Yearly Archives: 2023
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Text message reminders can improve community supervision outcomes and reduce inefficiency
Nearly 3.7 million adults are on community supervision programs like probation and parole–that’s nearly twice the number of people incarcerated in jail or prison.
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California seems poised to ban driverless trucks
The bill would cement California as the nation's most burdensome regulatory environment and deny Californians the safety and mobility benefits these technologies can bring.
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What you should know about the newly proposed federal Merger Guidelines
The 13 new guidelines present resistance against prospective mergers far more aggressive than positions taken by authorities for decades.
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State tobacco and nicotine preemption and public health promotion
To maximize the benefits to public health, state legislators should preemptively reserve their state’s right to regulate nicotine products.
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What you need to know about the World Health Organization’s declarations on aspartame
Aspartame is one of the most studied sugar substitutes on the planet, and its safety has been repeatedly confirmed.
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Pension Reform News: Examining Montana and Florida pension changes, teacher compensation, and more
Plus: Analysis projects private equity drag on 2023 public pension returns and more.
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Video Game Loot Boxes: Anatomy of a Moral Panic
There is no evidence to suggest that loot box spending is excessive among adults or adolescents or that it is responsible for any widespread harm.
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Montana makes public pension progress but major opportunities remain
The major policies adopted this spring will help protect the state's public pensions.
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Aviation Policy News: Controller shortages, FAA behind on space launches, and more
Plus: Future of ground-based navigation, electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and more.
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Funding Education Opportunity: COVID-induced learning loss continues to take toll on students, Ohio school choice victory, and more
Plus: Florida's school choice applications, more ESA applications than projected in Iowa, and more.
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Taxes on tobacco alternatives undermine harm reduction efforts
To maximize the benefits to public health and advance the economic well-being of consumers, taxes on safer nicotine products should be kept lower than those of combustible cigarettes.
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National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association v. Black
The structure of the Authority violates the separation of powers because the members of the Authority, although Officers, are not appointed with presidential nomination and Senate confirmation, as the Appointments Clause requires.
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Studies suggest teachers value salary increases more than pension benefit increases
For teachers, "a change in current compensation is more salient than a change in future retirement benefits," research finds.
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The Texas legislature’s ongoing rejection of public-private partnerships and tolling
Many of the state's large construction companies have lobbied effectively against expanded tolling and new design-build-finance-operate-maintain P3s.
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California Senate Bill 58 could go further to protect access to psychedelic substances
Senate Bill 58 would legalize the cultivation, preparation, possession and use of dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, mescaline, and psilocybin or psilocyn in amounts reflecting personal use.
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Unintended consequences of proposed menthol prohibition
With adult and youth smoking reaching generational lows and still falling, there is little reason to use the blunt force of prohibition to reduce smoking rates.
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Collection costs are a major barrier to mileage-based user fee implementation
Mileage-based user fees face implementation challenges due to their expected increased collection costs compared to gas taxes.
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Research showing the tremendous therapeutic potential of psychedelics
In clinical trials, one-third of patients who showed no response to at least two other forms of treatment for depression demonstrated lasting remission following a single treatment with psilocybin.
