Opinion
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Federal Death Tax Is on House Hit List
Opinion -Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), and other members of Congress announced the planned phase-out of the federal death tax in the proposed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. -
Court Rules Trump Administration Must Enforce Obama Methane Rules
Opinion -A federal judge ordered the Interior Department to immediately begin enforcing Obama era restrictions on the release of methane emissions from oil and gas exploration and production operations on public lands. -
Dozens of Children Disenrolled from School Over Gender Presentations
Opinion -Parents disenrolled more than 70 children from a California charter school after the school board disallowed them from opting their children out of lessons on gender identity. -
NAFTA Renegotiation Talks Enter Fifth Round
Opinion -Representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico will meet again in November to continue renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a trilateral trade bloc created in 1994. -
Congress Begins Debate on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Opinion -Congressional Republicans unveiled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill proposing to reduce the number of personal income tax brackets from seven to four, cut taxes by about $1.51 trillion over the next ten years, and make other changes to federal taxes. -
Daily Fantasy Sports Bill Introduced in Florida
Opinion -The Florida Senate Regulated Industries Committee is considering a bill to redefine daily fantasy sports (DFS) competitions as games of skill, thus exempting such competitions from the state’s gambling laws. -
IRS Targeted Political Groups, But DOJ Declines to File Criminal Charges
Opinion -An October report by the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) concludes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly targeted political groups. -
Equality and Taxes
Opinion -The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), announced by the House Ways and Means Committee on November 2nd, has generated a lot of commentary on both sides of the political divide. -
Heartland Weekly: The Most Important Tax Reform Bill in Modern History
Opinion -On Thursday, Republicans released their highly-anticipated tax reform bill, which was formulated in coordination with the Trump administration. -
Fish And Wildlife Service Chooses To Not List 25 Species As Endangered
Opinion -The United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced on October 5 it will not list the Pacific walrus or 24 other species as threatened or endangered under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. -
Pennsylvania Bill Would Tie Teacher Layoffs to Performance, Not Seniority
Opinion -A bill in the Pennsylvania General Assembly would end the practice of automatically laying off teachers in order of seniority and instead require districts to rely on state evaluations. -
Iowa Proposes Using Student Opinions in ESSA Plan
Opinion -The Iowa state government will incorporate feedback from a student survey to determine which public schools need improvement under the state’s proposed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan. -
Costs of Decarbonization Greater Than Costs of Climate Change
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #267 -
Steyer-Money Environmentalists Confuse Vancouvers
Opinion -When Leftists REALLY want to “make a difference” – but they’re confused as to where they wish to do so. -
The Perplexing Problem of Frivolous Lawsuits
Opinion -Business groups have long campaigned against frivolous lawsuits. And yet the problem resembles government’s challenge in planning an economy. -
This Year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Has Not Been Historically Unusual
Opinion -The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season got an early start with Arlene in April, but the most powerful storms didn’t start to hit until the last week of August, when Hurricane Harvey flooded Texas and Louisiana. -
Hard Truths About the Lies Undermining America
Opinion -LYING is a scary book, but the journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step. -
Public Unwilling to Pay More for Energy to Fight Climate Change, Poll Shows
Opinion -According to a recent poll Americans do not want their government to do anything to address climate change that cost them very much. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Opinion -"Time is running out for Congress in 2017, and Americans can’t afford to wait another day for relief from government’s ever-expanding intrusion on our lives and wallets" - Jesse Hathaway -
The Changing World Energy Economy
Opinion -Ingenuity and efficiency are reducing links between economic growth and energy consumption -
“Zero Emissions” will Test the Convictions of Canberrans
Opinion -Let’s test the convictions of Canberrans. -
Oklahoma State Task Force Plans Release of Occupational Licensing Report
Opinion -An Oklahoma Department of Labor task force studying occupational licensing’s effects will send its final report to Gov. Mary Fallin in December, after receiving advice from the public and policy experts. -
President Trump Slowing the Growth of Federal Regulations, Show Reports
Opinion -President Donald Trump has slowed the pace of federal regulations by a record amount. -
South Carolina on Brink of Expanding School Choice Program
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #198
