Opinion
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Bill to End Common Core in Kansas Passes Committee, Defeated in Floor Vote
Opinion -A bill to end the use of Common Core education standards in Kansas was defeated during a House floor vote after passing the state’s House Education Committee. -
The Koch Brothers Don’t Want Government Cronyism – Google Does
Opinion -It is an incessant refrain – from Leftists and the media (please pardon the redundancy). This annoying gaggle whines and moans that the quintessential, awful faces of corporate influence over government are those of Charles and David Koch. -
Heartland Institute Vaping Experts Comment on FDA’s E-Cigarette Rule
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published its “deeming regulations” for electronic cigarettes, requiring e-cigarette manufacturers to submit their products through an arduous federal approval process. -
Supreme Court Requests Additional Briefs in ACA Employer Conscience Case
Opinion -After oral arguments concluded in the most significant U.S. Supreme Court case this term dealing with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Zubik v. -
Colorado Senate Passes Bill to Require Equal Distribution of Local Funds to Charter Schools
Opinion -The Colorado Senate has passed a bill that, according to its own language, intends on “increasing charter schools’ access to resources. -
Direct Primary Care Holds Solutions for Hawaii’s Graying, Poor
Opinion -Hawaii lawmakers have passed legislation asking the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to research whether certain non-traditional health care models offer solutions for these increasingly underserved patient groups. -
Ohio Medicaid Cost-Sharing Proposal Denounced as ‘Window Dressing’
Opinion -The Ohio Department of Medicaid will seek federal approval to require some of the state’s Medicaid recipients to shoulder a portion of their health care costs, according to an application draft of the Healthy Ohio Program (HOP) posted on April 15. -
Bill Reining in Last-Minute Rulemaking Advances in Congress
Opinion -A bill proposing reforms to the way federal agencies issue last-minute regulations took another step toward being voted on by Congress. House Resolution 4612, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2016, was referred in April to the U.S. -
Medicaid Reform Could Save Ohio $1 Billion
Opinion -A proposed reform to Ohio’s Medicaid program could save the state $1 billion by requiring enrollees to contribute a few dollars a month to health savings accounts (HSAs) and to make copayments for some medical services. -
Liberalism Will Never Fix Our Broken Health Care System
Opinion -Consumer Power Report #504 In a May 2 op-ed for The New York Times, Richard Scheffler, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley, and Sherry Glied, a professor at New York University, acknowledge the Affordable Care Act’s failure to create a -
Virginia Gov. Bars State Lawmakers Having Input on Clean Power Plan
Opinion -Citing separation of powers, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoed a bill that would have given state lawmakers authority over implementing a federal Clean Power Plan. A statement issued by Gov. -
Despite More than a Billion Dollars in Government Subsidies Largest Renewable Energy Company Filing for Bankruptcy
Opinion -SunEdison, which bills itself as the largest green energy company in the world, a company the National Review reports has received more than $1. -
Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Dropping NAEP Test Scores
Opinion -Heartland Institute Education Experts React to Dropping NAEP Test ScoresThe National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, released its 2015 12th grade test scores last week. -
Missouri Lawmakers Approve Referendum to Pump Up Gas Tax
Opinion -Lawmakers in Missouri’s state Senate approved a bill authorizing a November 2016 ballot question asking for an increase in the state’s gasoline excise tax. -
Study: Mass. Bill Would Raise Drug Costs, Make Companies Divulge Proprietary Info
Opinion -Requiring Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical companies to disclose their pricing methodologies and proprietary information would discourage drug development and drive up health care costs, a new study by the Boston-based Pioneer Institute concludes. -
“The Sky is Falling” Scare Stories Have No Place in Public Interest Science or Policy
Opinion -Earth Day 2016 brought extensive consternation about how our Earth will soon become uninhabitable, as mankind’s activities of civilization trigger unstoppable global warming and climate change. -
Heartland Weekly: Climate Realists Fight Back Against State AGs
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REGROW Act Would Require FDA to Fast-Track Regenerative Meds
Opinion -Bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House and Senate would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to lower some government barriers to patient access to regenerative medicines for debilitating diseases, wounds, and conditions. -
Government Support for Solar Power Being Reconsidered Nationwide
Opinion -Forty U.S. states have net metering policies under which households or businesses with rooftop solar panels can sell electricity they generate above what they actually use back to solar utilities at retail rates. -
Illinois: Who’s Afraid of Consolidation?
Opinion -Illinois has nearly 7,000 units of local government. That’s the highest count of any state in the nation, and the runner-up is not even close. -
States Should Not Increase Tobacco Use Age to 21
Opinion -Some states, including California and Illinois, are now considering proposals that would increase the legal age limit required to consume tobacco and tobacco-like products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 years old to 21. -
What’s Up With Prices at the Pump and Why it Could Be a Good Sign
Opinion -All of us loved paying less than $2 a gallon at the pump. AAA reports: “Americans paid cheapest quarterly gas prices in 12 years”—which resulted in savings of nearly $10 billion compared to the same period last year. -
Heartland Institute Panel: Vaping as a Public Policy ‘War’
Opinion -Public Health England in August of 2015 became the first national government agency to endorse e-cigarettes as safer options for current smokers. Its report also dispelled several bogus anti-tobacco claims. -
The Marketplace Delivers More Data
Opinion -The Oxford Dictionary defines capitalism as "an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.