Publications
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Policy Tip Sheet No. 8 – Infant Meningitis Vaccine
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -ProblemMeningitis, or meningococcal disease, is inflammation of the fluid membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. N. Meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in children 2 to 18 years of age in the United States. -
You Call This Consensus?
Publication -Policy Briefs -Heartland Institute President Joseph Bast writes a 2011 paper examining the common sound bites surrounding the idea that there is a scientific "consensus" surrounding the idea that humans are the primary cause of catastrophic climate change. -
Unstoppable Solar Cycles: Rethinking Global Warming
Publication -Books -When Erik the Red first arrived in Greenland, the fertile green land was perfect for farming. But within a few centuries the thriving Viking settlements had been wiped out by global cooling. -
Research & Commentary: Protecting Privacy in Cloud Computing
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The 25-five-year-old federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) doesn’t protect individuals’ data stored remotely in the Internet “cloud” (such as gmail, mobileme, and skydrive). -
Research & Commentary: The Effect of Dodd-Frank
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act, is a law with consequences for every part of the financial system. -
Research & Commentary: The Effect of Dodd-Frank
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, also known as the Dodd-Frank Act, is a law with consequences for every part of the financial system. -
Research and Commentary: Blaine Amendments
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Thirty-eight states have Blaine Amendments to their constitutions, which prohibit public dollars from supporting religious private schools. -
Research & Commentary: Standardized Loss Allocation System for Hurricane Claims and the COASTAL Act
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The two major forces of a hurricane—wind and water—can do grave damage to homes. This can pose a problem because private insurers cover almost all wind damage while the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) handles all flood damage to ordinary homes. -
Property & Casualty Insurance Report Card, 2011 Edition
Publication -Policy Studies -Each of the past four years, The Heartland Institute has released a report that asks fundamental questions about the nation’s property and casualty insurance regulatory environment. -
Research & Commentary: Use of Gender in Auto Insurance Scoring
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Some stereotypes about groups are pure calumny, others have a small grain of truth, and some are absolutely, 100 percent true. What follows concerns a stereotype about men and women that is 100 percent true. -
Games Legislators Play: Tricks, gimmicks, and fuzzy accounting in the 2011-2012 budget
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Using money that’s only available for one year to fund ongoing functions of government Legislators are taking $150 million from various earmarked/restricted funds to pay for ongoing obligations at the Department of Education and the Department of Health -
Research & Commentary: National ‘Common Core’ Curriculum Standards
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The Common Core State Standards Initiative, supported and created by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers, sets grade-by-grade content requirements for K–12 in English language arts and math. -
Research & Commentary: National and State Standardized Tests
Publication -Research and Commentaries -As Congress gears up to reauthorize No Child Left Behind, the largest federal law on education, and various school districts display the fruits of the act’s mandated testing, experts have begun to weigh in on the merits and disadvantages of national and -
Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) of Natural Gas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) of Natural GasNew natural gas discoveries in shale rock formations and rapid technological advances to recover the gas have improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook. -
Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) of Natural Gas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Research & Commentary: Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) of Natural GasNew natural gas discoveries in shale rock formations and rapid technological advances to recover the gas have improved the U.S. domestic energy outlook. -
Research & Commentary: Weight-Based Smokeless Tobacco Taxes in Wisconsin
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Wisconsin is considering a revenue neutral tax proposal that would change the tax structure for smokeless tobacco from an ad valorem tax to a weight-based tax. -
Research & Commentary: Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Fees
Publication -Research and Commentaries -State Rep. Mark Mustio (R) has introduced a bill that would prevent Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board (LCB) from increasing handling “fees” on alcohol without prior approval from the legislature and governor. -
Why Some Cities Are Growing and Others Shrinking
Publication -Policy Studies -Florida Gulf Coast University Associate Professor of Economics Dean Stansel studies migration and taxation data for 100 American metropolitian areas, finding statistically significant correlations between rates of taxation and individuals' choices to -
Corrections to Fiscal Note for Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Program
Publication -Policy Briefs -Texas Representative Sid Miller introduced HB 33, the Taxpayers’ Savings Grant (TSG) program, at the start of the legislature’s 2011 Special Session. The Texas Legislative Budget Board (LBB) released its fiscal note on the bill on June 6. -
The Indiana School Scholarship Act (House Bill 1003): Commentary and Analysis
Publication -Policy Briefs -CLICK BELOW FOR FULL-TEXT PDFThe Indiana School Scholarship Act (ISSA), signed into law by Gov. -
Research & Commentary: Contracting Out Prison Services
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The cost of incarceration, rehabilitation, and security in state, local, and federal prisons has become a serious budget problem. -
Research & Commentary: North Carolina Auto Insurance
Publication -Research and Commentaries -North Carolina is currently considering several types of changes to its auto insurance regulatory system. -
An Unsustainable Path: The Past and Future of Kentucky Medicaid Spending
Publication -Policy Studies -John Garen, professor in economics at the University of Kentucky and adjunct scholar at the Bluegrass Institute, writes an extensive study on the expansion of Medicaid in his state. -
Research & Commentary: Federal Earthquake Insurance Backstop
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation to create a new federal earthquake insurance backstop is currently being considered in Congress.