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Hurricane Irma Could Tip US Virgin Islands into Bankruptcy
Hurricane Irma was still a Category 5 storm when it ravaged the U.S. Virgin Islands last week. Damage to the territory’s tourism infrastructure may compel the government to use the bankruptcy process that Congress created for Puerto Rico last year.
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Gambling is Good for Us (At Least Economically)
Every major sporting event and the surge of betting that accompanies it serves to highlight the absurd state of America's outdated and counterproductive prohibition on sports betting.
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One Way the FDA Can Demonstrate It Is Serious About Saving Lives
Smokers deserve access to safer, noncombustible nicotine products, and the public and health professionals need information about the relative risks of different products.
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Comment to FDA on Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application
The MRTP pathway is critically important toward reducing the toll of smoking on the U.S. population.
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Time to Make it Easier for Kids to Find the Right School
States such as California are adopting interdistrict transfer policies, which are supposed to help students enroll in schools across district boundaries. California's "District of Choice" program was given a passing grade by the state's LAO office.
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Gateway Program is Largely Local
Largely local project should be funded primarily by local government.
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FDA Gives Southern California Electronic Cigarette Businesses a Lifeline
With an estimated 1,000 vapor-related businesses call Southern California home, these young companies manufacture, distribute and sell products that are helping smokers quit traditional cigarettes.
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Kansas Audit Offers Flawed Comparative Financing Analysis for Prison Replacement
Key questionable assumptions undermine report's findings.
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Kansas Audit Offers Flawed Comparative Financing Analysis for Prison Replacement
Key questionable assumptions undermine report's findings