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How federal marijuana legalization would help Colorado
Federal control over the banking system has precluded legitimate marijuana businesses from obtaining bank accounts and insurance.
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California cannabis coalition tells state leaders their industry is collapsing
California's complex regulatory system and high tax rate for marijuana products are pushing buyers and sellers to the black market.
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California’s leaders wisely challenge the federal government’s attack on state’s pension reform
Scaling back the state’s important bipartisan pension reform law would be expensive and doing so to try to secure federal funding for low-utilization mass transit projects like the Orange County Streetcar would be especially unwise.
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The Federal Reserve should rethink its stimulative policies
Higher interest rates will pain borrowers in both the private and public sectors.
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Biden administration spent 2021 placing regulatory burdens on the transportation sector
Biden's regulatory policies are not likely to improve the short-run operations of U.S. transportation networks that face unprecedented challenges, and many are likely to raise costs and hurt performance over the long-run.
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Texas social media law violates the First Amendment
Prohibiting social media companies from engaging in content moderation would harm consumers.
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Examining the induced demand arguments used to discourage freeway expansion
Induced demand metrics need to be updated to reflect current travel behaviors and contexts.
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Outdated retirement benefits could be contributing to public employee hiring issues
The one-size-fits-all pension plans offered to most educators and public workers around the country can make working in the public sector less attractive.
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Congress shouldn’t jump the gun on NFT regulations
NFT regulations would limit growth and innovation in the industry.
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Best practices for K-12 special education funding
There is no one right way to fund special education because each student and school district is unique. However, several principles can be a useful guide for lawmakers looking to improve how they fund special education students.
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Best practices for funding low-income K-12 students
States vary substantially in how much additional funding they allocate to low-income students, how the funds are delivered, and how they identify low-income students.
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The new federal broadband subsidy program is already plagued by fraud
Report says providers and providers’ sales agents are driving improper enrollments in federal broadband subsidy program.
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Getting to ‘yes’ on toll-financed Interstate reconstruction
Customer-friendly tolling is the trucking industry's least-bad alternative—and perhaps the only feasible alternative —for funding the needed rebuilding of Interstate highways.
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New York teachers’ pension plan lowers investment expectations
The fully funded pension plan is set to lower its assumed rate of investment return from 7.1% to 6.95%
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It is past time to restore justice to victims of the drug war
Analysis shows the State Reform Act could reduce the federal inmate population by 2,807 individuals by 2027.
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California’s public schools are not underfunded
Inflation-adjusted education spending in California grew by a massive 44.03% between 2013 and 2019—the fastest growth among any state.
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States Reform Act would help California’s struggling legal marijuana market
Proposed federal legalization legislation would allow California’s legal cannabis businesses to compete in an interstate marketplace.
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The vaping tax in the Build Back Better plan is a threat to public health
An e-cigarette tax is perfectly calibrated to target working-class voters without a college degree.
