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An Education Savings Account Program for Texas
Public testimony before the Texas Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 3
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Why Florida Needs a Safety Valve to Prevent Excessively Harsh Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offenses
Extending a safety valve to oxycodone and hydrocodone trafficking offenses would allow the state to better prioritize public safety and save millions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Rhode Island’s Proposed E-Cigarette Tax Would Hurt Public Health and Economy
Rhode Island should do what public health officials in Great Britain do — encourage smokers who won’t or can’t quit cigarettes to switch to e-cigarettes.
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Florida Should Re-think Punitive Sentences and Increase Felony Theft Thresholds
As Florida’s neighboring states have shown, it is possible to raise felony theft thresholds and reduce larceny-theft offenses simultaneously.
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FDA Fails to Show How Proposed Rule on Smokeless Tobacco Would Improve Safety or Save Lives
The plan would potentially ban an entire category of tobacco products, create a black market to satisfy existing demand for products, and shutter over a thousand centuries-old farms.
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Banning Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Florida Communities Is a Bad Idea
Florida lawmakers are hammering out state rules and regulations for the industry, but most likely local governments will still be making permitting and zoning decisions for dispensaries.
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Surface Transportation News #161
Rights and wrongs of Interstate tolling
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How Trump’s FDA Pick Could Make it Easier for Americans to Quit Smoking
Left unchanged, the FDA's controversial deeming rule could remove up to 99 percent of vapor products from the market giving a major boost to big tobacco companies, according to Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog.
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Cigarette Taxes Wouldn’t be a Smart or Reliable Way to Fund Education in New Mexico
Proposal to increase taxes is bad for the economy, public health and won’t provide a sustainable revenue stream for public schools.
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New Mexico’s Plan to Raise Taxes on E-Cigarettes Would Hurt Public Health
E-cigarettes aren’t tobacco products and should be viewed as healthier alternative to help reduce smoking.
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The Proposed Tobacco Product Standard for NNN Level in Smokeless Tobacco Should Be Withdrawn
The proposed NNN rule is premised on flawed analysis.
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