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Indiana Legislators Consider Tax Credit Measure
The Indiana state legislature is considering a bill to establish a tax credit scholarship program for families to send their children to private K-12 schools. S.B. 528—introduced in January by state Sen. Carlin Yoder (R-Elkhart County)—is designed to benefit low- and middle-income families. Businesses and individuals who donate to scholarship-granting ...
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California Rejects Oil Agreement between Industry and Greens
Environment & Climate News (Heartland Institute), April 1, 2009 The California State Lands Commission has rejected an agreement by industry and environmental groups that would have allowed environmentally friendly oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara. According to the commission, the economic and environmental benefits of the agreement are ...
Business & Economics
National Safety Council Seeks Ban on Calling While Driving
Info Tech & Telecom News (Heartland Institute), April 1, 2009 The National Safety Council is calling for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving, claiming 6 percent of all automobile crashes are due to cell phone use, costing Americans $43 billion a year. According to the NSC’s Web ...
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Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
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JAMA Wants to Restrict Competition for Pharma Dollars
Many elite, academic doctors would like to believe that they can create a world where human beings do not influence other human beings. This makes them ashamed of their profession’s relationship with research-based drug companies. They believe that any item or communication from a … more »»
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The “Congressional” Health Care Plan
With the highly publicized White House Forum on Health Reform now in the rearview mirror, President Obama has taken his show on the road. The administration is in the midst of holding five other such forums across the country. These gatherings are intended to set the stage for congressional action ...
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Pacific Research Institute and Just for the Kids—California Launches California School Finance Center Database
Sacramento, March 31, 2009 – The Pacific Research Institute and Just for the Kids – California announce the launch of the California School Finance Center database (https://schoolfinancecenter.org/). It compiles publicly-available information on public school revenue, achievement, and student demographic data from a dozen California Department of Education sources to present ...
Business & Economics
Blame it on the followers of Keynes
As the United States, Canada and other countries unleash trillions of dollars of economic stimulus packages on the world’s teetering financial system, it may be helpful to recall that the last time governments tried to “fix” the economy with mountains of borrowed money, it ended up making the problem worse. ...
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More educating with less money
Orange County Register, March 27, 2009 Flash Report, March 29, 2009 CA Forward, March 27, 2009 Award-winning charter schools show public schools how to succeed. The Oakland Charter Academy and the Our Community Charter School in the San Fernando Valley have won the Hart Vision “Charter School of the Year” ...
Business & Economics
Liability system is unreliable
Washington Times, March 26, 2009 It is encouraging that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders seem serious about reforming our destructive medical-malpractice liability system (“Medical malpractice reform eyed in health care debate,” March 17). Such action would do wonders to lower health care costs and improve patient access to care. ...
Indiana Legislators Consider Tax Credit Measure
The Indiana state legislature is considering a bill to establish a tax credit scholarship program for families to send their children to private K-12 schools. S.B. 528—introduced in January by state Sen. Carlin Yoder (R-Elkhart County)—is designed to benefit low- and middle-income families. Businesses and individuals who donate to scholarship-granting ...
California Rejects Oil Agreement between Industry and Greens
Environment & Climate News (Heartland Institute), April 1, 2009 The California State Lands Commission has rejected an agreement by industry and environmental groups that would have allowed environmentally friendly oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara. According to the commission, the economic and environmental benefits of the agreement are ...
National Safety Council Seeks Ban on Calling While Driving
Info Tech & Telecom News (Heartland Institute), April 1, 2009 The National Safety Council is calling for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving, claiming 6 percent of all automobile crashes are due to cell phone use, costing Americans $43 billion a year. According to the NSC’s Web ...
Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
JAMA Wants to Restrict Competition for Pharma Dollars
Many elite, academic doctors would like to believe that they can create a world where human beings do not influence other human beings. This makes them ashamed of their profession’s relationship with research-based drug companies. They believe that any item or communication from a … more »»
The “Congressional” Health Care Plan
With the highly publicized White House Forum on Health Reform now in the rearview mirror, President Obama has taken his show on the road. The administration is in the midst of holding five other such forums across the country. These gatherings are intended to set the stage for congressional action ...
Pacific Research Institute and Just for the Kids—California Launches California School Finance Center Database
Sacramento, March 31, 2009 – The Pacific Research Institute and Just for the Kids – California announce the launch of the California School Finance Center database (https://schoolfinancecenter.org/). It compiles publicly-available information on public school revenue, achievement, and student demographic data from a dozen California Department of Education sources to present ...
Blame it on the followers of Keynes
As the United States, Canada and other countries unleash trillions of dollars of economic stimulus packages on the world’s teetering financial system, it may be helpful to recall that the last time governments tried to “fix” the economy with mountains of borrowed money, it ended up making the problem worse. ...
More educating with less money
Orange County Register, March 27, 2009 Flash Report, March 29, 2009 CA Forward, March 27, 2009 Award-winning charter schools show public schools how to succeed. The Oakland Charter Academy and the Our Community Charter School in the San Fernando Valley have won the Hart Vision “Charter School of the Year” ...
Liability system is unreliable
Washington Times, March 26, 2009 It is encouraging that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders seem serious about reforming our destructive medical-malpractice liability system (“Medical malpractice reform eyed in health care debate,” March 17). Such action would do wonders to lower health care costs and improve patient access to care. ...
