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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.
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How New Hampshire’s open enrollment proposal would impact students and school funding
New Hampshire lawmakers are considering House Bill 741, legislation that would strengthen the state’s public school open enrollment law.
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Gov. Landry should give as much attention to Louisiana’s pension crisis as he does to college football
The greatest test of fiscal leadership is not found on the football field—it is found in the balance sheet of the state’s multi-billion dollar public pension systems.
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Examining California’s Digital Age Assurance Act
California’s Assembly Bill 1043 represents a meaningful advancement in the national debate on age verification.
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Housing instability is driving child welfare involvement
To improve child safety outcomes, eviction and homelessness should not be treated as proxies for parental failure.
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What is 7-OH and why did the FDA seize this potentially life-saving substance?
There’s no real basis to conclude that the products are dangerous. In fact, there’s far more evidence that they may help people overcome opioid addiction.
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Will Texas teacher pensions suffer if property taxes are slashed?
There is a way forward for Texas to deliver meaningful tax relief, honor its commitments to educators, and keep its budget on stable ground.
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Examining the K-12 open enrollment laws passed in 2025
Three states—Arkansas, Nevada, and New Hampshire–significantly improved their open enrollment policies this year.
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U.S. law shouldn’t copy Europe’s app store regulation
The App Store Freedom Act would undermine security features and complicate the user experiences of hundreds of millions of consumers.
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Ohio’s reckless kratom ban could create new public safety concerns and grow the illegal market
By banning nearly every kratom product, save for unprocessed leaf kratom, the state has functionally outlawed the entire consumer market.
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Pension Reform News: The political push for Connecticut’s pensions to invest in the WNBA
Plus: San Diego pension debt drives taxes and fees on residents, pensions are a major contributor to state and local government debt, and more.
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Evaluating Amtrak and intercity bus performance for smarter federal investment
Six of the eight Amtrak routes examined are losing more than $100 per passenger.
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Comparing Amtrak and bus service in key corridors
The average per-passenger subsidy on the eight Amtrak routes examined in this study was $109.85 per rider.
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Psychedelics Policy Newsletter: New real-world psilocybin study, ibogaine educational materials, and more
Plus: A real-world study on mental health outcomes from Oregon, providing educational ibogaine documents to lawmakers, and more.
