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Mississippi Pension System Loses Money On Investments
Opinion -A report by the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi shows the state’s pension fund lost money in the past year, which could further damage PERS’s already weakened bottom line. -
Innovations and Safety in Hydraulic Fracturing
Opinion -The copious amounts of oil and gas produced over the past decade through the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has resulted in greater energy security for the United States and extremely low oil and natural gas prices for -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Chicago Passing New Regulations on Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts React to Chicago Passing New Regulations onUber, Lyft, and AirbnbThe Chicago City Council yesterday passed new regulations on peer-to-peer services including ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft, and short-term rental company -
Massachusetts Considers Imposing Statewide Single-Payer Health Care System
Opinion -Massachusetts lawmakers are considering two bills that would institute a statewide single-payer health care system. -
Pennsylvania Considers Strengthening Terminally Ill Patients’ ‘Right to Try’
Opinion -Pennsylvania will become the 31st state to allow drug and medical device manufacturers to offer terminally ill patients drugs, devices, and procedures not yet approved by the U.S. -
Bill to Combine Tax Credits and ESAs Narrowly Fails to Pass in Missouri
Opinion -A Missouri bill to fund education savings accounts (ESAs) for foster children with donations from individuals and businesses who could receive a tax credit passed the state House and Senate but ultimately died in fiscal review. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to Court Striking Down Federal Fracking Rules
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts React to Court Striking Down Federal Fracking RulesA federal court on Tuesday struck down Obama administration regulations aimed at restricting hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas on federal lands. The U.S. -
Georgia Voters Express Strong Support for School Choice
Opinion -Three out of four voters participating in Georgia’s recent GOP primary expressed support for more school choice in the state. -
Massachusetts Loses Climate Action Case Brought by Youths
Opinion -The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) failed to comply with its legal obligation to reduce the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions, according to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which ruled in favor of four teenagers -
Playing Both ‘Cops and Robbers’ on Asset Forfeiture
Opinion -A new digital system unveiled by Oklahoma government police is just the latest example of civil asset forfeiture laws encouraging cops to become the robbers they’re supposed to be catching. -
Louisiana Lawmakers Fail in Effort to Contain Medicaid Expansion Costs
Opinion -The Louisiana State Legislature failed to advance two Republican-sponsored bills designed to limit the cost of Gov. -
How Obamacare’s Mandates Hurt the Patients They’re Supposed to Help
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #509 Despite the sticker shock many Americans are experiencing after thinking the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would lead to affordable health insurance, most of the law’s unintended consequences were predictable and therefore -
State Should Switch to 401(k) Style Plans
Opinion -South Carolina lawmakers have undertaken reforms to address some of the serious issues with their state’s pension system, but major changes are still needed to prevent future budget problems. -
The Nanny State Advances Statement on Passage of Anti-Soda Tax in Philadelphia
Opinion -In the first success of its nature for "nanny state" advocates after many years of trying, Philadelphia Thursday became the first major city to attempt to control the non-alcoholic drink choices of its residents by enacting a 1. -
Ethics Complaint Lodged Against Oregon Lawmakers Sued Over Gray Wolf
Opinion -Cascadia Wildlands, an environmental group in Oregon, has filed a complaint with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission alleging three Oregon state lawmakers committed ethics violations. -
Heartland Weekly: Heartland President Joseph Bast Explains the Value of Great Books
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Policy Positions: Free Trade vs. Political Ignorance
Opinion -The current political campaign for the U.S. -
Much at Steak in EPA’s Latest Beef
Opinion -The recent release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 600-page methane rule was the latest skirmish in the war on methane, but the next battle will be felt at your supermarket. -
Study: States Supporting Green Energy Have Higher Electricity Prices
Opinion -States promoting renewable energy through subsidies, mandates, and other programs have the highest electricity costs in the nation, according to an analysis by the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF). -
The Reasonable Road to Reasonable Health Care
Opinion -Review of Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity (2016), by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016, 224 pages; ISBN-13: 978-1259641121: $17. -
Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Approval of Rules for an Article V Convention
Opinion -Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Approval of Rules for an Article V ConventionDuring its annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Assembly of State Legislatures (ASL) on Friday fully ratified a set of procedures and rules for an Article V -
Genetically Engineered Crops Are Safe
Opinion -Genetically modified (GM) crops, agricultural plants which have had their DNA modified using genetic engineering techniques, are safe to eat and do not harm the environment, according to a report issued in May by the National Academies of Sciences, -
Reasons to Oppose a Carbon Tax
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #216 On June 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would harm the economy and should not be enacted. -
Remaining Presidential Contenders Differ Radically on Climate, Fossil Fuels
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #213 Donald Trump’s views on climate change and energy production differ radically from those held by Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.