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How public schools measure capacity for K-12 open enrollment transfers
Far too many public school districts are blocking transfer students they could easily accommodate.
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Missouri can embrace open enrollment for students while addressing school funding concerns
A robust open enrollment program can benefit students, improve public schools, and help shore up school district budgets.
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Pension Reform News: Public pension reform drives fiscal responsibility, not inequality
Plus: How property tax cuts will impact pensions in Texas, Louisiana's pension crisis threatens taxpayers, and more.
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The upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill and the looming debt crisis
How to safeguard vital highway and aviation infrastructure from the coming federal insolvency.
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Restoring the Florida Retirement System’s COLA would increase pension costs, risk
State policymakers should look beyond best-case scenarios when evaluating the restoration of a cost-of-living adjustment.
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Funding Education Opportunity: How states fund K-12 open enrollment programs
Plus: Mississippi gears up for a school choice battle, New Hampshire considers an expansive open enrollment proposal, and more.
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New Hampshire could expand access to psilocybin
New Hampshire bills represent the growing shift from psilocybin criminalization to sensible regulation grounded in public health and harm reduction.
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Canada banned flavored vapes. Cigarette sales surged.
Policymakers should reconsider flavor restrictions in light of mounting evidence that such policies generate unintended consequences that undermine public health.
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New Hampshire House Bill 1589 contains problematic interoperability mandates
Proponents of interoperability mandates often overemphasize the ability for companies to interoperate within a closed ecosystem of products and services.
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Examining California’s new tech-related laws
California’s market size often makes compliance with its laws a national default, so the impact of these new tech laws is likely to extend well beyond the state’s borders.
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Blaming short-term rentals won’t solve the housing crisis
Blaming and banning short-term rental platforms for high housing costs ignores the history of laws that have contributed to the current problem.
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Public pension reform does not increase inequality
Well-designed pension reform is essential to safeguarding public services, protecting taxpayers, and ensuring sustainable retirement security.
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ZYN and the purpose of the Modified Risk Tobacco Product pathway
Given both the low-risk profile and low abuse liability of ZYN products, MRTP authorization is justified on the substantial merits of the application.
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Staffing surges and student outcomes: Rethinking unions, resource allocation, and school choice in American education
Despite declining student enrollment in many U.S. school districts, K-12 education spending and staffing have grown substantially over the past two decades.
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How to rethink unions, resource allocation, and school choice in American education
The current landscape of K-12 public education in the United States is at an inflection point.
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Cannabusiness lawsuit highlights need for Congress to clarify federal treatment of marijuana
Without reform, lawsuits like this may force federal courts toward decisions that destabilize existing state markets or that effectively go around Congress.
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Surface Transportation News: Priced managed lanes come of age
Plus: Conflicting measures of U.S. traffic congestion, bipartisan NEPA reform passed in Congress, and more.
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Annual Privatization Report 2025: Housing
Enabling more housing construction is essential to addressing housing affordability challenges across the country.
