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G-7 Nations Promote Traditional Energy Development
Opinion -The Group of Seven (G-7), an informal bloc of industrialized democratic countries, announced they plan to promote investments in oil and gas projects to ensure the availability of a steady stream of supply. -
Miami Taxicab Companies Sue County Government Over Uber Legalization
Opinion -After local lawmakers voted to allow peer-to-peer transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to operate in Miami-Dade County, Florida, taxicab company owners filed a lawsuit against the county government, demanding $1 billion in taxpayer -
Whistleblower Hits College Board for SAT Changes
Opinion -school-choice-weekly -School Choice Weekly #141 -
EPA Raises 2017 Ethanol Mandate
Opinion -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed 2017 renewable fuel standards (RFS) would raise the amount of biofuels required to be blended into gasoline and diesel from 18.11 billion gallons in 2016 to 18.8 billion gallons. -
U.S. House Members Unveil Banking Reform Bill
Opinion -The U.S. House of Representatives has rolled out a plan to ease federal restrictions on banks in an effort to reduce the cost of regulatory compliance and start to decrease federal government control over the economy. -
Pennsylvania Charter School Reform Progress Remains Slow
Opinion -Two charter school reform bills have been slowly making their way through a drawn-out tweaking process on their way to their respective legislative chamber floors in Pennsylvania. State Rep. -
Minnesota Gov. Dayton Calls for Gas Tax Hike, Higher Spending
Opinion -State lawmakers rejected Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton’s (D) proposal to increase government spending and tax increases, prompting Dayton to refuse to call a special legislative session to resolve drafting errors in a recently passed tax bill. -
Google Is Rigging Searches For Hillary Clinton
Opinion -This is huge news - but it is hardly surprising.Google - President Barack Obama’s biggest crony in a sea full of armadas full of legions of Obama cronies - has been cozying up to the woman Obama just endorsed to succeed him: Hillary Clinton. -
Maryland Approves $5 Million for Low-Income Students’ Education Scholarships
Opinion -Maryland’s General Assembly approved a final budget including $5 million in the state budget to fund education scholarships for low-income students to pay private school tuition. -
Study Shows the High Economic Costs of Renewable Energy
Opinion -U.S. politicians intent on mandating and subsidizing the use of renewable energy should first consider the damage such policies have done in Europe, concludes an analysis by the Manhattan Institute. -
Plan for Complete Overhaul of Federal Tax Code Gains Support in Congress
Opinion -Support is growing in Congress for a plan to sunset the current U.S. tax code and rewrite the country’s federal tax laws from scratch. In May, U.S. Reps. -
Missouri Bill Requires Double-Checking of Welfare Eligibility
Opinion -Missouri state legislators have approved a bill to require government agencies to double-check whether recipients of food stamps and other entitlements are eligible to receive those benefits. Senate Bill 607, sponsored by state Rep. -
Heartland Weekly: Second Amendment Event Fills the Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center
Opinion -heartland-weekly -Week of June 13, 2016 -
Pennsylvania Proposes Biggest Energy Tax Hike in the Nation
Opinion -A proposal by Gov. Tom Wolf (D) to begin taxing natural gas production in Pennsylvania would make the state’s energy tax burden the largest in the nation, according to a state financial expert’s testimony given to state lawmakers. -
Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program Under Attack Led by Teachers Union
Opinion -The Florida Education Association (FEA), the state’s largest teachers union, is leading an effort to end the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship program by bringing a lawsuit against the state, alleging Florida’s fourteen-year-old voucher program is -
Chicago Suburb May Serve Up Food Truck Deregulation
Opinion -Lawmakers in a Chicago suburb are proposing to remove restrictions on mobile food trucks to end a lawsuit filed by two area businessmen. -
What’s Really Driving Our Incarceration Boom
Opinion -A new report published by the Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan federal government agency, estimates a bill awaiting a vote in the U.S. -
Utah’s Pornography ‘Public Health Hazard’ Designation Raises Eyebrows, Awareness
Opinion -Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) has signed a resolution recognizing pornography as a public health hazard and calling for preventive action to protect residents of Utah and other states from pornography and its consequences. -
Utah Governor Reverses Position on Common Core
Opinion -Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) sent a letter to the State Board of Education asking for an end to the state’s use of the Common Core (CC) academic standards. -
Who Wants Wind Turbines?
Opinion -Last month’s wind-turbine fire near Palm Springs, CA, that dropped burning debris on the barren ground below, serves as a reminder of just one of the many reasons why people don’t want to live near the towering steel structures. -
Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. House Passing Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution
Opinion -Press Release -Heartland Institute Experts React to U.S. -
Testimony: Proposed Pennsylvania Energy Tax Hike Biggest In Nation
Opinion -A proposed plan to collect taxes on energy companies doing business in Pennsylvania would make the state’s business tax burden the biggest in the nation, according to a state financial expert’s testimony before lawmakers. -
More Job-killing Rules from the EPA
Opinion -Having already done yeoman’s work stifling economic growth and job creation, President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down again.The United States created a paltry 38,000 new jobs in May: one for every 8,000 Americans.
