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September 26, 2018
California Billionaire’s Renewable Energy Initiative Makes Arizona Ballot
Arizona voters will be considering a ballot initiative to require Arizona utilities to generate 50 percent of their electricity through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind by 2030 this November.
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Health Care
September 25, 2018
Amazon Expands Its Role in the Health Care Marketplace
Online retail giant Amazon is increasing its presence in the health care marketplace, with the company planning to open a primary care clinic for employees in late 2018.
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Health Care
September 25, 2018
CMS Encourages States to Allow the Sale of Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is encouraging states to allow the sale of short-term individual health insurance plans outside the Obamacare exchanges.
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Energy
September 25, 2018
U.S.–Mexico Trade Deal Should Boost American Energy Exports
After months of negotiations, the United States and Mexico reached a preliminary trade agreement that should significantly boost American energy exports to its southern neighbor.
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Education
September 24, 2018
Poll: Most Americans Support Expansion of School Choice
More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll say parents with children enrolled in government schools should be given tax vouchers to facilitate “[enrolling] their children in private schools instead.”
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Taxes
September 24, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Heartland’s Ferrara on Fox & Friends
Week of September 17, 2018
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September 26, 2018
California Billionaire’s Renewable Energy Initiative Makes Arizona Ballot
By Tim Benson
Arizona voters will be considering a ballot initiative to require Arizona utilities to generate 50 percent of their electricity through renewable energy sources such as solar and wind by 2030 this November.
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September 25, 2018
Amazon Expands Its Role in the Health Care Marketplace
By Ashley Pappas
Online retail giant Amazon is increasing its presence in the health care marketplace, with the company planning to open a primary care clinic for employees in late 2018.
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September 25, 2018
CMS Encourages States to Allow the Sale of Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
By Christopher Talgo
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is encouraging states to allow the sale of short-term individual health insurance plans outside the Obamacare exchanges.
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September 25, 2018
U.S.–Mexico Trade Deal Should Boost American Energy Exports
By Christopher Talgo
After months of negotiations, the United States and Mexico reached a preliminary trade agreement that should significantly boost American energy exports to its southern neighbor.
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September 24, 2018
Poll: Most Americans Support Expansion of School Choice
By Sarah Quinlan
More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll say parents with children enrolled in government schools should be given tax vouchers to facilitate “[enrolling] their children in private schools instead.”
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September 24, 2018
Heartland Weekly: Heartland’s Ferrara on Fox & Friends
By Billy Aouste
Week of September 17, 2018
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September 24, 2018
Bloom Energy’s “Tangled Web”
By Paul Driessen
What a tangled web Bloom weaves, since first it practiced to deceive.
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September 24, 2018
California Adopts 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goal
By Linnea Lueken
California adopted a law mandating 100 percent of the electricity in the state come from emissions-free sources by 2045.
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September 23, 2018
Ivanka Trump Endorses College-Loan Payment Tax Exemption Bill
By Leo Pusateri
President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump endorsed a bill proposed by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R–IL) that would create federal tax incentives for private employers to pay student loan debt owed by their employees.
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September 23, 2018
Missouri Enacts Prevailing-Wage Reform
The cost of some local and state government construction projects in Missouri will decrease now that Gov. Michael Parson has signed a bill reforming the state’s prevailing-wage law.
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September 22, 2018
Daylight Saving Flexibility Under House Consideration
By Jeff Reynolds
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce is considering a bill that would enable more states to decide whether to participate in Daylight Saving Time (DST), the practice of advancing clocks ahead one hour during summer months.
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September 22, 2018
Illinois Gov. Rauner Signs Craft Brewing Distribution Bill
By Linnea Lueken
Craft breweries in Illinois may now directly distribute beer to bars and pubs, after decades of being forced to use government-mandated middlemen.
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September 22, 2018
Michigan Reinstates Work Requirements for Food Stamps
By Ashley Herzog
Work requirements for food stamp recipients will be enforced in all 83 Michigan counties after having been waived for 16 years.
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September 22, 2018
Oregon Voters to Consider Grocery Sales Tax Ban
By Brandon Best
Oregon voters will decide in November whether to approve the creation of a constitutional amendment prohibiting new levies on the price of groceries in the state.
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September 22, 2018
Ohio Schoolteacher Sues for Freedom from Union Dues
By Leo Pusateri
Lawyers representing an Ohio schoolteacher are suing the local teacher’s union, claiming the organization is continuing to violate her right to free association after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling.
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September 21, 2018
New York City Imposes Freeze, New Regulations on Ridesharing
By Ashley Herzog
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio approved a package of eight bills targeting Uber, Lyft, and other ridesharing companies doing business in the city.
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September 21, 2018
Kavanuagh Nomination Highlights Importance of Supreme Court Picks
By Allen Mendenhall
President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, and his confirmation hearings were held in September.
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September 21, 2018
We Must All Sacrifice for the Environment (But I Meant You – Not Me!)
By Greg E. Walcher
Have we become a society of people who want to regulate others, but not ourselves?
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September 21, 2018
Heartland Refutes Global Climate Action Summit’s False Claims
By H. Sterling Burnett
Climate Change Weekly #299
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September 21, 2018
Colorado PUC Approves Expensive Green Energy Replacement for Coal Power Plants
By H. Sterling Burnett
Colorado's Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy's plan to prematurely close two coal power units at its Comanche Generating Station and replace them largely with renewable power sources at an estimated cost of $2.5 billion.
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