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Environment
Research & Commentary: Kansas Renewable Portfolio Standard
In this Research and Commentary, Heartland Policy Analyst Taylor Smith and Government Relations Manager Nathan Makla discuss renewable power mandates in Kansas. Smith argues the state should repeal its renewable portfolio standards, stating that, “Experiences and evidence from other states show increasing Kansas’s renewable energy mandate will unnecessarily raise electricity prices, destroy jobs, and distort and destabilize resource allocation. Kansas should not pick winners and losers by mandating the use of certain types of energy.” Read more
Health Care
Three Potential Paths Post-Obamacare Ruling
In the latest issue of Heartland’s Consumer Power Report, Senior Fellow Benjamin Domenech writes about the possible responses Congress may take in the aftermath of a King v.Burwell decision that ends Obamacare subsidies for many states. Domenech argues there are three paths Congress could take in the wake of a ruling from the Supreme Court striking down the Obamacare insurance exchange subsidy system: “They amount to a path toward doing nothing, a path toward doing something, and a path toward doing everything.” Read more
Budget and Tax
House Embraces Regulatory Reform
Bonner Cohen of the National Center for Public Policy Research discusses in this Heartlander article a new piece of legislation now being considered in Congress that would increase congressional scrutiny of federal regulations. The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act would require federal agencies to perform additional analyses justifying the costs of regulations affecting small businesses. The bill is currently in the House and is expected to be passed and sent to the Senate.Read more
Telecom
Heartland Daily Podcast – Scott Cleland: The Shaky Foundation of Net Neutrality
In this episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Jesse Hathaway, managing editor of Budget & Tax News, speaks with former Deputy U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy Scott Cleland. Cleland explains the shaky “house of cards” upon which the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “Net Neutrality” is built. Cleland identifies eight legal flaws in the FCC’s ruling, explaining how the power grab is very likely to be ruled illegal by courts in coming months. Read more
Education
Research & Commentary: Arizona Common Core
In this Research & Commentary, Heartland Policy Analyst Taylor Smith and Government Affairs Manager Logan Pike argue Arizona should repeal and replace Common Core with standards based on those of high-achieving states. Pike notes, “A government-mandated, single-style progression of learning is unlikely to be the best way to accommodate the individuality of Arizona’s 1,044,785 students.” Read more
From Our Free-Market Friends
Generation Opportunity Event in Columbus, OH
Please join GenOpp Institute, The Buckeye Institute, and America’s Future Foundation on March 19th for an evening discussing out-of-control criminalization and mandatory sentencing with guest speaker Robert Alt, president of The Buckeye Institute. The event is on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT) at Due Amici. The event is free and you can register online here.
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