Publications
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Policy Tip Sheet: Alabama Welfare Reform Policies
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Alabama Welfare Reform Problem Alabama’s current set of welfare and anti-poverty programs disincentivize work, trapping welfare recipients in long-term poverty. -
Research & Commentary: Alabama Gas Tax Increase Not a Solution for Road Funding
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Alabama legislators are now considering a major increase in the state’s gasoline excise tax. Under the new proposal, the state’s gas tax would increase by 6 cents per gallon, from 18 cents to 24 cents. This is in addition to the 18. -
The Leaflet: Popularity of Short-Term Renting is Exploding
Publication -The Leaflet -In a recent Mackinac Center for Public Policy blog post, Policy Analyst Jarrett Skorup says the popularity of short-term rental services is “exploding”: “Short-term renting is exploding in popularity. -
The Leaflet: Popularity of Short-Term Renting is Exploding
Publication -The Leaflet -In a recent Mackinac Center for Public Policy blog post, Policy Analyst Jarrett Skorup says the popularity of short-term rental services is “exploding”: “Short-term renting is exploding in popularity. -
Research & Commentary: Colorado Should Reject Single-Payer Health Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In November 2016, Colorado voters will consider a ballot measure that would enact a state constitutional amendment creating “ColoradoCare,” a single-payer, government-run health care system in Colorado. -
Common Core Math Rack Card
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -This card displays a comparison of third grade Common Core-aligned math problem beside a traditional math problem. The back of the card provides 10 reasons to oppose Common Core. -
Introducing ‘Article V 2.0’: The Compact for a Balanced Budget
Publication -Policy Studies -As the federal debt approaches $18 trillion, a balanced budget amendment has emerged as one of few viable options to curb government spending. The Article V process for amending the U.S. Constitution, however, is long and tedious. -
Research & Commentary: Do Right-to-Work Laws Cause Income Inequality?
Publication -Research and Commentaries -West Virginia recently became the 27th right-to-work (RTW) state, and several other states are now considering becoming the 28th. -
Research & Commentary: How Do Electronic Cigarettes Affect Adolescent Smoking
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A study published by a Yale researcher in April 2015 examines the causal impact of access to electronic cigarettes, commonly called “e-cigarettes,” on teen smoking and questions whether state bans raise or reduce teen smoking rates. -
Replacing Common Core: Choices and Tradeoffs
Publication -Policy Briefs -The coerced adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) by 46 states across the United States, often without public input, has generated tremendous controversy, concern, and efforts to repeal the standards. -
The Leaflet: Anti-Poverty Welfare Reforms Gain Momentum
Publication -The Leaflet -In 2008 and 2015, The Heartland Institute produced the 2015 Welfare Reform Report Card, the nation’s only comprehensive ranking of the states according to their welfare policies. -
Research & Commentary: Maryland Education Tax-Credit Scholarships
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new proposal being considered in Maryland would grant businesses tax credits in exchange for donations supporting non-profit scholarship programs for students to attend a private school. -
Research & Commentary: Direct Primary Care Saves Union County, North Carolina $1 Million
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Current primary care doctors face myriad restrictions and a reimbursement system that is both slow and costly; creating overhead that can eat up to 60 percent of a typical primary care practice’s revenue. -
Research & Commentary: Idaho Should Avoid Pitfalls of Quasi Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In the years following the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Idaho legislators have offered several proposals that would have expanded Medicaid, including a failed plan that would have emulated the private-option model implemented in Arkansas. -
The Leaflet: Right-to-Work Momentum Continues
Publication -The Leaflet -Earlier in March, West Virginia became the 26th state to enact right-to-work (RTW) legislation. RTW laws allow private sector employees to opt out of union membership. -
Research & Commentary: Missouri’s Career and Technical Education Advisory Council
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2015, the Missouri General Assembly established the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council (CTEAC). -
Research & Commentary: Tennessee Considers Opening Doors to Direct Primary Care
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Current primary care doctors face myriad regulations and a reimbursement system that is both slow and costly; creating overhead that can eat up to 60 percent of a typical primary care practice’s revenue. -
Research & Commentary: Maryland Corporate Income Tax Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Research shows new taxes have a stronger effect on a state’s economy than corporate income taxes, and high corporate income taxes are a deterrent to economic development, discouraging new businesses and high-income earners from moving into a new market -
Research & Commentary: Alabama Education Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -On March 9, the Alabama House Education Policy Committee passed a bill that would establish an education savings account (ESA) program for children with special needs, children of active-duty Armed Forces members, children of those killed in combat, and -
Research & Commentary: Wolf’s Latest Tax Plan Falls Short, Again
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) has introduced a set of new tax and spending increases as part of his $33 billion state budget proposal. -
Research & Commentary: A Summary of the Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Isaac Orr, research fellow at The Heartland Institute, and Mark Krumenacher, senior principal and senior vice president of GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. -
Research & Commentary: Health Care Price Transparency
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Access to transparent health care prices remains elusive for most U.S. health care consumers, who are often insulated from price considerations by the standard third-party payment systems commonly used for medical billing. -
Research & Commentary: Hall Tax Debate Reemerges in Tennessee
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The debate over Tennessee’s Hall tax has generated several new pieces of legislation that would eliminate, lower, or narrow the scope of this 87-year-old tax on income from investments. -
Research & Commentary: Oklahoma Education Savings Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in February the Lindsey Nicole Henry (LNH) Scholarship Program for Children with Disabilities does not violate the state constitution.
