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Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s Ban of All E-Cigarettes Is Bad For Public Health
Every credible scientific investigation has found vaping nicotine to be dramatically safer than smoking.
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Why Are Sewage Spills Just Accepted in Florida?
In Florida, sewage backups and spills are weekly events and don’t rate any particular attention by our elected leaders.
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Give Principals Authority They Need to Align School Spending With Student Priorities
Empowering school leaders to decide how resources are prioritized at their schools can help bring parents into the process, better support teachers and, most importantly, deliver the high-quality education that all of Providence’s students deserve.
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California’s Contractor Law Manages to Be Bad for Workers, Customers and Companies
California risks killing off the new economy by dragging it back to an obsolete approach to work that fits poorly with today’s technology-based jobs.
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Ending Halfway House and Corrections Contracts Without a Backup Plan Is a Bad Deal For All
The Denver City Council’s focus should be on helping people get the skills and training they need to successfully re-enter society and stay out of jail rather than its focus on whose name is on the facilities.
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Education Professors Misrepresent School Choice Yet Again
Kids are more than test scores.
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Separating Fact From Fiction on Vaping, E-Cigarettes and Lung Illnesses
The exact cause of this recent outbreak has yet to be determined but a clear pattern has emerged in terms of what these patients have been vaping and the common factor appears to be cannabis oils and other contaminants, not legal e-cigarette products.
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The Risks of Public Pension Systems Reaching for Higher Investment Returns
State and municipal retirement systems need to consider the long-term consequences of exposing their pension funds, and taxpayers, to greater risk.
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With Debt and Unfunded Liabilities Growing, Florida’s Pension System Still Needs Reform
The Florida Retirement System's unfunded liabilities have grown 300 percent since 2000.