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ConstitutionEconomicsGovernmentLegal AffairsPoliticsRegulation
Quantifying Illegal Votes Cast by Non-Citizens in the Battleground States of the 2020 Presidential Election
by James Agresti November 9, 2020This article presents a rigorous study which has found that illegal votes cast by non-citizens may have netted Joe Biden enough extra votes in battleground states to tip the overall election winner from Trump to Biden.
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By most measures of income, yes, but income does not account for the cost of living.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyPodcastTaxes
In The Tank (ep145) – IG Report Exposes Depth of the Swamp. Climate Hysteria, California Split into 3 States?
by Donald Kendal June 22, 2018Donny Kendal, Jim Lakely and Justin Haskins present episode #145 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Reason Foundation, The Heartland Institute, and the Illinois Policy Institute.
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Too many politicians are willing to fleece taxpayers for political gain.
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EconomicsEnvironment/EnergyFeaturedLibertyPodcast
In The Tank (ep97) – 2017 Fiscal State Rankings, Think Tank News, and Carbon Neutral Vacations
by Donald Kendal July 14, 2017John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #97 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Mercatus Center, The Heartland Institute, and the Center of the American Experiment.
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Government
What Should You Remember When Drafting a Constitutional Amendment?
by Rob Natelson October 17, 2016Here are some last-minute tips on drafting proposed constitutional amendments.
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Environment/EnergyPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Bill Kovacs: Unfunded Mandates Undermine the Constitution, State Autonomy and Our Economic Well-Being
by H. Sterling Burnett October 4, 2016A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce study shows the Obama administration is ignoring the law by imposing an increasing number of unfunded mandates on the states without first assessing their economic impact or carrying out a required cost benefit analysis.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
Peter Ferrara Discusses the Worst Recovery Since the Great Depression
by Donald Kendal August 18, 2016Heartland Senior Fellow Peter Ferrara joins the Made In America radio show with host Neal Asbury to talk about a new Heartland policy brief titled “Why the United States Has Suffered the Worst Economic Recovery Since the Great Depression.”
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Lately, education scholars at Washington, D.C.-based, nominally conservative think tanks have spun themselves into a tizzy about the education reform movement’s splintering into quarreling factions.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Adam Millsap: Ranking the Financial Health of the States
by Jesse Hathaway June 13, 2016In this episode of The Heartland Institute’s weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway talks with Mercatus Center at George Mason University’s State and Local Policy Project scholar Adam Millsap about a new study ranking each US state’s financial health, based on factors such as short- and long-term debt, fiscal obligations, unfunded pensions and entitlement spending.
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FeaturedHealth CarePodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Peter Ferrara: Examining Obamacare Repeal & Replace Options
by Michael Hamilton May 25, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Peter Ferrara, Heartland Senior Fellow and author of the Power to the People, joins host Michael Hamilton to discuss the different proposed plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
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Budgets/TaxesFeatured
States Should Not Increase Tobacco Use Age to 21
by Lindsey Stroud May 2, 2016Some states, including California and Illinois, are now considering proposals that would increase the legal age limit required to consume tobacco and tobacco-like products, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 years old to 21. Hawaii was the first state to enact such laws, which became effective January 1, 2016.
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That was not what the power elites intended when they concocted standards and assessments intended to apply to all students, teachers, and schools. Their objective was centralization. But their arrogance has activated a hornets’ nest of angry parents intent on reclaiming control over their children’s schooling.