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A flavored cigar ban could cost 16,000 jobs, industry report finds
A ban on flavored cigars could have significant economic consequences while doing little to reduce youth smoking.
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Public pension plans should not get into the private retirement annuity business
Creating new, complex, government-run enterprises in each state would not improve retirement security for private sector workers.
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Psychedelics Policy Newsletter: California’s steps after bill vetoed, Kentucky ibogaine funds, and more
Plus: New Drug Policy Handbook, the latest on implementing Colorado's legalization, and more.
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California’s online age-verification law is unconstitutional
The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act undermines free speech protected by the First Amendment and the right to access online content.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Homeschooling numbers still exceed pre-pandemic figures, Texas and Florida’s special legislative sessions on education, and more
Plus: Arkansas' annual report on Education Freedom Accounts, Kentucky constitutional amendment to legalize school choice policies, and more.
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The tension between tech competition and regulating privacy
Regulators targeting big tech may face an even thornier problem as sweeping new regulations start to undermine each other.
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Re-regulating airlines won’t help air travelers
Here are three reforms to target existing barriers that dampen competition in the airline industry and reduce consumer welfare.
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Pension Reform News: Flaws in Pennsylvania proposal, voters approve increase in Texas, and more
Plus: Pension obligation bonds in Dallas, Ohio's defined contribution plans, Michigan's model for reducing debt, and more.
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FTC’s lawsuit against Facebook is a test case for path-breaking interpretation of antitrust policy
If the FTC can convince the courts that Facebook’s allegedly anticompetitive behavior has damaged the market, the default solution is nothing short of the dismantling of the company.
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Aviation Policy News: Another U.S. remote tower project loses its provider
Plus: The problems with U.S. aviation user taxes, increasing runaway throughput, and more.
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The Highway Trust Fund is running out of money
The Congressional Budget Office projects that the highway and transit accounts of the Highway Trust Fund will be out of money in 2028.
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How high interest rates impact public pension systems
Higher interest rates and pension systems' investment strategies risks burdening workers and taxpayers with even larger unfunded liabilities.
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Pennsylvania’s proposed pension bills don’t meet best practices for cost-of-living adjustments
The result would be another level of unfunded liabilities that must be paid for by Pennsylvania taxpayers.
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State psychedelics policy roundup: November 2023 edition
Proposed psychedelics legalization in Massachusetts, Colorado considers cost-effective regulations, Kentucky's ibogaine debate and more.
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Alternative approaches to psychedelics legalization and regulation after California Gov. Newsom’s veto
California is still in a strong position to pioneer the best regulatory system for psychedelics in the world.
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The actuarial firms working with the most public pension plans and a surge of unfunded liabilities
From 2016 to 2021, the top five actuarial firms observed an increase in the total actuarial accrued liabilities of the public pension plans they managed.
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Proposal to replace Louisiana’s Calcasieu Bridge voted down by transportation committee
State policymakers rejected the most affordable and time-efficient way to replace the bridge.
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Dallas should not bet on pension obligation bonds to save pension system
The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has $3 billion in unfunded liabilities. But pension obligation bonds do not refinance pension debt, they leverage it.
