Yearly Archives: 2025
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FDA’s fantasy modeling doesn’t justify ban on cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration's proposed mandate would remove 97 percent of the nicotine in cigarettes.
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Pension Reform News: Public pension debt rankings for state and local governments
Plus: California's underfunded pension dives further into investment risk, growing debt on health benefits owed to public workers, and more.
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Public school enrollment is plummeting. Here are five things policymakers can do about it.
Between the 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 school years, public schools across the country lost 1.2 million students.
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Port of Portland turning operations at Terminal 6 over to a private company is a positive step
The deal is a significant step towards revitalizing Oregon's only international container terminal.
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AI data centers must balance innovation, regulation, and energy demands
Policymakers face a pressing challenge: enabling AI growth while addressing grid strain, regulatory barriers, and workforce needs.
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Congress needs to remove the cap on private activity bonds for public-private partnership infrastructure projects
The case for both removing the cap and expanding the scope of tax-exempt private activity bonds for transportation infrastructure.
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Ohio bill would end driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay court debts
Enacting Ohio House Bill 29 would end the vicious cycle that leaves individuals choosing between driving illegally or losing their employment.
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Rethinking the need for double-blind placebo trials in psychedelic clinical investigations
Alternative trial designs recognize the distinct nature of psychedelics and ensure that promising therapies can meet regulatory standards.
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Surface Transportation News: Congestion is back, for trucks as well as cars
Plus: Addressing diversion from toll roads and bridges, the latest electric vehicles data, and more.
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Psychedelic treatment for neurodegenerative disorders
Recent research suggests that psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, show strong potential as effective treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
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Psychedelic therapy offers possible new hope for Alzheimer’s disease sufferers
Nearly 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer’s, facing a progressive decline that current treatments cannot stop or reverse.
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Restorative justice promises to meet more of the needs of crime victims
Restorative justice, not retributive punishment, often better meets the needs of crime victims while rehabilitating those who committed the crimes.
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More than 20 percent of publicly funded students in Delaware use open enrollment to choose schools
About 26,000 students in Delaware, or 22% of publicly funded students, used open enrollment to attend a public school other than their assigned one.
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Public school closures were on the upswing in 2024
In the 15 states examined, public school closures increased in 2023-24.
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Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments
Keeping people with a criminal record, which is one in three adults in the United States, from fully reintegrating into community life is dangerous and unsound.
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Public pension debt rankings for state and local governments
The median public pension system is equipped to finance 76% of its pension obligations.
