Publications
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Research & Commentary: New Report Details How Oil and Gas Production Is Vital to New Mexico’s Budget
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Nearly One Third Of New Mexico's General Fund Came From Oil & Gas Production In Fiscal Year 2018 -
Research & Commentary: Drug Approval Reform Popular and Long-Overdue
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Legislation would expand Right To Try, but doesn't go far enough. -
Research & Commentary: Expanding the Role of Physician Assistants in Rhode Island
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a bill in Rhode Island that would allow physician assistants to care for patients without being directly supervised by medical doctors, dramatically improving their ability to provide care. -
Research & Commentary: Alaska Should Reject Private-Option Medicaid Model
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a bill that would shift thousands of Alaskans covered under Alaska’s expanded Medicaid program onto subsidized private insurance plans. -
The Leaflet: U.S. Congressman Introduces Heartland’s Child Safety Accounts for DC Students
Publication -The Leaflet -Heartland's Child Safety Accounts proposal may soon become law in the nation's capitol. Tragic shootings and chronic bullying at schools necessitate school choice. -
Research & Commentary: EPA Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Decline While Oil, Natural Gas Production Soars
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now 12 Percent Below 2005 Levels, Primarily Due To Fracking -
Research & Commentary: Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Plan is Punitive, Insignificant, and Unnecessary
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A 1-4 Percent In Renewable Generation Raises Electricity Prices By 11-17 Percent -
Research & Commentary: Wholesale E-Cigarette Tax Would Vaporize Harm Reduction in Alaska
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposal would apply a 75 percent wholesale tax on tobacco harm reduction products. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Cigarette and Vape Tax Would Vaporize Tobacco Harm Reduction
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Multiple bills would increase cigarette tax by $2, apply a 95 percent wholesale tax to vaping products, and one bill would tax vaping products at two different rates. -
Research & Commentary: Progressive Income Tax Would Doom Illinois
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines a new effort in Illinois to switch from a flat tax system to a progressive tax system, a move that is likely to have long-term negative effects on taxpayers and the state’s economy. -
Policy Tip Sheet: Nebraska Should Enact Opportunity Scholarships
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Nebraska Should Enact Opportunity Scholarships -
Research & Commentary: Property Tax Swap Is Bad Deal for Texans
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses a tax reform proposal in Texas that would raise the state sales tax by 1 percent to 9.25 percent while reducing property taxes—a tax swap that would place a major burden on Texas consumers. -
The Leaflet: Florida and Tennessee Are Blazing the School Choice Trail
Publication -The Leaflet -Two school choice bills are soon to become law in Florida and Tennessee. -
Research & Commentary: Regressive Sales Tax Hike Would Devastate Connecticut
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses a bill that would increase Connecticut’s sales tax rate from 6.35 percent to 6.85 percent and redistribute the funds to low-income cities and towns. -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Medicaid Costs Exceeding Projections Post-Expansion
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses the rapidly rising cost of Virginia's Medicaid program and how Medicaid expansion is exacerbating the problem. -
Research & Commentary: Brief Details the Many Faults of a Carbon Dioxide Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Regressive, Distortionary Taxes Slow Economic Growth, Have Minimal Impact On CO2 Emissions -
Research & Commentary: Researchers Say Renewable Energy Mandates Cause Large Electricity Price Increases
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A 1-4 Percent In Renewable Generation Raises Electricity Prices By 11-17 Percent -
Research & Commentary: Gas Taxes Can’t Fuel Louisiana Transportation Projects
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses proposed legislation in Louisiana that would gradually increase the state’s gasoline tax from 38.4 cents-per-gallon to 56.4 cents-per-gallon by 2031. -
Research & Commentary: Regressive Sales Tax Hikes Will Not Solve Nebraska’s Property Tax Problem
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans and Lennie Jarratt discuss a major tax reform proposal that would hike both sales and sin taxes in Nebraska while reducing property taxes—a tax swap that would place a major burden on Nebraska consumers. -
Research & Commentary: California’s Proposed Corporate Tax Hikes Would Kill Jobs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans discusses a proposal in California that would increase the state’s corporate tax rate. If passed, California would have the highest corporate tax rate in the country. -
Research & Commentary: Tobacco 21 Laws Do Not Reduce Youth E-Cigarette Use
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Data from state and local-level surveys of high school and middle school students in Hawaii and Massachusetts find e-cigarette use increased after laws restricting tobacco products to 21 were put in place. -
Research & Commentary: Indicators of School Crime and Safety Underscore the Need for Child Safety Accounts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Thirty-Three Incidents Of Violent Victimization Or Theft On School Property For Every 1,000 Students -
Policy Brief: A Modern System for Approving the Cures of the Future
Publication -Policy Briefs -This Policy Brief argues an FTCM approach, by collecting real-world data on the effects of new drugs, would provide more patients with access to potentially life-saving drugs, and it would do so faster and more efficiently than the current FDA system. -
Research & Commentary: Proposed Colorado Cigarette and Vaping Tax Would Be Regressive, Unreliable, and Threaten Harm Reduction
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposal would ask voters to consider a cigarette tax increase to $2.59 per pack, and a newly created 62 percent wholesale tax on nicotine products, including e-cigarettes.