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Judges Order Government Spending Without Representation in Illinois

Published January 21, 2020

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"Our research revealed Illinois legislators have acquiesced to a power grab by the federal and state judiciary."
Heartland Weekly: Crop Yields Contradict Climate Doom

Published January 21, 2020

By Billy Aouste

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Week of January 13, 2020
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Bezos-Backed General Fusion Raises $100 Million in New Financing

Published January 21, 2020

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Nuclear fusion startup General Fusion has raised more than $100 million in new funding towards the design and construction of an experimental power plant to demonstrate its fusion power technology.
Urban Planners Ignore City Labor Markets

Published January 20, 2020

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Review of Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, by Alain Bertaud (MIT Press, 2018), 432 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0262038768; $36.64
- Government & Liberty
- Technology
Local Governments Suffered Nearly a Thousand Ransomware Attacks, Report Finds

Published January 20, 2020

By Nolan Ryan

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At least 948 government entities in the United States were attacked by ransomware hackers extorting money in 2019, a new report states.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Children’s Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by 9th Circuit

Published January 17, 2020

By Anthony Watts, James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett

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“Just like the recent case against Exxon-Mobil in New York that was dismissed, this case by ‘climate concerned children’ was prompted and powered by climate activist interests.” - Anthony Watts
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
NASA/NOAA Report Ignores Best Climate Data

Published January 17, 2020

By H. Sterling Burnett

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Climate Change Weekly #347
- Environment & Energy
California Energy Policies are Fueling the Housing Crisis and Homelessness

Published January 17, 2020

By Ronald Stein, P.E.

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California’s green crusade direction and actions are increasing the costs of electricity and fuels which guarantees growth of the homeless, poverty, and welfare populations, and further fuels the housing affordability crisis.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Wisconsin Bans Violent Pipeline and Energy Infrastructure Protests

Published January 17, 2020

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Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin signed into law a bipartisan proposal to make it a state felony to trespass on or damage oil or gas pipelines or chemical, renewable fuel, or water infrastructure.
States Struggle to Control Legal Marijuana Markets

Published January 16, 2020

By Brandon Best

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Legal marijuana continues to compete with its black-market cousin because of the time needed to establish a legitimate marketplace and the taxes on legal marijuana.
Michigan Court Halts Governor’s Ban on Flavored E-Cigs, Vapes

Published January 16, 2020

By The Heartland Institute

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to issue emergency rules banning online and retail sales of flavored e-cigarettes, in response to reports of an increase in vaping-related lung diseases.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Climate Change Has Caused More Rain, Helping Fight Australian Wildfires

Published January 16, 2020

By Tiffany Taylor

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Alarmists are pointing their finger at climate change for the recent wildfires in Australia, claiming global warming is causing drought conditions that have facilitated the fires.
- Environment & Energy
Trump Proposes Much-Needed Reform of National Environmental Policy Act

Published January 16, 2020

By Christopher Talgo

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While running for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised to provide relief to the stifling regulations that at-best delay and at-worst completely halt infrastructure projects.
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
While NOAA/NASA Claims 2019 as the ‘Second Warmest Year Ever,’ Other Data show 2019 Cooler Than 2005 for US

Published January 16, 2020

By Anthony Watts

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Imagine if the entire world had a high quality state of the art temperature monitoring network like the USA does. Arguments over data quality, adjustments, UHI, time of observation, and many other niggles which affect and bias the data would disappear.
- Environment & Energy
Partners in Liberty: The American Legislative Exchange Council

Published January 16, 2020

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The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets, and federalism.
- Government & Politics
- Government & Liberty
What It Was Like at Trump’s Milwaukee Rally Tuesday Night

Published January 15, 2020

By Darren Brady Nelson

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Trump slowly walked and waved his way to the podium. When he waved my way, up in one of the “nose bleed” sections, but it weirdly felt like he was waving just at me.
- Regulation
- Economy
U.S. Department of Agriculture Issues Regulations for Growing Hemp

Published January 15, 2020

By Ashley Herzog

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an interim rule that will allow farmers to grow and market hemp.
- Government Spending
- Economy
New Jersey Spends $1 Billion-Plus on Private Meadowlands Development

Published January 15, 2020

By Ashley Herzog

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"American Dream" Mall Opens after More than a Decade
- Environment & Energy
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to NOAA’s Claim 2019 ‘Second-warmest Year on Record’

Published January 15, 2020

By Anthony Watts, James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett

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Agency’s own data actually shows 2019 was cooler than 2005 in the United States; global temp claims riddled with problems
- Environment & Energy
Partners in Liberty: Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Published January 15, 2020

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The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a Michigan-based free-market think which, when considering whether to take up a policy issue in the state, asks, “If not Mackinac, who?”
- Climate Change
- Environment & Energy
Misguided Youth Protesters Have It Wrong — the World Is Actually Getting Better and Better

Published January 14, 2020

By H. Sterling Burnett

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All the good news is likely to depress them beyond recovery.
- Government & Politics
- Government & Liberty
US Farmers Know – DC Doesn’t: Trump Remains Farmers’ Best Friend

Published January 14, 2020

By Seton Motley

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Washington, DC has spent decades in bipartisan fashion making the lives of our farmers more and more miserable
One in Four New York State Teachers Outside NYC Get Six-Figure Salaries

Published January 14, 2020

By Ashley Herzog

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Empire Center Posts Data on Teachers' Compensation at SeeThroughNY.net
- Education
How Common Core-Aligned Tests Are Turning College Students Into High School Students

Published January 14, 2020

By Sandra Stotsky

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What, then, can college readiness test scores in mathematics and reading tell us?