The Heartland Institute

Wealthy suburban school districts lack the academic heft many believe they have, according to the Global Report Card 2.0 . The updated 2012 findings match the 2011 edition’s conclusion: Even the best U.S. school districts rate mediocre when compared to international peers. “Suburbanites falsely believe that education reform has ...

North Carolina has the region's highest income tax burden, high unemployment, and slow personal income growth. The Civitas Institute in Raleigh, N.C., proposes ending the state's personal and corporate income taxes and franchise tax and replacing them with a consumption-based tax that research shows could boost employment and ...

It has been nearly 25 years since James Hansen first regaled Congress with predictions of imminent global warming doom and gloom. At the time, the Earth had only recently emerged from a 30-year cooling period and projections of future warming had little empirical data to back them up. Accordingly, computer models ruled the ...

The idea of a grand bargain is very much on the minds of Washington, DC insiders these days. But any grand bargain that promises to cut spending in return for higher tax rates is unlikely to come to fruition, because the spending cuts are likely to be only an illusion. Just prior to the election, more than 80 CEOs from ...

This Report to Congress on State Collection and Distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 Fees and Charges is submitted by the Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (Commission), pursuant to the New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008 (NET 911 Act). Prepared by Commission staff in the Public Safety and Homeland ...