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  • FAQ: Timeline for FDA ibogaine approval
    FAQ: Timeline for FDA ibogaine approval

    It can take between 5 and 12 years to complete a drug trial, but the timeline to drug approval can vary significantly depending on the type of treatment.

    By Gregory Ferenstein
    November 4, 2025

  • Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan
    Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan

    The Personal Retirement Optimization Plan (or PRO Plan) is a new framework for public worker retirement benefits that delivers post-employment security in a cost-effective way.

    By Zachary Christensen, Rod Crane and Richard Hiller
    January 12, 2023

  • Frequently asked questions on public school open enrollment
    Frequently asked questions on public school open enrollment

    Public school open enrollment policies allow students to transfer to the public school of their choice.

    By Jude Schwalbach
    August 25, 2022

  • Frequently asked questions on student-centered funding
    Frequently asked questions on student-centered funding

    Student-centered funding puts student needs as the focus of education funding decisions. 

    By Aaron Garth Smith
    August 1, 2022

  • Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes
    Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes

    Here are some of the common questions about banning menthol cigarettes, the supposed evidence in support of a menthol cigarette ban, and a ban's possible consequences on public health and minority communities.

    By Guy Bentley
    April 27, 2022

  • Frequently asked questions about the States Reform Act, a proposed marijuana bill
    Frequently asked questions about the States Reform Act, a proposed marijuana bill

    Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) unveiled the States Reform Act, a proposal to remove marijuana from the auspices of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

    By Geoffrey Lawrence
    November 15, 2021

  • Frequently asked questions about long-term airport leases
    Frequently asked questions about long-term airport leases

    Why would taxpayers and passengers support the long-term lease of an airport?

    By Robert Poole
    August 26, 2021

  • Frequently Asked Questions: Why Should States Consider Leasing Their Toll Roads?
    Frequently Asked Questions: Why Should States Consider Leasing Their Toll Roads?

    Why lease an asset? Won't toll rates go up? Isn't this a terrible time to consider leasing infrastructure?

    By Robert Poole
    August 25, 2020

  • Answering Frequently Asked Questions About COVID-19 and Public Pensions
    Answering Frequently Asked Questions About COVID-19 and Public Pensions

    This resource, designed for state legislators and staff, will assist in answering crucial questions regarding how the pandemic and resulting market conditions have affected state sponsored public pension plans.

    By Steven Gassenberger
    May 21, 2020

  • Frequently Asked Questions About Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine In Treating Covid-19
    Frequently Asked Questions About Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine In Treating Covid-19

    Our approaches to defeating the coronavirus should be given the greatest degree of regulatory freedom possible, leaving life and death treatment options to the physicians and their patients.

    By Teri Moore
    May 14, 2020

  • 13 Frequently Asked Questions About Mileage-Based User Fees
    13 Frequently Asked Questions About Mileage-Based User Fees

    With the gas tax becoming increasingly unsustainable, mileage-based user fees offer a fair, reliable and sustainable funding mechanism for roadways.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Austill Stuart
    February 24, 2020

  • Frequently Asked Questions About Heated Tobacco Products
    Frequently Asked Questions About Heated Tobacco Products

    On the balance of the available evidence, the dangers of impeding IQOS as a tool to help smokers quit far outstrips any possible threat it could pose to public health.

    By Guy Bentley
    September 24, 2019

  • Frequently Asked Questions About Managed Lanes
    Frequently Asked Questions About Managed Lanes

    Managed lanes can provide motorists with a reliable means of completing their commutes and reduce funding uncertainties that plague many infrastructure systems.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Austill Stuart
    January 10, 2019

  • Frequently Asked Questions: Highway P3s
    Frequently Asked Questions: Highway P3s

    Public-private partnerships are a policy tool that can help governments with the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of highways.

    By Austill Stuart and Baruch Feigenbaum
    May 18, 2018

  • Air Traffic Control FAQs
    Air Traffic Control FAQs

    21 Answers to Air Traffic Control Questions

    By Robert Poole
    June 8, 2017

  • Toll Concession Public Private Partnerships: Frequently Asked Questions
    Toll Concession Public Private Partnerships: Frequently Asked Questions

    Summary of popular questions designed to educate and to address misconceptions

    By Robert Poole
    October 5, 2016

  • Toll Concession PPPs: Frequently Asked Questions
    Toll Concession PPPs: Frequently Asked Questions

    By Robert Poole
    December 8, 2014

  • Frequently Asked Questions on Endangered Species Act Reform
    Frequently Asked Questions on Endangered Species Act Reform

    By Brian Seasholes
    October 28, 2014

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