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Surface Transportation News: Alabama Tolling, Trucking Bottlenecks, and No-Fare Transit
Plus: support grows for putting elevated freeway replacements underground, vehicle technology, and more.
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New Mexico Enacts Bipartisan Pension Reform to Improve PERA Solvency
Senate Bill 72 was a necessary and crucial first step towards improving the financial health of PERA and ensuring the sustainable delivery of public employee retirement benefits for state and local workers
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California Considers Statewide Ban on All Flavored Tobacco Products
State lawmakers are moving to ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and cigars.
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Testimony: Missouri Can Expand Opportunities for Families to Pursue Educational Options Across District Boundaries
A growing body of evidence shows that open enrollment provides substantial benefits to both kids and school districts.
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Scope of Practice Reforms Could Alleviate Physician Shortages in Florida
Florida could need as many as 4,671 additional primary care physicians by 2030 to meet the demands of its growing population.
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What States Can Learn From Black Market THC Products Causing Vaping-Related Illnesses
Entrepreneurs have shown that not every potentially harmful situation necessitates government regulations and that market solutions can be quickly and effectively devised.
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As Cities Seek to Regulate Scooters, They Should Avoid Picking Winners and Losers
Washington, D.C.'s recent decisions are likely to stifle competition, raise prices and hamper mobility.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: North Carolina Pension Analysis, Cost-of-Living Adjustment Freeze in Ohio, and More
Plus: the impacts of proposed changes to Georgia’s Teacher Retirement System, proposed changes to improve New Mexico’s Pension Board, and more.
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Amicus Brief: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
Harvard’s discrimination against Asian American applicants prolongs a long history of discrimination against Asian Americans in the United States. The judgment of the district court should be reversed.
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Has a Unique Opportunity To Make School Choice a Non-Partisan Issue
AOC seems to understand the value of public charter schools and could be a true leader by fighting for expanding educational options for everyone.
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These Proposed Vaping and Smoking Restrictions Are Neither Necessary Nor Fair
Congress is poised to eliminate half of the tobacco industry.
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Rep. Frank Pallone’s Anti-Vaping Bill Would Be a Win for Cigarettes
The legislation would decimate small businesses in the vaping space—to the benefit of the cigarette industry.
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A Roadmap to Fix Arizona’s School Finance System
Arizona needs to adopt a system that more effectively attaches dollars to individual students based on their needs—regardless of property wealth and district boundaries.
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Congress’ Proposed Tobacco Ban Would Represent Most Far-Reaching Prohibition Bill Since Ban on Alcohol
Flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and cigars, would all be made illegal.
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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.
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Corporations, Politicians Shouldn’t Harm Low-Income and Minority Kids by Pulling Scholarship Funding
The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program serves over 100,000 disadvantaged students in the state.
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Surgeon General’s Report: Not Enough Evidence to Support a Menthol Ban
One of the report's less-publicized conclusions is that there is not enough evidence to conclude that banning menthol cigarettes would reduce smoking.
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Amicus Brief: West v. Winfield
The reasoning embraced by the Ninth and Second Circuits—requiring a Section 1983 plaintiff to point to a decided case with identical, or nearly so, factual allegations in order to defeat qualified immunity—sets an impossible standard
