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Who Should Decide? 300 Million Customers – Or 3 Unelected Democrat Bureaucrats?
Opinion -In this nightmare mess, businesses don’t try out new ideas on customers - because they aren’t allowed to do so. They are forced to first ask the Commanders for permission. -
PRESS RELEASE: President Obama Poised to ‘Ratify’ Fake Paris Climate Agreement in China
Opinion -“For a reputed former constitutional law professor, President Obama seems to show little knowledge of – or regard for – the actual U.S. Constitution, except in his efforts to avoid it." -- David Applegate -
Illinois Gov. Rauner Signs Bill Restricting Government Surveillance
Opinion -Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a bill into law in July, restricting how local and state police may use electronic surveillance technologies. -
Chicago Public School District to Accept Budget Appeals Amid Cuts
Opinion -The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district announced it will accept budget appeals from CPS principals, who have about $140 million less in their budgets this year compared to last year. -
Pennsylvania Senator Calls for Fewer Tests
Opinion -Pennsylvania state Sen. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster) says he wants to see fewer standardized tests in the state when the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) takes effect in July 2017. -
Saudi Arabia Loses on Texas, U.S. Oil Gamble
Opinion -Despite the slump in energy prices, oil and gas production in Texas and the United States has continued to rise, due largely to hydraulic fracturing efficiency improvements. -
Shoppers Reap Benefits from North Carolina Sales Tax Reform
Opinion -Consumers are benefitting from tax relief measures enacted by North Carolina lawmakers in 2013. -
Free-Market Groups Join Lawsuit Over E-cig ‘Deeming Rule’
Opinion -Two free-market think-tanks are joining a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of new government restrictions on e-cigarettes. -
A New International Example for Bad Energy Policy
Opinion -Talk is cheap, but renewable energy isn’t. -
John Locke Is Needed Now More Than Ever
Opinion -Personal and economic freedom are under attack in the United States and in many other parts of the world. -
California School District Wrongly Tells Parents Homeschooling Is Illegal
Opinion -School authorities in California sent a letter to homeschool parents telling them homeschooling is illegal, which is not true. -
Texas Sues EPA for its Methane Clampdown
Opinion -The State of Texas sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 29, 2016, to block the agency’s new rules aimed at reducing oilfield methane emissions. -
Don’t Bee-lieve the Latest Bee-pocalypse Scare
Opinion -Now wild bee junk science and scare stories drive demands for anti-pesticide regulations -
62 Percent of States Have Dropped Out of Common Core Consortia, Study Finds
Opinion -The number of states participating in the consortia formed to develop tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has dropped sharply over time, a report has found. -
Kansas Counties Seek Sex-Ed Funding After State Declines Federal Grants
Opinion -Two of Kansas’ most populous counties, Johnson and Wyandotte, are looking for a combined total of almost $500,000 to continue funding their schools’ sex-education programs. -
FWS Removes Lesser Prairie Chicken from ESA
Opinion -Under a court order On July 20, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially delisted the lesser prairie chicken from the Endangered Species List. -
How to Get What You Want in Education Policy
Opinion -School Choice Weekly #149 -
Can’t The Feds Find, Like, Four Trillion Other Places To Cut First?
Opinion -Before cutting Medicare, why not take a swing at all the useless programs and studies the Government funds first? -
PRESS RELEASE: Convention of States Project Announces Historic Article V Convention Simulation
Opinion -“The Convention of States Project should be applauded for taking a giant step forward in its support of a growing grassroots movement calling for true constitutional reform in the United States.” - Kyle Maichle -
Heartland Weekly – Olympic Gymnast Simone Biles: A Homeschooling Success!
Opinion -If you don’t visit Somewhat Reasonable and the Heartlander digital magazine every day, you’re missing out on some of the best news and commentary on liberty and free markets you can find. But worry not, freedom lovers! The Heartland Weekly Email is here. -
Oregon Tax Proposal is ‘Gross’ Idea for Consumers, Prosperity
Opinion -In November, Oregon voters will head to the polls to decide whether to punish the very people employing over 83 percent of the state’s 1.8 million people with jobs: businessmen and businesswomen in the private sector. -
U.S. DOE Proposes Rules for Pilot Testing Program
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has proposed new regulations for a K-12 standardized testing pilot program under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). -
Demand for Mississippi Education Savings Accounts Increases 70 Percent
Opinion -The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) awarded the remaining special needs education savings accounts (ESAs) by lottery this year, after demand for the program topped the number of ESAs available. -
NAACP Delegates Call for Moratorium on Privately Managed Charter Schools
Opinion -Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling for “a moratorium on the proliferation of privately managed charter schools.”
