Entries for 'Heritage Foundation'

... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....

"... Almost three-fourths (72 percent) of its teachers are alternatively certified ...."

... Roughly 80% of solar components are manufactured in China using slave labor ....

... Hawaii’s chief election officer violated the National Voter Registration Act, which requires states to update voter registration rolls regularly ....

... the left never lets a crisis go to waste ....

... Hawaii is #41 in overall education freedom. The state ranks last in School Choice but fourth in Regulation ....

... the government has reacted in a typical knee-jerk fashion ....

... Assessing the Status of State Election Fairness and Security ....

... For the U.S., the Pacific Islands are critical to the Indo-Pacific strategy and its status as a resident power in the Western Pacific. ... 

...Gabbard is one of the few remaining voices of moderation in her increasingly left-wing party in Congress....

“...Black Futures Lab is a fiscally sponsored project of the Chinese Progressive Association....”

"...an executive order that will encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards for the use of force, including tactics for de-escalation.  Also, we’ll encourage pilot programs that allow social workers to join certain law enforcement officers so that they work together....” 

...“We do not have the ability to get rid of many of these officers that we know have done wrong in the past due to issues with both the contract and the arbitration associated with the union.”....

...A rapidly flourishing market of online resources is beginning to meet the content needs of millions of students across the country....

...There has been remarkably little clarity on this key question....

...The Trump administration announced that it had finalized its repeal of President Barack Obama’s infamous 2015 Clean Water Rule....

...The confirmation of Trump nominee Daniel Bress in July gave the president his seventh judge on the court. It also brought the once lopsided appeals court to 16 Democrat appointees and 12 Republican appointees, with one remaining vacancy.... 

...a new nationally representative survey reporting on the experiences and opinions of over 1,200 active-duty military families. ...

...Some Democrats have stood up to Hirono's anti-Catholic rhetoric....

... Four years ago, I wrote about my decision to live as a woman in The New York Times ....

...The proposed Equality Act would add “gender identity” to the Civil Rights Act of 1964....

...Hirono asked, “If confirmed, do you intend to end your membership with this organization to avoid any appearance of bias?”....

...a recent report on Oahu suggests that a Styrofoam ban is unlikely to reduce litter and increase recycling....

...Trump made the case Tuesday night for the $5.7 billion he wants Congress to approve for a wall expanding the physical barrier along the southern border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. The Daily Signal examines five of the president’s claims....

...“Remind students that one of the central missions of the university, which justifies its existence, is to get at the truth.”....

...mass deaths, global food shortages, economic destruction, and national security risks....

...why such a seemingly trivial matter has become such a big deal....

...Earlier this month, the Senate confirmed a Trump nominee from Hawaii to the 9th Circuit despite heavy opposition from conservative Republicans. Trump withdrew a nominee from Oregon, however, although he was regarded as conservative....

...“essentially half of the species” identified by Fish and Wildlife Service officials as “recovered” never should have been listed in the first place....

...Everyone Needs a Close Community, but Those Are Fewer and Fewer....

...during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2017, Justices Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor questioned the commission’s hostility....

...From 2010 through 2015, the Sierra Club Foundation received more than $18 million and Natural Resources Defense Council received more than $15 million....

...This practice of discarding human life turns the practice of medicine upside down....

...tag-team efforts of Russian trolls and ‘keep it in the ground’ activists....

...It was clear to anyone who has worked any level of civil defense planning, or who has lived through the drills of the 1950s and ’60s, that after the false alarm went out, no one in Hawaii had any idea what to do....

...Asian-Americans must score 140 points higher on their SATs than white students, 270 points higher than Hispanic students, and 450 points higher than black students....

Three doctors, specializing in pediatrics, biology, and psychiatry, are criticizing what they say is the reliance on feelings over facts ....

...The Obama administration winnowed the definition of religious freedom down to the narrow idea of “freedom of worship.” This was rebutted in the first line of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ memorandum....

...Since the 21st Century Flood Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 2874) passed out of committee in June, it has been subject to intense industry lobbying....

"What happened was a national disgrace, and yet some of the employees involved in these scandals remained on the payrolls." -- President Donald J Trump

...Hawaii is one of only four states where over 30 percent of high school graduates who hope to join the Army cannot achieve an adequate score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.... 

...policies like those resulting from the Paris agreement will have little impact on global temperatures....

...preventing “1930s-era regulations on internet providers.”....

What is done by executive power can be undone by executive power....

Applying campaign statements when interpreting law “sows chaos,” said Judge Alex Kozinski, who has been on the 9th Circuit since 1985....

There are two major courses of action that can be followed....

... Kupuna Caregivers $70/Day Appropriation SB534 / HB607 ....

Hawaii’s lawsuit consists almost entirely of policy arguments as opposed to legal claims, and the legal claims that are made are far-fetched....

By developing a rule that recognizes the need to work with states to address water issues, the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers will be helping the environment, not hurting it....

Not a single U.S. airport was ranked in the top 25 airports in the world, and our largest and most important airports scrape the very bottom in terms of customer satisfaction....