Opinion
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Our Air Is Getting Cleaner, And Natural Gas Deserves Some Fracking Credit
Opinion -A new study released by the World Health Organization (WHO) says although outdoor air pollution worldwide has increased by 8% in the past five years, air quality in the United States has become cleaner. -
May Free Speech Reign and Scientific Inquiry Prevail
Opinion -Throughout the past four years, climate change activists have been secretly coordinating with one another regarding ways to prosecute individuals, organizations, and companies that are their ideological foes. -
Coal Power Under Pressure in Illinois
Opinion -Coal, once the bedrock of America’s energy supply, faces both regulatory and economic pressure increasingly making it an uneconomical electric power source, a fact bringing economic hardship to Illinois, which sits atop millions of tons of coal. -
Florida Supremes Bar Utility from Charging Customers for Natural Gas Production Venture
Opinion -In a 6 to 1 decision, the Florida Supreme Court reversed a Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) decision allowing Florida Power & Light (FPL) to charge its ratepayers for an oil and gas exploration and drilling venture in Oklahoma. -
Kansas Increases Funding to Avoid School Shutdown
Opinion -Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed legislation to increase funding for poorer school districts, ensuring his state’s public school system will avoid a shutdown. -
Washington State Insurance Premiums to Increase by 13 Percent
Opinion -Thirteen health insurance companies in Washington State are seeking government approval for premium increases, which would go into effect in 2017, averaging 13. -
Heartland Weekly: Early Bird Rates Now Available for Heartland’s 32nd Anniversary Benefit Dinner
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North Carolina District Pays Parents to Represent Schools
Opinion -A North Carolina school district that has been using federal money to provide expense payments for parental involvement is experiencing a valuable return on its investment, the program’s director says. -
Restoring ‘Diversity’ To The Supreme Court
Opinion -Liberals talk a great deal about “diversity” these days, so it is ironic that so many have lined up in favor of President Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland. -
Taxpayers Should Call Foul on Sports-Stadium Subsidy Handouts
Opinion -Lawmakers in Salt Lake City recently approved giving the city’s NBA team, the Utah Jazz, $22.7 million in tax revenue collected from businesses in the basketball arena’s zoning district. The subsidy will be doled out over the next 25 years. -
Medicaid Expansion Remains a Bad Idea for Georgia
Opinion -Thirty-one states, in addition to the District of Columbia, have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs under Obamacare, and 19 have refused to do so. -
Stephen Moore Exposes the Mad War on Energy
Opinion -On Monday, June 20, The Heartland Institute hosted a rare opportunity to hear one of the nation’s acknowledged leading conservatives, Stephen Moore, speak on his new book, Fueling Freedom: Exposing the Mad War on Energy, which flies in the face of the -
Greenpeace Under Fire
Opinion -Governments and courts around the world are finally cracking down on the eco-terrorist organization Greenpeace. The crackdown, which is long overdue, couldn’t happen to a more misguided bunch of people. -
Vermont Prohibits Insurers from Forcing Eye Doctors to Limit Patient Choice
Opinion -A new Vermont law protects vision care providers from retribution by insurance companies when providers recommend or sell products and services not covered by their patients’ insurance plans. -
Gateways to Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity – #2: From Indiana to Montana
Opinion -[Read essay #1 here.] I attended Indiana University in the late 1960s. Like Columbia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other major universities, IU was a cauldron of radical activities. Many grad students identified with Marxism. -
Judge Orders Mississippi District to Desegregate, Consolidate Schools
Opinion -The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi has ordered Mississippi’s Cleveland School District to desegregate its schools and combine the district’s middle school and high school. More than 99 percent of students enrolled at D.M. -
A National View of Minnesota: New College Savings Plan: Good for Politicians, but Providing Little Relief
Opinion -In 2016, Minnesota became the 35th state to approve tax deductions on contributions made to 529 college savings plans. Some politicians in St. -
SCOTUS Ruling Vindicates Property Owners’ Right to Court Access
Opinion -In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. -
Brexit’s Fine Line Between Committing and Correcting
Opinion -By Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'NeilDonald Trump’s rise in political power seems to be America’s angry message to its leadership just as the Brits sent a blistering message in the form of “Brexit” to their leaders. -
Heartland Institute Joins Coalition of Groups Celebrating American Exceptionalism in July
Opinion -Coalition of nonprofit groups using hashtag #OurAmerica ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – Today a coalition announced a month-long campaign in July to celebrate American exceptionalism. -
Los Angeles Teachers Unions Continue Campaign to Take Down Charter Schools
Opinion -The United Teachers Union of Los Angeles (UTLA) spent the final weeks of the 2015–16 school year organizing protests against charter schools and releasing a commissioned study that claims charters have caused other Los Angeles public schools to lose -
Canadian Forest Company Seeks Millions from Greenpeace in U.S. Courts
Opinion -On May 31, 2016, Resolute Forest Products (RPS) sued environmental group Greenpeace in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. -
Santa Cruz, CA Taxicab Companies Call for Crackdown on Uber
Opinion -Taxicab companies in Santa Cruz, California are calling on lawmakers to enact a government crackdown on peer-to-peer economy transportation network companies (TNCs), such as Uber and Lyft. -
Unalienable ‘Right to Try’ Deserves Protection by Feds and All 50 States
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #510Every person, regardless of race, creed, or country, is born into the world with certain natural rights, including the right to live, the Second Continental Congress declared 240 years ago this July 4.
