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Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Returning Gray Wolf Management to States, Tribes
Opinion -The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, is proposing to remove gray wolves from protection under the 1973 Endangered Species Act in the lower 48 states. -
Energy: More Anti-Federalism, State-Level Leftist Impediments To National Progress
Opinion -We have repeatedly discussed federalism and its rightful definition. -
Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan – Crippling Coasts for No Benefit
Opinion -Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf released the latest version of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Climate Action Plan, announcing that Pennsylvania would join the U.S. Climate Alliance. -
Report: Illinois Local Governments Face ‘Service Insolvency’ Over Pension Funding
Opinion -Pension costs could require cutbacks in core services -
Heartland Weekly: Conservatives Should Stand Up to Facebook
Opinion -Week of April 29, 2019 -
Federal Agencies Approve Arizona’s Rosemont Mine Permits
Opinion -Two federal agencies issued permits to allow Hudbay Minerals Inc. to build and operate its proposed Rosemont copper mine in Pima County, Arizona. -
Vaccines, Reason, and Freedom
Opinion -The current measles outbreak has brought new criticism of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children over vaccine safety concerns. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on WA Bill That Would Stop Bakken Oil Shipments
Opinion -“Just as the United States has become the largest crude oil producer in the world, this legislation would increase dependence on foreign oil.” - Tim Huelskamp -
Climate Politics Abroad Are Turning Decidedly Skeptical
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #322 -
Is Higher Education A Moral Mess? This Book Explains Why
Opinion -Higher education is So Hot Right Now. -
Courts Reject Challenges to EPA Policy on Science Advisory Boards
Opinion -In two separate cases, federal courts tossed out lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s policy aimed at preventing conflicts of interest for people serving on the agency’s scientific advisory boards. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to House Passage of ‘Climate Action Now Act’
Opinion -“Despite Democrats playing political games on the House floor, President Trump was right to withdraw America from the Paris Climate Accord.” - Tim Huelskamp -
West Virginia Choice Bill Scuttled After Teachers Strike
Opinion -Public school students have few choices. -
What 19th-Century Foreign Writers Said about American Freedom and Prosperity
Opinion -If you look at the results of relatively open and competitive market economies over the years, the only conclusion that can reasonably be reached is that free market liberal-oriented societies provide the conditions for constant betterment. -
L.A. Tax Addicts Looking to Score
Opinion -Union leader and the school district want more of your money to feed a bad habit. -
Is Climate Policy Debatable?
Opinion -President Trump is creating a Presidential Committee on Climate Security to scrutinize climate science. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Outlines ‘Modern System for Approving Cures of the Future’
Opinion -New Policy Brief by The Heartland Institute Examines the Numerous Benefits of ‘Free to Choose Medicine’ -
President Trump Signs EMP Order to Protect Critical Infrastructure
Opinion -President Trump issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to identify and develop responses to the threat electromagnetic pulses could pose to critical infrastructure. -
Wisconsin Governor Proposes School Choice Ban
Opinion -The governor is proposing to roll back school choice programs. -
North Dakota to Charge Electric Vehicle Owners for Highway Maintenance
Opinion -North Dakota joined 20 other states imposing fees on electric vehicles, on April 11. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FDA Approval of ‘Heat-Not-Burn’ Tobacco Device
Opinion -“In a significant development for tobacco harm reduction, I must applaud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for allowing one of the most-revolutionary tobacco harm reduction products to hit the U.S. market.” - Lindsey Stroud -
Where the Buffalo Roam
Opinion -At the time that the Europeans arrived here, there were maybe 100 million Buffalo lumbering about. -
Federal Judge Blocks Oil and Gas Leases, Development on Federal Lands in Wyoming
Opinion -U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras blocked oil and natural gas lease sales proposed by the Obama administration in 2016 for nearly 500 square miles of federal land in Wyoming. -
Senate Confirms Bernhardt as Interior Secretary
Opinion -The U.S. Senate confirmed David Bernhardt as the 53rd Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior by a vote of 56 to 41.
