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Over 100,000 died from drug overdoses in 2021 as public policy drives people to fentanyl

Over 100,000 died from drug overdoses in 2021 as public policy drives people to fentanyl

By Jacob James Rich

Accepting a false narrative will likely prevent policymakers and the public from confronting the true underlying cause of the drug-overdose crisis.

How to make overdue reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act
How to make overdue reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act

By Baruch Feigenbaum

California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks
California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks

By Marc Joffe

Eliminating the cultivation tax would help California’s legal cannabis industry compete with the illicit market
Eliminating the cultivation tax would help California’s legal cannabis industry compete with the illicit market

By Geoffrey Lawrence

Utah should abolish qualified immunity, implement the common law standard
Utah should abolish qualified immunity, implement the common law standard

By Desmond Mantle

  • Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies
    Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies

    Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

  • Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway  rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Time for Congress to fix the alternative minimum tax disparity in infrastructure bonds
    Time for Congress to fix the alternative minimum tax disparity in infrastructure bonds

    Commentary by Marc Scribner

  • What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?
    What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?

    Backgrounder by Robert Poole

  • Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees
    Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees

    Testimony by Steven Gassenberger

  • The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market
    The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • California should eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax and reduce the retail excise tax
    California should eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax and reduce the retail excise tax

    Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Open enrollment policies don’t have to affect student athletics 
    Open enrollment policies don’t have to affect student athletics 

    Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

  • California’s legal marijuana industry has been hard-pressed to compete with untaxed, unregulated providers
    California’s legal marijuana industry has been hard-pressed to compete with untaxed, unregulated providers

    Commentary by Dale Gieringer

Pension Integrity Project

  • Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees
    Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees

    Testimony by Steven Gassenberger

  • Why paying down New Hampshire pension debt faster would be a win for taxpayers
    Why paying down New Hampshire pension debt faster would be a win for taxpayers

    Backgrounder by Zachary Christensen

  • Testimony: Louisiana Senate Bill 438 could cause public pension woes
    Testimony: Louisiana Senate Bill 438 could cause public pension woes

    Testimony by Ryan Frost

Education

  • Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies
    Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies

    Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

  • Open enrollment policies don’t have to affect student athletics 
    Open enrollment policies don’t have to affect student athletics 

    Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

  • How to bring school choice to public school families
    How to bring school choice to public school families

    Commentary by Christian Barnard

Transportation

  • California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks
    California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks

    Commentary by Marc Joffe

  • Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway  rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more
    Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more

    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

  • Time for Congress to fix the alternative minimum tax disparity in infrastructure bonds
    Time for Congress to fix the alternative minimum tax disparity in infrastructure bonds

    Commentary by Marc Scribner

Privatization

  • What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?
    What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?

    Backgrounder by Robert Poole

  • Privatization and Government Reform News: Municipal golf losses, sewer sale, and more
    Privatization and Government Reform News: Municipal golf losses, sewer sale, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

  • Towamencin needs to show residents how a sewer deal would improve infrastructure and protect taxpayers
    Towamencin needs to show residents how a sewer deal would improve infrastructure and protect taxpayers

    Commentary by Austill Stuart

Individual Freedom

  • Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes
    Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes

    FAQ by Guy Bentley

  • Rather than banning menthols, FDA should embrace harm reduction
    Rather than banning menthols, FDA should embrace harm reduction

    Commentary by Guy Bentley

  • A ban on menthol cigarettes would hurt communities of color and undermine criminal justice reforms
    A ban on menthol cigarettes would hurt communities of color and undermine criminal justice reforms

    Commentary by Guy Bentley

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  • Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years
    Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years

    Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Truong Bui

  • Public Pension Plans Need to Put a Year of Good Investment Returns In Perspective
    Public Pension Plans Need to Put a Year of Good Investment Returns In Perspective

    Data Visualization by Truong Bui and Jordan Campbell

  • How State Pension Funding Ratios Have Declined Over Time
    How State Pension Funding Ratios Have Declined Over Time

    Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen

Policy Studies

  • The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market
    The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence

  • Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes
    Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes

    FAQ by Guy Bentley

  • Working Paper: How shifting to a defined contribution retirement plan impacted teacher retention in Alaska
    Working Paper: How shifting to a defined contribution retirement plan impacted teacher retention in Alaska

    Working Paper by Jen Sidorova, Evgenia Gorina, Anil Niraula and Marc Joffe

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    Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

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    Aviation Policy News: European aviation’s net zero plan, rethinking service at small airports, and more

    Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

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    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

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    Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

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    Privatization and Government Reform News: Transportation P3s, solutions for space debris, and more

    Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter by Austill Stuart

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    Annual Privatization Report by Robert Poole

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