Opinion
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Comedians Find Intellectual Property Theft No Joking Matter
Opinion -Editorial -For the Left, joke theft is no laughing matter. -
Texas Approves Amendments Convention Resolution
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Texas state legislature passed a resolution calling on Congress to draft new constitutional limitations on the federal government’s power and the duration of federal officials’ time in office. -
Congress Reclaims Constitutional Powers Using CRA
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Using the Congressional Review Act of 1996, Congress and President Donald Trump are rolling back executive actions taken by the Obama administration shortly before President Barack Obama left office. -
‘Declare Independence from Climate Hysteria,’ Physicist Says
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Princeton University physicist William Happer told the closing luncheon keynote address at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change, “It’s time to declare independence from climate hysteria.” -
Conference Speakers Call for End to ‘Politically Correct Science’
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Keynote speakers at The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change stressed the scientific research funded by government must be held to the highest standards and carried out transparently. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Minnesota Legislature Passing Tax-Credit Scholarships
Opinion -Press Release -"Private school choice in Minnesota is literally nonexistent, so enacting this tax-credit scholarship program would be a great first step for the North Star State" - Tim Benson -
Maine Lawmakers Consider Medical Price-Transparency Mandates
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Free-market experts debate whether the bill would be a win for patients. -
Free-Market Coalition Urges Congress to Oppose Importation of Prescription Drugs
Opinion -health-care-news, News -In a letter signed by The Heartland Institute, the authors argue drug importation would ultimately harm patients. -
Report: House Freedom Caucus Rejection of AHCA Saved GOP Majorities
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Analytics show the House Freedom Caucus' resistance to the initial version of the American Health Care Act may have saved Republicans preparing to campaign in 2018. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to FCC’s Move to End Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules
Opinion -Press Release -"Government-directed net neutrality was, is, and always will be a solution in search of a problem. " - Jim Lakely -
Humana Withdraws from Obamacare Replacement Effort
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Free-market experts disagree whether health insurers should be involved in replacing Obamacare. -
Missouri Calls for Amendments to Rein in Federal Government
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The state is the fourth to pass such a resolution in 2017. -
Virginia Lawmakers Reject Medicaid Expansion as Congress Stalls
Opinion -health-care-news, News -An attempt to override the governor's veto failed. -
States Score Big with Low Medical Malpractice Claims, Few Regulations
Opinion -health-care-news, News -States with less punitive medical boards scored highest. -
Policy Diagnosis: Doctors, Patients Discover ‘Wedge of Health Freedom’
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Doctors and patients are finding each other in a free market despite obstruction by federal and state regulations. -
Mental Health Patients Gain Treatment Access Under New Medicaid Rule
Opinion -health-care-news, News -Helping people exit the Medicaid system would leave more resources for needier mental health patients, experts say. -
Maine Considers Exempting Health Care Model from Insurance Regulations
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The bill would reduce the risk that direct-pay providers would be regulated as insurers and thus put out of business. -
Oregon Lawmakers Consider Repair Shop Business-License Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -With the end of the Oregon state legislature’s 2017 session approaching, the fate of a bill that would require business owners operating current or opening new auto repair businesses to purchase licenses from the state government is at stake. -
Independent Baseball League Supports Illinois Employment Law Revision
Opinion -budget-tax-news -An independent baseball league is voicing support for an Illinois bill proposing to exempt players from the state’s minimum-wage laws. -
Trump Tax Reform Bill Faces Delays, Says Mnuchin
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Taxpayers may have to wait a little longer for Congress and President Donald Trump to begin work on federal tax reform, because other policy agenda items are consuming more time and effort than expected, according to media reports. -
FCC Prepares for Vote on Undoing Net-Neutrality Takeover
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Preparing for a May 18 vote on a proposed rule undoing former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler’s 2015 “net neutrality” rules, FCC issued a memorandum on May 11 announcing the conclusion of the proposal’s commenting period. -
Congress, Trump Consider Splitting Commercial and Investment Banking
Opinion -budget-tax-news -White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says President Donald Trump supports “a 21st century Glass-Steagall,” referring to proposals to restore financial regulations prohibiting banks from engaging in commercial and investment banking. -
Local Michigan School Board Gets on the Privatization Bus
Opinion -school-reform-news, budget-tax-news -The Cedar Springs, Michigan School Board approved in May a contract with a private business to provide transportation services, reducing annual spending by $350,000 to $400,000 per year, in addition to $610,000 in one-time revenue. -
E-Cigarette Competitors Fund Critics’ Research
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Jeff Stier, a risk analyst for the National Center for Public Policy Analysis, once signed up for NYC Quits, a government tobacco-control program giving away free nicotine patches and gum every year, out of curiosity.
