Yearly Archives: 2025
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Psychedelics Policy Newsletter: States propose legalization, optimism for Trump administration nominee, and more
Plus: A policy brief on psychedelics and neurodegenerative treatments, alternatives to 'double-blind' trials, and more.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — February 2025
New York proposes a medical retail model, Colorado opens for business, and more.
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Southern California school districts are serving fewer students and facing massive budget deficits
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, families have also increasingly sought public school alternatives such as charter schools, private schools, and homeschooling.
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CalPERS takes unnecessary risks that could cost taxpayers
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has $180 billion in unfunded liabilities.
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Assessing the fiscal impact of the Montana Academic Prosperity Program for Scholars
Montana House Bill 320 would allow the use of tax credits to fund students’ scholarships for private school tuition or other educational expenses.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Public schools closing as enrollments decline
Plus, Tennessee, Wyoming, and South Carolina policymakers look to advance school choice proposals.
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Model legislation for optimal state regulation of hemp cannabinoids
Reason Foundation’s model legislation offers a clear and practical framework for states seeking to regulate adult-use hemp cannabinoids effectively.
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Virginia House Bill 1624 would heavily regulate social media
Virginia H.B. 1624 attempts to define which features and services offered by social media platforms are potentially risky for minors.
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What election results reveal about the future of criminal justice reform
A postmortem on the 2024 criminal justice reform ballot initiatives offers insight into current voter sentiment and where we might be headed.
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STB should reject Amtrak’s claim to absolute preference over freight rail
Adopting Amtrak’s dubious absolute preference standard runs counter to the public interest by violating principles of Congress’s transportation policy.
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DEA’s increased DMT quota signals positive advancement in psychedelic research
The Drug Enforcement Administration has raised the 2025 legal production quota for the psychedelic DMT from 11,000 grams to 20,000 grams.
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Fiscal Analysis: How Arkansas’ Education Freedom Account program is impacting taxpayers and students
By adopting the Education Freedom Account program, Arkansas became the 11th state in the nation to adopt a universal school choice initiative.
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The future of biometric data regulation must balance innovation and privacy
Biometrics are part of the broader debate over data privacy, but its unique specificity makes it arguably the most important aspect of it.
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Aviation Policy News: An air traffic control corporation is back on the policy agenda
Plus: Europe's aviation and climate conundrum, U.S. airline competition continues to thrive, and more.
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Biden’s cigarette ban will enrich the Chinese Communist Party
This proposed rule would ban the sale of more than 99.9 percent of cigarettes currently sold in the United States.
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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.
