Washington, D.C., May 24, 2012--Nicolas (Nick) Loris, an economist at The Heritage Foundation, has been named the leading think tank's new Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow. Loris focuses his research and writing in Heritage's Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies on energy issues and…

Washington, D.C., May 9, 2012—The Heritage Foundation, the nation’s leading conservative think tank, today announced a restructuring designed to enhance the promotion of its cutting-edge research and public policy prescriptions. A new position, senior vice president and deputy chief operating officer,…

Washington, D.C., May 3, 2012—Steven P. Bucci, a distinguished Army Special Forces officer who became a top Pentagon official and cyber security expert, has joined The Heritage Foundation as a senior research fellow for defense and homeland security.  “Steve will focus…

Washington, D.C., April 27, 2012—Chicago financier Anthony J. Saliba has been named to The Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees, the prominent think tank announced. Saliba joins a group of 23 other business leaders, ambassadors and policymakers who serve the policy research…

Washington, D.C., April 26, 2012—Noted essayist and scholar Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson, a prominent advocate for religious freedom, today was awarded The Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship. In 1994, Hasson established the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a…

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2012—Without swift policy changes, America faces unprecedented government spending, debt and taxation in 2013, according to the newly released graphics from The Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Federal Budget in Pictures series. While…

SAN DIEGO , April 21, 2012 – Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz, two pioneers of the neoconservative movement, tonight were honored by The Heritage Foundation, the internationally influential think tank that applies conservative principles to develop solutions for public policy problems. …

Washington, D.C., April 21, 2012 --Heritage Foundation President Edwin J. Feulner issued the following statement on the death of Christian leader, cultural commentator and former White House counselor Charles W. "Chuck" Colson at age 80: America is the land of second…

Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012—Ryan T. Anderson, a writer, editor and researcher who specializes in natural law theory, is The Heritage Foundation’s new William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and a Free Society. Anderson will focus his studies at the leading…

Washington, D.C., April 10, 2012 — Edwin J. Feulner, who led The Heritage Foundation to its current prominence among think tanks, is one of four winners of the 2012 Bradley Prize for outstanding achievement, the Milwaukee-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today. “Ed Feulner has…

Washington, D.C., Feb. 9, 2012-- John Von Kannon, a key figure in the growth of The Heritage Foundation for more than three decades, tonight received the John Ashbrook Award for service to the conservative movement.…

More Americans dependent on federal government than ever before WASHINGTON, FEB. 8, 2012—The average American relying on federal government assistance receives more in benefits than the average American’s disposable personal…

WASHINGTON, JAN. 16, 2012 --The Heritage Foundation and Family Research Council, two leading public policy organizations, are hitting the road together on a bus tour designed to tell Americans about practical, conservative solutions to the most critical issues confronting the nation. …

Iceland, Great Britain gain; Greece falls most in world WASHINGTON, JAN. 12, 2012—Traditionally strong showings in property rights, freedom from corruption and business and trade freedom helped Europe post another year of strong scores in the 2012…

Nation’s global score slips for fourth straight year WASHINGTON, JAN. 12, 2012—Sharp increases in government spending and more costly regulations contributed to another decline in the United States’ ranking in the annual Index of Economic Freedom published by The Wall Street Journal and…