Yearly Archives: 2026
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California lawmakers prepare to stick taxpayers with more public pension costs and debt
California lawmakers are pushing to increase retirement benefits for police and firefighters, which could add another $14 billion in long-term costs.
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Missouri House Bill 2032 could restrict anonymous speech online
The bill's approach risks burdening lawful adult speech, creating new privacy risks, and overriding parental authority without meaningfully improving child safety.
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Aviation Policy News: Why ADS-B/In is essential for aviation safety
Plus: NASA reforms Artemis lunar program, D.C. ground stop explained, and more.
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Mississippi and West Virginia to join Texas ibogaine initiative
Ibogaine may be a breakthrough therapy that enables individuals to overcome opioid addiction faster, more effectively, and at a lesser public expense.
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29th Annual Highway Report: Virginia and Georgia have best-performing, most cost-effective highways, while Alaska and California have worst
The study examines every state's roads and bridges in 13 categories, including traffic fatalities, pavement condition, congestion, deficient bridges, and spending.
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29th Annual Highway Report: Summary of findings and rankings
Four of the top five states, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and Ohio, rank among the 15 most populous states in the country.
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Colorado House Bill 26-1286 would effectively ban driverless commercial trucks
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, human error or misbehavior is a critical factor in more than 90% of motor vehicle crashes.
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Pension Reform News: How state public pension systems rank on key health metrics
Plus: Crucial pension reforms under fire in California, Oklahoma bill advances retirement goals of government employees, and more.
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West Virginia House Bill 4819 reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records
The bill would strengthen licensing reforms and give people with criminal records clearer access to stable employment.
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Funding Education Opportunity: The best open enrollment proposals moving through state legislatures
Plus: Three states announced they will reconsider their initial opposition to the federal tax-credit scholarship program.
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Kentucky House Bill 185 expands job opportunities and reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records
The bill would let people find out in advance whether their criminal record disqualifies them from a license while strengthening transparency.
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Tennessee’s Senate Bill 2099 would reduce costly failures to appear and improve efficiency
States and localities should implement evidence-based court reminder systems as a cost-effective way to reduce unnecessary license suspensions, warrants, and jail admissions while improving court efficiency.
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Minnesota Senate File 4010 strikes an appropriate regulatory balance on autonomous vehicles
Senate File 4010 takes an appropriate regulatory approach that would enable access to this safety-enhancing technology in Minnesota.
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Connecticut legislation would levy per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages
The available evidence does not support the conclusion that taxing sweetened beverages reduces obesity.
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How every state’s public pension system ranks
Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington lead the nation with fully funded systems, while Illinois, Kentucky, and New Jersey remain at the bottom with the deepest shortfalls.
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Second-look laws allow courts to reconsider long prison sentences
Second-look laws offer a needed way to bring our justice system into alignment with both values and practical constraints.
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South Carolina Senate Bill 519 would establish a lower excise tax rate for heated tobacco products
When safer nicotine alternatives are taxed at similar rates to combustible cigarettes, smokers are less likely to switch to them.
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Alabama’s unrealistic pension assumptions are putting the state in debt
Policymakers need to enact lasting reforms that address the sources of the state’s growing pension shortfall.
