The Heartland Institute

The State of Wyoming is working on a formal agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to trade environmentally sensitive lands for lands rich in minerals, oil, and natural gas resources. The BLM and the Wyoming Office of State Land and Investments (OSLI) are putting together a memorandum that would lay out ground ...

New data show 13.5 million people are now covered by consumer-driven health plans offering Health Savings Accounts, a sharp increase from the previous year. According to the annual census released in May by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), HSA-based plans have increased 18 percent over last year. But people who choose ...

Under an order adopted unanimously by the Federal Communications Commission, all cable companies with hybrid, digital-analog systems must continue carrying stations' analog signals until Dec. 12, 2012, after which the rule will sunset. The so-called “viewability” order was released June 12. The decision to extend the rule for an ...

Ohio is cutting its ties with the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a group of state and local air pollution control officials that routinely champions environmental activist claims and controversial U.S. Environmental Protection Agency restrictions. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Nally announced his ...

Change.org recently dropped two education reform groups from its list of clientele soon after one posted a petition challenging the Chicago Teacher’s Union on the popular progressive website. Change.org officials told Stand for Children and StudentsFirst their contracts were terminated due to pressure from the site’s supporters ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). While the individual mandate was upheld as a “tax,” the law’s Medicaid expansion has been partly rejected. Before the Court’s ruling, PPACA required states to expand Medicaid eligibility to all individuals whose ...