Heartland Institute
Recent News About Heartland Institute
-
Heartland Institute's Lee disputes Chapa LaVia on health care
Sarah Lee doesn’t see the basis for many of the health-care-related concerns state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) raised in her role as the new assistant majority leader during a recent interview.
-
From Prairie State Wire
EDITORIAL: Gov. Pritzker's new climate strategy is all pain, no gain
High taxes, record debt, underfunded pensions, notorious corruption, and an ongoing urban crime problem are only a few of Illinois’ most pressing problems.
-
From Prairie State Wire
EDITORIAL: Pritzker’s climate order is all pain, no gain
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a January 23 executive order committing Illinois to the expensive energy sources and failed carbon-dioxide reduction goals of the United Nations and the Paris Climate Agreement.
-
From Prairie State Wire
Is bankruptcy the only way Illinois can overcome 'unsustainable fiscal policy'? Economist thinks so
A former economics professor who is an adviser to the Heartland Institute believes the best way to overcome Illinois’ unsustainable debt is to do what no state has done since the 1930s: declare bankruptcy.