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Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   April 28, 2021 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now 11.6 Percent Below 2005 Levels, Primarily Due To Fracking The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2021 Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GHGI) was released in early April, revealing total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States decreased by 113.1 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent, or 1.7 percent from 2018 to 2019. Indeed, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have now dropped by 11.6 percent of their 2005 levels, and are just 2.8 percent higher than their 1990 levels.  ...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   April 25, 2021 In her latest  Research & Commentary, Christina Herrin analyzes a bill under consideration in the Montana Legislature that would reform Certificate of Need. These outdated policies increase cost and decrease accessibility to quality health care. Read Now. In a new  Research & Commentary, Tim Benson examines school choice legislation in Alabama. The bill would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program for any student who is in foster care, has special needs, or is a dependent of an active military ...

April 22, 2021 Program Would Be Open To Children With Special Needs, Children In Foster Care, And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members Legislation introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or has special needs. With an ESA, state education funds allocated for a child are placed in a parent-controlled savings account. Parents then use a state-provided debit card to access the funds to pay for the resources chosen ...

April 23, 2021 Program Could Possibly Grow By 25 Percent Every Fiscal Year Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate would expand the commonwealth’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students. The program’s budget would increase to $185 million in fiscal year 2020–21 and would allow the program to increase by 25 percent in every fiscal year where at least 90 percent of the total credits were distributed to commonwealth families. Research also shows students at private schools are less likely than their public school peers to exper...

April 22, 2021 In this Research & Commentary, Christina Herrin evaluates an Illinois Senate Bill that would ban flavored e-cigarettes. Illinois Senate Democrats recently introduced Senate Bill 2282, which would ban flavored e-cigarettes. By introducing this bill, Illinois legislators have disregarded the fact that flavored e-cigarettes are a significant tool for tobacco harm reduction. In addition, a federal ban on flavored e-cigarettes already exists. Why are legislators spending precious time on redundant policy, when the Prairie State has much more pressing issues? Furthermore, there are a...