As the science underlying predictions about global warming unravels amid scandal and contrary data, the economic argument against regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions is gaining traction. -
Poll: Americans Oppose FCC Regulation of Internet
Opinion -A Rasmussen Reports poll show for the first time a majority of Americans opposes the Federal Communications Commission’s plans to regulate the Internet. -
FCC Plows Ahead with Plan to Regulate Internet
Opinion -Exactly one month after a federal court ruled the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to regulate the Internet, the agency’s chairman nonetheless unveiled a plan to implement his ambitious National Broadband Plan—an avenue -
Illinois House Votes Down Voucher Bill
Opinion -The Illinois House of Representatives has defeated a bill to establish a pilot voucher program for students in Chicago’s worst public schools.The House voted 66-48 against SB 2494 by Sen. -
States’ Pension Bubble About to Break
Opinion -Taxpayers in almost every state face huge – and in many states unbridgeable – gaps between retirement benefits promised to their state government employees and the money set aside to pay them, according to a new study from The Heartland -
Court Blocks Detroit School Reforms
Opinion -A legal melee is underway in Detroit as groups fight to stop wide-ranging reforms for the city’s failing schools. -
Heartland Institute Opens Texas Office
Opinion -The Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate has hired Texas attorney Julie Drenner as director of its new office in Austin, Texas. -
Race to the Top Follows Tortuous, Imprecise Course
Opinion -The Race to the Top is beginning to resemble a marathon with bizarre twists and turns that take runners in divergent directions with differing degrees of difficulty. -
2010 May Health Care News (full text PDF)
Opinion -The May issue of Health Care News leads with President Barack Obama’s signing of the federal health care overhaul legislation ... -
2010 May InfoTech & Telecom News (full-text pdf)
Opinion -The May issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports on the April 6 federal appeals court decision in Comcast v. the Federal Communications Commission. -
2010 May School Reform News (full text pdf)
Opinion -The May 2010 issue of School Reform News reports 48 states -- all but Alaska and Texas -- have signed on to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, an effort led by state governors and education officials to craft a uniform set of national standards -
2010 May Environment & Climate News (full text pdf)
Opinion -The May issue of Environment & Climate News reports the City of Los Angeles has acceded to the demands of vocal conservation groups, abandoning plans to construct an 85-mile transmission line to deliver power from renewable sources to the nation’s -
Tom Harkin’s $23 Billion Education Boondoggle
Opinion -The federal government plans to spend nearly $44 billion on elementary and secondary education next year. But Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) says that isn’t nearly enough. -
Consumer Power Report #219
Opinion -I gave a keynote address at a conference put on by Benefits Selling Magazine last week. Great conference. About 600 people in attendance, mostly brokers. Unfortunately, I did not have any good news for them. -
Harkin Proposes $23 Billion for Education Jobs
Opinion -Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) is sponsoring legislation to create a new $23 billion Education Jobs Fund aimed at preventing teacher layoffs. -
Inhofe to Address Global Warming Skeptics
Opinion -CHICAGO – U.S. Sen. -
Massachusetts Economy At Risk
Opinion -The Massachusetts Legislature’s inability to roll back last year’s disastrous alcohol and sales tax hikes will leave the state in an even more precarious economic situation (“GOP: Dem cowards KO vote to repeal alcohol, sales -
Cities See Soda Pop as Sweet Source of Revenue
Opinion -Philadelphia and New York City are the latest cities to consider taxes on soft drinks, which officials claim will reduce obesity and raise billions of dollars for government.
