Wisconsin
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Budgets/TaxesHealth CareTobacco
Shady Companies and Black Market Substances, Not JUUL, Are Causing Hospitalizations
by Lindsey Stroud October 10, 2019Unless you live under a rock, odds are you’ve seen countless, glaring headlines of American youth being hospitalized “due to vaping.”
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A professor and group of student researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire claim they found elevated particulate levels associated with frac-sand mining.
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Environment/Energy
WE Energies Values Corporate Profits More than Its Ratepayers
by Isaac Orr March 7, 2018The Wisconsin Public Service Commission should carefully scrutinize future attempts by WE Energies to build new power plants that are not needed to satisfy consumer demands.
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Environment/Energy
Closing Coal Plant in Pleasant Prairie Will Increase Electricity Prices
by Isaac Orr January 11, 2018The premature closure of the Pleasant Prairie coal-fired power plant will drive up electricity costs for families.
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Budgets/TaxesEnvironment/EnergyRegulation
Wisconsin Found the Antidote to the Disease of Over-regulation
by H. Sterling Burnett September 26, 2017Wisconsin has taken the lead in giving power back to the people, by limiting the size of government, thereby increasing personal freedom and improving the state’s economic future.
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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised he would stimulate the economy by lifting job-killing regulations and mandates on the energy industry that hurt American workers and consumers.
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FeaturedPolitics
The Left Blatantly Violates Election Law, and Will Get Away With It
by Jim Lakely October 24, 2016An iron-clad law of the left: Accuse your opponents of doing what you, in fact, are doing – especially if what you are doing is illegal.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedLiberty
How Wisconsin Prosecutors Used State Power to Silence Patriots
by Nancy Thorner August 5, 2016For much of the past 35 years O’Keefe, a Libertarian, has encouraged the establishment of independent political organizations to hold politicians accountable. One such organization was the Wisconsin Club for Growth, which played a large role in supporting Gov. Scott Walker’s reform of union regulations in 2011 and 2012.
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Gateways to Liberty, Ecology and Prosperity – #2: From Indiana to Montana
by jbaden July 1, 2016[Read essay #1 here.] I attended Indiana University in the late 1960s. Like Columbia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other major universities, IU was a cauldron of radical activities. Many grad students…
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – WI State Rep. Rob Hutton: Zero-Based Budgeting
by Jesse Hathaway May 5, 2016In this episode of the weekly Budget & Tax News podcast, managing editor and research fellow Jesse Hathaway talks with Wisconsin state representative Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield), the sponsor of a new law requiring state government agencies to submit a zero-based budget plan and a budget plan in which the agency becomes more efficient but uses less taxpayer money.
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Environment/EnergyFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Audrey Boerner: Is Frac Sand Mining Safe?
by Isaac Orr February 9, 2016In today’s episode of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Audrey Boerner from the Institute for Wisconsin’s Health Inc. joins research fellow Isaac Orr to talk about the safety of frac sand mining.
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EducationLegal AffairsLiberty
Wisconsin Athlete Suspended for Angry Tweets Over Crowd Chants Ban, Critics Cite First Amendment Rights Violation
by Kyle Maichle January 11, 2016Hilbert, Wisconsin high school basketball player April Gehl was suspended six games by her school over a tweet against a new state association policy banning popular basketball and hockey chants,…