Opinion
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Senate Democrats Block Zika Funding for Florida
Opinion -Senate Democrats blocked a bill to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding for Zika-related vaccines and research for local and state health departments, and Medicaid programs. -
BLM Reportedly Close to Approving Expansion of Utah Uranium Mine
Opinion -The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seems ready to approve a proposal to expand a uranium mine located on federal lands in Utah -
Republican Presidential Candidate Trump Promises Energy Deregulation
Opinion -Speaking at a Marcellus Shale Coalition conference in Pittsburgh, PA on September 22, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to rescind many regulations the Obama administration enacted restricting fossil fuel production and use. -
Medicaid Expansion Clash Looms for Kansas Governor, Lawmakers
Opinion -Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) appears prepared to hold the line against Medicaid expansion efforts by a new legislature in 2017. -
China: Next in Line to Develop Its Shale Gas and Oil
Opinion -China has a great deal of potential for shale gas and shale oil development, and policies it has enacted should draw interests from more oil and gas companies. -
Who is Guarding the (Dictatorial) Guards?
Opinion -Regulators mete out fines and stymie growth, but are rarely punished for their own misconduct. -
Economic Ideas: Plato, Aristotle, and the Ancient Greeks, Part 2
Opinion -When we turn to the other most famous ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle (384 B.C. – 322 B.C.), we find little of the political regimentation that characterizes his teacher, Plato. -
Minnesota Teacher Tenure Lawsuit to Continue, Despite Vergara Ruling
Opinion -Minnesota parents suing the state over its teacher tenure laws say they will go through with their lawsuit even though the California Supreme Court recently declined to hear a similar case. -
Opposition to Wind Facilities Spreading Across U.S.
Opinion -Mor than 60 localities in 22 states have restricted or banned new wind power facilities in the past year. -
House Bill Would Recover Unspent Obamacare Funds from Failed State Exchanges
Opinion -States that took federal funds to build Obamacare exchanges, and failed, would have to give Congress a reckoning and taxpayers a refund. -
The Buffalo Billion Fraud and Bribery Scheme: Corruption and Pay-to-Play, a Symbol of Everything They’re Doing
Opinion -When New York’s Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo gushed over SolarCity’s new solar panel factory in Buffalo, New York, the audience, likely, didn’t grasp the recently-revealed meaning of his words: “It is such a metaphor—a symbol of everything we’re doing.” -
Obama Administration Imposes New Efficiency Regulations on Heavy Duty Trucks
Opinion -The Obama adminsitration has imposed expensive new regulations on heavy duty trucks to fight climate change. -
Moving School Choice Outside The Government Box
Opinion -The traditional mindset of school voucher advocates and other education reformers is one of incrementalism. -
Transparency Is Critical to Sound Science and Informed Policy
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #225 -
Liquor Privatization Works for Taxpayers, Teetotalers
Opinion -A Utah state lawmaker is “threatening” to campaign for pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer reforms by championing a ballot amendment returning liquor sales to the domain of private businesses. -
Raise Alcohol Taxes, New Mexico Activist Group Demands
Opinion -A health advocacy group is calling on New Mexico lawmakers to increase taxes on alcohol and liquor as a way to improve public health and bolster the state’s budget. -
Court Considers Fate of West Virginia Right-to-Work Law
Opinion -A West Virginia county judge is considering a lawsuit that alleges the state’s right-to-work law violates labor unions’ legal entitlement to money earned by workers. -
Federal Government Approves Central Idaho Mine Expansion on Public Land
Opinion -U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service -
Peer-to-Peer Businesses Should Be Allowed to Compete with Failing Economic ‘Dinosaurs’
Opinion -Lawmakers in Memphis, Tennessee are considering taxing and regulating peer-to-peer economy short-term housing services, such as Airbnb, in the name of protecting consumers from “rogue” homeowners choosing to put up tourists for the weekend. -
Texas Considers School Choice Again
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #151 -
Have Environmental Radicals Led The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe To Commit Perjury?
Opinion -Committing perjury is a serious offense. Or so they say. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Reacts to Looming Federal Spending Showdown
Opinion -“This development represents another example of how broken our government is, and will continue to be, unless we get real reforms in Washington.” - Jesse Hathaway -
The Experiment: Capitalism versus Socialism
Opinion -What if we could have an experiment to compare the two systems? Wait – we already did. -
‘Vaping Tax’ Vote Clouded by Circular Reasoning
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #518
