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  • Public school enrollment is plummeting. Here are five things policymakers can do about it.  
    Public school enrollment is plummeting. Here are five things policymakers can do about it.  

    Between the 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 school years, public schools across the country lost 1.2 million students.

    By Aaron Garth Smith
    January 16, 2025

  • Port of Portland turning operations at Terminal 6 over to a private company is a positive step
    Port of Portland turning operations at Terminal 6 over to a private company is a positive step

    The deal is a significant step towards revitalizing Oregon's only international container terminal. 

    By Jay Derr
    January 16, 2025

  • AI data centers must balance innovation, regulation, and energy demands
    AI data centers must balance innovation, regulation, and energy demands

    Policymakers face a pressing challenge: enabling AI growth while addressing grid strain, regulatory barriers, and workforce needs.  

    By Jen Sidorova
    January 16, 2025

  • Congress needs to remove the cap on private activity bonds for public-private partnership infrastructure projects
    Congress needs to remove the cap on private activity bonds for public-private partnership infrastructure projects

    The case for both removing the cap and expanding the scope of tax-exempt private activity bonds for transportation infrastructure.

    By Robert Poole
    January 15, 2025

  • Ohio bill would end driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay court debts
    Ohio bill would end driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay court debts

    Enacting Ohio House Bill 29 would end the vicious cycle that leaves individuals choosing between driving illegally or losing their employment.

    By Gary Charles
    January 15, 2025

  • Rethinking the need for double-blind placebo trials in psychedelic clinical investigations
    Rethinking the need for double-blind placebo trials in psychedelic clinical investigations

    Alternative trial designs recognize the distinct nature of psychedelics and ensure that promising therapies can meet regulatory standards. 

    By Madison Carlino
    January 10, 2025

  • Psychedelic therapy offers possible new hope for Alzheimer’s disease sufferers
    Psychedelic therapy offers possible new hope for Alzheimer’s disease sufferers

    Nearly 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer’s, facing a progressive decline that current treatments cannot stop or reverse.

    By Madison Carlino
    January 9, 2025

  • Restorative justice promises to meet more of the needs of crime victims
    Restorative justice promises to meet more of the needs of crime victims

    Restorative justice, not retributive punishment, often better meets the needs of crime victims while rehabilitating those who committed the crimes.

    By Hanna Liebman Dershowitz
    January 8, 2025

  • More than 20 percent of publicly funded students in Delaware use open enrollment to choose schools
    More than 20 percent of publicly funded students in Delaware use open enrollment to choose schools

    About 26,000 students in Delaware, or 22% of publicly funded students, used open enrollment to attend a public school other than their assigned one.

    By Jude Schwalbach and Tanya Hettler
    January 8, 2025

  • Public school closures were on the upswing in 2024  
    Public school closures were on the upswing in 2024  

    In the 15 states examined, public school closures increased in 2023-24.

    By Aaron Garth Smith, Christian Barnard and Jordan Campbell
    January 6, 2025

  • Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments
    Collateral consequences in criminal cases function as invisible, perpetual punishments

    Keeping people with a criminal record, which is one in three adults in the United States, from fully reintegrating into community life is dangerous and unsound.

    By Hanna Liebman Dershowitz
    January 3, 2025

  • Public pension debt rankings for state and local governments
    Public pension debt rankings for state and local governments

    The median public pension system is equipped to finance 76% of its pension obligations.

    By Mariana Trujillo
    January 2, 2025

  • From shortage to stability: Why vouchers need housing supply to work
    From shortage to stability: Why vouchers need housing supply to work

    In 2021, over 8.5 million low-income households paid more than half their income on rent or lived in inadequate housing.

    By Christina Mojica
    December 31, 2024

  • Mississippi PERS’ $25 billion problem
    Mississippi PERS’ $25 billion problem

    Mississippi's state-run retirement system has only about half of what experts project is needed to pay retirees. 

    By Steven Gassenberger
    December 30, 2024

  • A new and necessary approach for Mississippi’s public pension
    A new and necessary approach for Mississippi’s public pension

    The Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System needs more money to meet its promises to active and retired public workers long-term. 

    By Steven Gassenberger
    December 30, 2024

  • PERS’ state of play after the 2024 Mississippi legislative session
    PERS’ state of play after the 2024 Mississippi legislative session

    The Mississippi Public Employee Retirement System is $25.5 billion in debt and has only 56.1% of what is needed to meet long-term obligations.

    By Steven Gassenberger
    December 30, 2024

  • Modernizing PERS to serve Mississippi’s public workforce
    Modernizing PERS to serve Mississippi’s public workforce

    Over the last decade, Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi data has shown a significant increase in the rate at which public employees are quitting.

    By Steven Gassenberger
    December 30, 2024

  • Nonconsensual drug testing raises serious ethical concerns
    Nonconsensual drug testing raises serious ethical concerns

    When hospitals take on roles similar to law enforcement, they betray their core mission: delivering compassionate, patient-centered care.

    By Layal Bou Harfouch
    December 30, 2024

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