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Montana makes public pension progress but major opportunities remain
The major policies adopted this spring will help protect the state's public pensions.
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Studies suggest teachers value salary increases more than pension benefit increases
For teachers, "a change in current compensation is more salient than a change in future retirement benefits," research finds.
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The Texas legislature’s ongoing rejection of public-private partnerships and tolling
Many of the state's large construction companies have lobbied effectively against expanded tolling and new design-build-finance-operate-maintain P3s.
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Collection costs are a major barrier to mileage-based user fee implementation
Mileage-based user fees face implementation challenges due to their expected increased collection costs compared to gas taxes.
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Research showing the tremendous therapeutic potential of psychedelics
In clinical trials, one-third of patients who showed no response to at least two other forms of treatment for depression demonstrated lasting remission following a single treatment with psilocybin.
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Congress could have fixed many of the country’s flight delay problems years ago
Giving FAA more money will not solve America's air traffic control problems because we have a flawed model.
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Do you think your state has K-12 open enrollment? You might be wrong.
Policymakers should strengthen their open enrollment policies so every student can choose a public school that is the right fit, regardless of where they live.
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New report highlights enormous scale of community supervision in the United States
Data from a new report from the Prison Policy Initiative shows that nearly 3.7 million adults are on community supervision programs like probation and parole.
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Spring 2023 Unified Agenda shows increase in federal transportation regulatory activity
The Spring 2023 Unified Agenda lists 235 active rulemaking projects at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Of those 235, 24 are new rulemaking projects.