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Overdoses would increase if fentanyl is designated as a WMD

Overdoses would increase if fentanyl is designated as a WMD

By Adrian Moore and Jacob James Rich

Prohibition creates massive incentives for violence and ever more unsafe versions of drugs, creating an environment where helping drug users is very difficult.

Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health
Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health

By Guy Bentley

Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more
Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more

By Zachary Christensen

Examining the impacts of education reform legislation proposed in Kansas
Examining the impacts of education reform legislation proposed in Kansas

By Kyle Abbott

Ridership struggles in cities like Dallas and Chicago highlight the transit challenges ahead
Ridership struggles in cities like Dallas and Chicago highlight the transit challenges ahead

By Jay Derr

  • Montana reform would improve pension funding and retirement savings for public employees
    Montana reform would improve pension funding and retirement savings for public employees

    Backgrounder by Steven Gassenberger

  • Amicus Brief: Roberts v. McDonald
    Amicus Brief: Roberts v. McDonald

  • Actuarially determined contributions would reverse Montana’s pension debt trends
    Actuarially determined contributions would reverse Montana’s pension debt trends

    Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Steven Gassenberger

  • Ways the SECURE Act 2.0 can help people save for retirement
    Ways the SECURE Act 2.0 can help people save for retirement

    Commentary by Rod Crane

  • Analyzing Nebraska’s proposed legislation impacting school finance and property taxes
    Analyzing Nebraska’s proposed legislation impacting school finance and property taxes

    Commentary by Christian Barnard

  • Florida should abolish capital punishment, not make it easier
    Florida should abolish capital punishment, not make it easier

    Commentary by Vittorio Nastasi and Whitney Malcolm

  • Federal judge: Restrictions on gun ownership violate medical marijuana patients’ Second Amendment rights 
    Federal judge: Restrictions on gun ownership violate medical marijuana patients’ Second Amendment rights 

    Commentary by Madison Carlino

  • Sustainable highway funding requires charging the drivers who use them
    Sustainable highway funding requires charging the drivers who use them

    Commentary by Robert Poole

  • Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

Pension Integrity Project

  • Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more
    Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more

    Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

  • Montana reform would improve pension funding and retirement savings for public employees
    Montana reform would improve pension funding and retirement savings for public employees

    Backgrounder by Steven Gassenberger

  • Actuarially determined contributions would reverse Montana’s pension debt trends
    Actuarially determined contributions would reverse Montana’s pension debt trends

    Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Steven Gassenberger

Education

  • Examining the impacts of education reform legislation proposed in Kansas
    Examining the impacts of education reform legislation proposed in Kansas

    Commentary by Kyle Abbott

  • Analyzing Nebraska’s proposed legislation impacting school finance and property taxes
    Analyzing Nebraska’s proposed legislation impacting school finance and property taxes

    Commentary by Christian Barnard

  • Clearing up definitions of backpack funding
    Clearing up definitions of backpack funding

    Backgrounder by Christian Barnard

Transportation

  • Ridership struggles in cities like Dallas and Chicago highlight the transit challenges ahead
    Ridership struggles in cities like Dallas and Chicago highlight the transit challenges ahead

    Commentary by Jay Derr

  • Sustainable highway funding requires charging the drivers who use them
    Sustainable highway funding requires charging the drivers who use them

    Commentary by Robert Poole

  • Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

Privatization

  • Privatization and Government Reform News: Impact of occupational licensing, ESG investing, and more
    Privatization and Government Reform News: Impact of occupational licensing, ESG investing, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart and Max Gulker

  • Privatization and Government Reform News: Expensive ambulances, Jackson’s water crisis, FDA reform, and more
    Privatization and Government Reform News: Expensive ambulances, Jackson’s water crisis, FDA reform, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart and Max Gulker

  • Jackson’s boil advisory lifted, now must address long-term water problems 
    Jackson’s boil advisory lifted, now must address long-term water problems 

    Commentary by Austill Stuart

Individual Freedom

  • Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health
    Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health

    Backgrounder by Guy Bentley

  • Massachusetts menthol ban increased smoking among black women, research finds
    Massachusetts menthol ban increased smoking among black women, research finds

    Commentary by Jacob James Rich

  • Testimony: Making DC’s sports gambling market more competitive, attractive and profitable
    Testimony: Making DC’s sports gambling market more competitive, attractive and profitable

    Testimony by Michelle Minton

Data Visualization

  • Examining day-to-day crypto volatility and why it’s important
    Examining day-to-day crypto volatility and why it’s important

    Data Visualization by Max Gulker and Jordan Campbell

  • The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans 
    The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans 

    Data Visualization by Zachary Christensen, Steve Vu, Jordan Campbell and Anil Niraula

  • Local governments collected $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020
    Local governments collected $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020

    Data Visualization by Vittorio Nastasi

Policy Studies

  • Tolling value proposition for trucking and state departments of transportation
    Tolling value proposition for trucking and state departments of transportation

    Policy Study by Robert Poole

  • The current status of Texas Central’s proposed  high-speed rail line linking Dallas and Houston
    The current status of Texas Central’s proposed high-speed rail line linking Dallas and Houston

    Policy Brief by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • State policy agenda for telehealth innovation
    State policy agenda for telehealth innovation

    Policy Brief by Josh Archambault and Vittorio Nastasi

Reason Foundation Newsletters

  • Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more
    Pension Reform News: Modeling pension changes and costs, Alaska’s rollback of reform, and more

    Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

  • Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Ohio train derailment, induced demand and urban freeway expansion, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Funding Education Opportunity: Examining public school enrollment losses and sectors with gains, state education legislation, and more
    Funding Education Opportunity: Examining public school enrollment losses and sectors with gains, state education legislation, and more

    Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

  • Aviation Policy News:  Airlines and FAA ignored rules after near misses on runways, junk fees in Congress, and more
    Aviation Policy News: Airlines and FAA ignored rules after near misses on runways, junk fees in Congress, and more

    Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Pension Reform News: Montana’s proposed reforms, poor 2022 investment results, and more
    Pension Reform News: Montana’s proposed reforms, poor 2022 investment results, and more

    Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

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  • Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation
    Annual Privatization Report 2022: Aviation

    Annual Privatization Report by Marc Scribner

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    Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Transportation Finance

    Annual Privatization Report by Robert Poole

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    Annual Privatization Report 2022 — Surface Transportation

    Annual Privatization Report by Baruch Feigenbaum and Mae Baltz

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    Debate: The Soho Forum — Alex Nowrasteh vs. Francis Menton

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