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Florida Senate Bill 208 would strengthen property rights and improve housing affordability
Senate Bill 208 reinforces the right of property owners to determine the most productive use of their land within reasonable bounds of public safety.
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Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt
San Francisco, Nantucket, New York City, Ocean City, and Miami Beach are the cities with the most per capita debt.
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Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt
In per capita terms, North Slope Borough, Alaska, ranks first, with its total debt representing $46,883 per county resident.
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Florida must stay the course to pay for promised pension benefits
Florida’s retirement system for public workers is estimated to be 17 years away from eliminating expensive pension debt.
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Tracking pregnancy behind bars: Why Ohio’s House Bill 542 could save lives
A ten-year review of jail births found that, among the women who gave birth inside cells, one in four infants was stillborn or died within two weeks.
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Aviation Policy News: Protecting air traffic control and travelers from the next government shutdown
Plus: Air traffic controller retirements, why the proposed air traffic control changes aren't privatization, NASA's huge risk in Artemis II mission, and more.
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Michigan House Bill 4388 would regulate social media use by minors
The bill suffers from constitutional concerns and privacy risks that must be addressed before it becomes law.
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State attorneys general ask Congress to undermine their state hemp laws
The most effective solution to the problem of unregulated hemp products is a workable regulatory framework, not prohibition.
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Modernizing addiction regulations: How licensing, telehealth, and delivery reform can expand access to care
By embracing practical, evidence-based reforms, we can strengthen the national response to the opioid epidemic.
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The decade of regulation: How New York City’s housing policies fueled rental inflation
Understanding how regulatory layering has driven rental inflation in New York City is critical to forging solutions that restore the rental market.
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Building public trust in mileage-based road funding
Mileage-based user fees can either become another tax or a smarter, privacy-safe way to fund the roads people rely on.
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FAA emergency order grounds flights for tens of thousands of travelers
Required flight cuts begin at 4% on Nov. 7, increase to 6% on Nov. 11, then 8% on Nov. 13, and finally peak at 10% on Nov. 14 and beyond.
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Starting the transition from gas taxes to per-mile charging
Most transportation professionals are convinced that paying for America’s highways through per-gallon fuel taxes is no longer sustainable.
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Surface Transportation News: The strong performance of express toll lanes
Plus: U.S. traffic congestion at record high levels, reforming environmental litigation, and more.
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The staircase rule that’s limiting housing growth
Revisiting the two-stair requirement in building code could improve spatial efficiency and expand housing options.
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Using the practical power of public-private partnerships to improve infrastructure
Public-private partnerships can help states deliver megaprojects but can also improve smaller-scale infrastructure projects.
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California’s AI law works by staying narrow
The law takes a narrow, transparency-first approach to regulating advanced “frontier” AI models, creating room for experimentation, while requiring timely disclosures that give the state the data it needs to address risks as they emerge.
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A chance to unlock the full potential of public-private partnerships in water infrastructure
Congress should use the 2026 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) reauthorization to enable more public-private partnerships.
