The Heartland Institute

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is insisting, despite reports to the contrary, that... would be inaccurate.” While McDonnell may insist this is still a matter to be decided, the Wall Street Journal recently editorialized that Virginians should have no such illusions: Mr. McDonnell even cut an 11th-hour deal with... ...

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The Winter 2003 issue of Heartland’s public policy magazine, Intellectual Ammunition , includes a directory of the 279 federal, state, and local elected officials who serve on Heartland’s Board of Legislative Advisors. Among this issue’s highlights: Rod Turner of American Republic Insurance Company offers state legislators ...

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The November-December 2009 issue of the Heartlander opens with Heartland President Joseph Bast s reflections on the past, present, and future of school choice. The essay is based on his keynote address at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Citizens for Educational Freedom, on October 20, 2009. Also in this issue: an announcement ...

... All About Obama, Not Education, and Bob concluded, As the president will say... The Day (circ. 34,730) told Bob to Get a grip, and added... benign presidential acts? On September 8, Bob spoke with Toledo talk show host... or no consequence, the paper published Bob s stinging rejoinder on September 14... ...

The September 2009 issue of School Reform News welcomes everyone back to school ... except students participating in the country s oldest and largest school voucher program, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, probably don t feel very welcome. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle s new state budget aimed funding cuts and new regulations ...

Based on data for nine indicators in three categories (curricular content, standardsbased reform, and school choice), Fordham’s education reform grade provides a glimpse at each state’s aggressiveness in improving its schools in recent years. (The Foundation would have examined state efforts at deregulating schools and educators ...

In the cover essay for the September-October 2009 issue of the Heartlander, Heartland President Joseph Bast previews the discussion that will take place at Heartland s 25th Anniversary Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 29, in Chicago. Also in this issue: an announcement of our release of Peter Ferrara s new Heartland Policy Study ...

... Dan Proft illustrated how Friedman s insistence on school choice has informed Proft... to the editors on July 6. Bob wrote in the Jacksonville, North Carolina... Reno, Nevada Gazette (circ. 67,268), Bob praised the work of a social... against stiff odds. On July 14, Bob noted in the Naples (Florida... ...

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The United States includes more than 3,000 counties and 30,000 incorporated cities. In the vast majority of these jurisdictions, diligent and impartial judges apply the law fairly. The Judicial Hellholes 2008/2009 report shines its harshest spotlight on seven areas that too often fall short of this standard. In these jurisdictions ...

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In most communities in America, the leader of the teachers union is among the most recognizable figures on the public stage. We quote them in our education policy stories regularly. When new reporters take over the education beat at newspapers, it is often the union leaders or their representatives who are first to reach ...

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The February 2006 issue of Budget & Tax News highlights the impact of government employee unions, with news stories from Washington State and New York, interviews with David Denholm and Ryan Ellis, and a discussion of how public-sector unionization has affected state and local budgets. On page 1: the new mayor of St ...

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