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Californians shouldn’t lose access to telehealth services because emergency order ended
California’s telehealth policies fail to meet best practices for promoting patient access and giving flexibility to health care providers.
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Florida politicians want fentanyl designated a weapon of mass destruction
Then fentanyl crisis will not be resolved by doubling down on prohibition policies that have failed for decades and are actually fueling overdose deaths.
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Examining the impacts of education reform legislation proposed in Kansas
The tax credit scholarships, education savings accounts, and utilizing a more accurate method of counting students would improve education outcomes.
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Ridership struggles in cities like Dallas and Chicago highlight the transit challenges ahead
Buses, demand-response services, and other flexible innovations are going to be needed as major cities adapt to changing work and commuting patterns.
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Ways the SECURE Act 2.0 can help people save for retirement
The law provides additional flexibility for tax optimization of retirement distributions and reduces tax code rules that perversely inhibit lifetime annuity solutions.
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Analyzing Nebraska’s proposed legislation impacting school finance and property taxes
State policymakers shouldn’t pass up this opportunity to decrease the education funding formula’s overreliance on property taxes and to make the formula more transparent and student-centered.
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Florida should abolish capital punishment, not make it easier
In Florida, 30 people have been exonerated while they were awaiting execution since 1972.
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Federal judge: Restrictions on gun ownership violate medical marijuana patients’ Second Amendment rights
Federal firearm policy should not discriminate against users of medical marijuana.
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Sustainable highway funding requires charging the drivers who use them
The true costs of building and maintaining highways and bridges should be paid for by those who use them.
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Chicago wants to open a casino to help pay down its public pension debt
Pursuing inadequate solutions with highly politicized taxes or through a brand-new casino is a futile way to dodge the city’s public pension debt and fiscal challenges head-on.
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FHWA administrators want to stop humorous traffic safety messages
Researchers are still trying to evaluate the effectiveness of direct message signs on highways.
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Reason Foundation’s amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google answers many of the questions raised by Supreme Court justices
Congress originally made clear that Section 230 is part of a law intended not to limit free speech but to allow the internet to grow “with a minimum of government regulation.”
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Massachusetts menthol ban increased smoking among black women, research finds
It seems clear that menthol prohibitions are ineffective mechanisms for improving public health in the black community.
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Survey finds pensions are not a high priority for young government workers
Given a list of eight benefits to public sector employment, personal satisfaction from the job and salary were ranked highest, and life insurance and retirement benefits ranked lowest.
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With EMS takeover attempts, California’s fire departments seek more taxpayer funding to do less
Municipal fire departments are seeking to control EMS so they can draw more federal money and strongarm private ambulance contractors into accepting less money for the same work.
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FTC Chair Lina Khan’s consolidation of power is a feature of her approach to antitrust, not a bug
New Brandeisians, led by Lina Khan, seek to move away from the consumer welfare standard of antitrust enforcement.
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Arkansas could be the 12th state to enact a robust open enrollment law
The LEARNS Act would provide universal school choice for all Arkansas families by 2026.
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Three common mistakes in cannabis legalization proposals this year
More than a dozen states are currently considering legalizing medical marijuana or adult-use cannabis.
