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As pension costs rise, San Diego must choose between raising taxes, cutting services, or more debt
Without reforming its pension system, San Diego will only get further trapped in this cycle of rising pension costs for taxpayers and challenging budget trade-offs.
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A chance for reasonable childhood independence in Georgia
A new Georgia bill will protect parents from overzealous law enforcement and child protective services intervention while promoting childhood independence.
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Missouri could have the fourth best open enrollment policy nationwide
Five of the Show-Me State’s neighbors have already codified robust K-12 open enrollment proposals. It's time for Missouri to catch up.
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Paying for roads and bridges as the national debt grows
The surface transportation reauthorization bill offers an opportunity to start forging a different way forward.
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RFK Jr.’s opioid crisis plan
While Kennedy's opioid recovery journey may have worked for him, his proposal overlooks other evidence-based approaches.
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Alaska aims to be the 10th state to improve K-12 open enrollment in five years
Strong public school open enrollment laws are increasingly popular, especially with parents and students.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
