Publications
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Research & Commentary: Montana Medicaid Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As states begin implementing provisions of the federal health care law, many, such as Montana, are still debating whether to expand their Medicaid programs in order to receive a larger federal subsidy. -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- FIRE
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
- Technology
The Leaflet – Meet Your Very Own Think Tank!
Publication -The Leaflet -One of the great privileges I have in working for Heartland is the opportunity to help elected officials at all levels of government discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to economic and social problems. -
Research & Commentary: Minnesota Millionaire Tax Hikes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a new top marginal tax rate for high-income-earners several times. The proposals are designed to target a group Dayton says is not paying its fair share of taxes. -
Research & Commentary: Massachusetts Public Pensions and the Assumed Rate of Return Update
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In Massachusetts, as in many other states and municipalities across the country, the high cost of traditional defined-benefit public pensions has become an important issue as unfunded liabilities have grown out of control. -
Research & Commentary: Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Moratorium
Publication -Research and Commentaries -With the Illinois legislature back in session, representatives of the oil and gas industry and environmental activists are directing their attention to Senate Bill 3280, an amendment to the Oil and Gas Act currently pending in the House Rules Committee. -
Research & Commentary: Missouri Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Missouri legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. -
Uranium Mining in Virginia: Environmental and Safety Considerations
Publication -Policy Briefs -A new report written by one of the nation’s leading authorities on groundwater hydrology and nuclear energy says uranium mining in Virginia can take place safely and with minimal environmental impact. -
- Environment & Energy
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- FIRE
- Health Care
- Economy
- Government Spending
- Technology
The Leaflet – Happy New Year!
Publication -The Leaflet -The election results have been certified, the fiscal cliff has been averted, and the world didn’t end. Now state lawmakers are heading back to their state capitols to begin their 2013 legislative sessions. -
Research & Commentary: State Universal Service Fund Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -First established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Universal Service Fund was designed to provide telephone service to underserved areas of the country. -
Research & Commentary: The Medicaid "Cure"
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has told the states there will be no flexibility in implementing Medicaid expansion: either expand fully or don’t expand at all. -
Research & Commentary: High Frequency Trading
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Increasing computerization of financial trading has had a profound effect on financial markets by introducing a new element: high frequency trading (HFT). -
Research & Commentary: Internet Access Taxes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 was designed to promote the growth of the Internet by placing a moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and the creation of discriminatory taxes on emails and other data. -
Research & Commentary: Oklahoma Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Oklahoma legislators will soon consider an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. -
- Taxes
- Environment & Energy
- Law
- Government & Liberty
- Education
- Health Care
- FIRE
- Technology
- Economy
- Government Spending
The Leaflet – Carbon Tax Runs Into Opposition
Publication -The Leaflet -One need not look far to see the federal government and state governments are moving further apart on their approaches to energy policy. -
Research & Commentary: Cybersecurity
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Cyber-terrorism, hackers, identity theft, and viruses threaten to disrupt digital networks. -
A Winning Plan for Entitlement Reform
Publication -Policy Briefs -This essay is the first of a series of Heartland Policy Briefs that addresses entitlement reform. In this document he writes that, Soon after World War II, U.S. -
Wisconsin’s Act 10: Saving Schools from the Fiscal Cliff
Publication -Policy Briefs -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Act 10 is working. -
Research & Commentary: UTOPIA and the Problems Facing Municipal Broadband
Publication -Research and Commentaries -One of Utah’s most ambitious municipal broadband programs is facing serious subscribership and funding problems. -
Research & Commentary: The Nevada Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Nevada legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger. -
The Streetcar Fantasy
Publication -Policy Briefs -Plans to build streetcar lines in San Antonio are based on several critical fallacies, including claims that streetcars are superior to buses in their ability to attract riders and that streetcars promote economic development. -
Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ ‘Too Late’ Report: Poor Science, No Practical Solutions
Publication -Policy Briefs -A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), titled Too Late for Two Degrees? -
Research & Commentary: “Use it or Lose it” Proposals
Publication -Research and Commentaries -With gasoline prices reaching all-time highs, some activists and politicians are attacking oil and gas companies for not fully developing the federal leases for energy production they hold, and they’re using that as a reason to advocate a moratorium on -
Research & Commentary: Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The United States has increased its teaching force 250 percent since 1950, reducing teacher-student ratios from 1:22 to 1:15, but the expansion has not brought higher teacher quality. -
Research & Commentary: Georgia Parent Trigger
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A Georgia legislator plans to propose an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.