The Heartland Institute

Although the original version of the government-run public option was not included in President Obama’s health care law, an alternate approach will be rolled out in 2013 which may represent a stealth version of the unpopular proposal. Section 1334 of Obama’s law creates federally administered multistate insurance plans (MSP) to ...

Major banks recently reported their best year since 2006, but bankers worry about future economic and regulatory conditions. The combined profits of $63 billion of the six largest banks are the most since before the subprime lending crisis struck in 2007. The subprime crisis, as it turned out, was just the tip of the iceberg ...

Jim Lakely, co-director of Heartland's Center on the Digital Economy, speaks with Scott Mackey, partner at KSE Partners LLP in Montpelier, Vermont, about his new report examining taxes and fees on wireless consumers. The report is titled, "Wireless Taxes and Fees Continue Growth Trend." ...

So why is it that the governors of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming have all said no to a state-implemented health insurance exchange? Scott Walker’s letter explaining ...

Performance may affect teacher pay at Newark Public Schools, after local teachers union members voted to approve a new contract Nov. 14. Nearly 62 percent of member voters approved the deal. Two days later, Gov. Chris Christie (R) called it a model for the nation. Schools in New Jersey’s largest city have struggled academically ...

As Congress considers whether to allow the capital gains tax rate to increase at the beginning of 2013, states across the nation are debating whether to change their own capital gains tax rates. Oregon’s capital gains taxes are among the nation’s highest. According to the Federation of Tax Administrators, Oregon is tied with ...