Opinion
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Study: EPA Regulations Impose Huge Burden on States
Opinion -A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce study criticizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for imposing expensive unfunded federal mandates on states and industry for little benefit. -
House Funding Bill Would Block Environmental Regulations
Opinion -The proposed 2017 Department of Interior and Environment Appropriations bill passed by the House would reduce funding for and block key Obama administration environment programs. -
Growth Of School Choice Perturbs Government Lords
Opinion -Gushing forth in a daily stream are reports issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) scrutinizing the fiscal health and performance of programs bankrolled by the gargantuan federal government. -
Admiral’s ‘Layman’s’ Review of Evidence Finds No Human-caused Warming
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #226 -
Trump’s Education Plan of Choice: Worth the Wait?
Opinion -In finally rolling out his education plan September 8, Donald Trump once again proved to be the most unorthodox of presidential candidates. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Education Experts React to Nevada Court Ruling on Education Savings Accounts
Opinion -“This ruling is ultimately a win for Nevada students and will open the door for other similar school choice programs across the country.” - Teresa Mull -
$8 Billion, 10-Year Deficit Forecast for Proposed Single-Payer ColoradoCare
Opinion -The single-payer health care system Colorado voters may adopt on November 8 will start out millions of dollars in the hole and only get deeper, a study says. -
Education Secretary King Needs a Lesson in Homeschooling
Opinion -U.S. Education Secretary John King revealed in September he’s concerned homeschool students aren’t getting the “rapid instructional experience” they would get in a traditional public school setting. -
New York AG Shifts Exxon Climate Investigation Amid Waning Support
Opinion -With waning support from other state's attorney's general for his climate lawsuits, New York AG Eric Schneiderman is now focusing Exxon's reports to investors. -
Feds Hiding Lawsuit Payoffs Made to Environmental Groups
Opinion -Since 2009 more than $49 million has been paid by federal agencies to environmental groups and lawyers engaged in “citizen lawsuits” against the Obama administration, with the identities of the recipients of the payouts being kept secret. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Expert Comments on Pennsylvania Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
Opinion -‘Government law enforcement should not be financially motivated, but motivated by a desire to protect and serve taxpayers.’ - Jesse Hathaway -
Dallas Considers Public-Private Partnership Plan for Texas State Fair Park
Opinion -Dallas, Texas lawmakers are considering community members’ arguments in support of and in opposition to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings’ proposal to create a public-private partnership to improve the quality of maintenance and renovation of Fair Park. -
Dangerous Double Standards On Climate Change And Free Speech
Opinion -The AGs United for Clean Power are chilling free speech. The marketplace of ideas, not prosecutorial power, should decide what is true or false. -
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Regulations. And Taxes. Take Note, New York
Opinion -New York’s government is - with its good intentions - building an eight-lane superhighway to Hell. And flying down it - with the top down. -
Landscape Ripe for Certificate-of-Need Reform
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #519 -
Black Leaders Criticize NAACP, Black Lives Matter
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #152 -
Idaho Public Pension Program Grows Membership, Unfunded Obligations
Opinion -A public pension program in Idaho managing employee retirement benefits for nearly 800 local and state government entities and 135,000 enrollees added two local government employee group districts, and more unfunded obligations. -
43 States Flunk Health Care Price Transparency Test
Opinion -A report card published by organizations favoring state-mandated all-payer claims databases gives most states an "F" for price transparency in health care. -
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.
