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How to improve the federal mileage-based user fee grant program
Congress should build upon its past work of supporting propulsion-neutral alternatives to fuel taxes.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — March 2026
Iowa considers psilocybin regulation, Missouri introduces legislation that would allow psilocybin as a treatment for veterans with PTSD, and more.
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Technology can help shift overdose prevention and response to more effective harm-reduction strategies
As technology begins to enter harm-reduction settings, it brings real potential to expand access and improve overdose response.
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Airports need far better data and more transparency
Airport information reported to Federal Aviation Administration is often incomplete, inaccurate, or missing.
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Let the good hackers help: Why states need a white‑hat safe harbor now
We simply don’t have the cybersecurity professionals to staff every agency and utility at the level the threat demands.
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New 50-state report reveals gaps in identification and reentry document assistance for people leaving prison
A new Reason Foundation report finds only 28 states mandate ID provision despite strong evidence linking employment access to reduced recidivism.
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Missouri Senate Bills 906 and 971 would improve open enrollment
If signed into law, these bills would allow Missouri's students to transfer to public schools outside of their assigned school district.
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Gov. DeSantis takes positive policy approach to data centers despite his negative tech rhetoric
Gov. DeSantis does Floridians a disservice by stoking fears about the artificial intelligence issues that Florida and other states are working to resolve.
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Why clearance rates matter: A practical metric for criminal justice system reform
Clearance rates can help ensure that criminal justice system reforms deliver on their core promise: greater safety, achieved through effectiveness rather than excess.
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Why New Hampshire’s K-12 open enrollment laws aren’t good enough
New Hampshire’s existing open enrollment law needs additional reforms because the current law lets districts stop students from transferring out of them.
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Replacing the California gas tax: The case for road user charges
California’s roads, highways and bridges need repair and modernization. The gas tax won’t fund those projects.
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New York Gov. Hochul’s nicotine pouch tax would be bad for public health
Heavily taxing safer alternatives to cigarettes keeps smokers from switching to better substitutes.
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Serious safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports
It should not take a deadly tragedy to spur the reforms needed in American air traffic control.
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Public pension debt should be scrutinized like other types of government debt
Without comprehensive pension debt reform, states face continued financial pressures and diminished flexibility for future budgets.
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California’s public school funding should be based on students actually enrolled
Enrollment-based funding is a sound policy that would help open enrollment and put the focus where it belongs: students and classrooms.
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Mississippi’s open enrollment proposals would be a step in the right direction for students
Mississippi’s K-12 students should be able to more easily transfer to public schools other than the ones they are residentially assigned to.
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California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed
If housing can only be built by repeatedly bypassing the state’s primary environmental review law, then the law needs to be changed.
