The Heartland Institute

McDonald v. Chicago , 561 U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 3020 (2010), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2010, that determined whether the Second Amendment applies to the individual states. Maureen Martin, senior fellow for legal affairs at The Heartland Institute, filed an amicus brief in that ...

Illinois has the opportunity to join a growing number of states that have streamlined the process of competitive entry into cable TV markets by giving the state the authority to grant a video franchise to a new entrant seeking to launch service anywhere in the state. Phone companies are upgrading their networks with fiber ...