News Releases - Recent
James G. Lakely and Maureen Martin - November 05, 2009
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on November 4 filed a federal antitrust suit against Intel, the leading manufacturer of microchips. The suit ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - November 02, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission is now accepting public comment about its Notice of Proposed Rule Making to codify net neutrality principles as a ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - October 23, 2009
James G. Lakely, co-director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute's Center on the Digital Economy and managing editor of InfoTech & Telecom News, ... (read more)
Diane Carol Bast - October 16, 2009
While President Barack Obama and his health care overhaul allies assert "most doctors and nurses support reform," poll results from Sermo, an ... (read more)
Diane Carol Bast - October 07, 2009
On Tuesday, October 20, the Cato Institute and co-sponsors will host a conference on tax competition and financial privacy aimed at educating the public ... (read more)
Diane Carol Bast - October 06, 2009
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are planning two events to call attention to global warming--the sound science, sound economics side of ... (read more)
Joseph Bast - October 05, 2009
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama, the chairman of the FCC, and members of Congress say they support "network neutrality," a regulatory regime ... (read more)
Dan Miller - October 02, 2009
The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission concedes he "cannot know what tomorrow holds on the Internet," but he intends to lead ... (read more)
Maureen Martin - September 30, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court today (9-30) agreed to hear an important Second Amendment case challenging the constitutionality of Chicago's gun ban ordinance.Last ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - September 21, 2009
James G. Lakely, co-director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute’s Center on the Digital Economy and managing editor of InfoTech & Telecom ... (read more)
Dan Miller - September 17, 2009
In 2009, Illinois has faced widespread budget woes, out-of-control spending sprees, and rumblings of tax hikes. Our neighbor Indiana, meanwhile, boasts ... (read more)
Greg Scandlen - September 16, 2009
Please join us on Friday, September 18 for the next Health Policy Network conference call, jointly sponsored by Consumers for Health Care Choices at The ... (read more)
Greg Scandlen - September 09, 2009
The president's speech to a joint session of Congress failed to move the health reform ball closer to the goalposts. Instead of bringing much-needed clarity ... (read more)
John Colicigno - August 27, 2009
(Hazleton, PA) Local organizers have booked the 350-seat J.J. Ferrara Center in downtown Hazleton, Pennsylvania for a health care "town hall" ... (read more)
Jay Lehr, Ph.D. - August 26, 2009
The entire trip from August 3 to August 18 was busy, productive, and exciting.I agreed to give as many as three lectures a day, and on a number of days ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - August 20, 2009
Timothy Karr, campaign director of the deceptively named "media reform" group Free Press -- deceptive because their version of "free" ... (read more)
Joseph Bast and Karla Dial - August 20, 2009
Rose Director Friedman, the wife of, and coauthor of many books with, Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, ... (read more)
Dan Miller - August 12, 2009
Brian Costin, assistant director of government relations for The Heartland Institute, will be a guest Wednesday, August 12 on "Chicago Tonight," ... (read more)
Dan Miller - August 07, 2009
CHICAGO -- More than 500 of the world's leading climatologists, economists, and public policy leaders will convene in Chicago May 16-18, 2010 at the fourth ... (read more)
Dan Miller - August 06, 2009
CHICAGO -- The health care overhaul bills championed by the Obama administration and congressional Democrats would result in less health care for consumers ... (read more)
