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What election results reveal about the future of criminal justice reform
A postmortem on the 2024 criminal justice reform ballot initiatives offers insight into current voter sentiment and where we might be headed.
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STB should reject Amtrak’s claim to absolute preference over freight rail
Adopting Amtrak’s dubious absolute preference standard runs counter to the public interest by violating principles of Congress’s transportation policy.
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DEA’s increased DMT quota signals positive advancement in psychedelic research
The Drug Enforcement Administration has raised the 2025 legal production quota for the psychedelic DMT from 11,000 grams to 20,000 grams.
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Fiscal Analysis: How Arkansas’ Education Freedom Account program is impacting taxpayers and students
By adopting the Education Freedom Account program, Arkansas became the 11th state in the nation to adopt a universal school choice initiative.
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The future of biometric data regulation must balance innovation and privacy
Biometrics are part of the broader debate over data privacy, but its unique specificity makes it arguably the most important aspect of it.
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Aviation Policy News: An air traffic control corporation is back on the policy agenda
Plus: Europe's aviation and climate conundrum, U.S. airline competition continues to thrive, and more.
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Biden’s cigarette ban will enrich the Chinese Communist Party
This proposed rule would ban the sale of more than 99.9 percent of cigarettes currently sold in the United States.
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FDA’s fantasy modeling doesn’t justify ban on cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration's proposed mandate would remove 97 percent of the nicotine in cigarettes.
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Pension Reform News: Public pension debt rankings for state and local governments
Plus: California's underfunded pension dives further into investment risk, growing debt on health benefits owed to public workers, and more.
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Public school enrollment is plummeting. Here are five things policymakers can do about it.
Between the 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 school years, public schools across the country lost 1.2 million students.
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Port of Portland turning operations at Terminal 6 over to a private company is a positive step
The deal is a significant step towards revitalizing Oregon's only international container terminal.
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AI data centers must balance innovation, regulation, and energy demands
Policymakers face a pressing challenge: enabling AI growth while addressing grid strain, regulatory barriers, and workforce needs.
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Congress needs to remove the cap on private activity bonds for public-private partnership infrastructure projects
The case for both removing the cap and expanding the scope of tax-exempt private activity bonds for transportation infrastructure.
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Ohio bill would end driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay court debts
Enacting Ohio House Bill 29 would end the vicious cycle that leaves individuals choosing between driving illegally or losing their employment.
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Rethinking the need for double-blind placebo trials in psychedelic clinical investigations
Alternative trial designs recognize the distinct nature of psychedelics and ensure that promising therapies can meet regulatory standards.
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Surface Transportation News: Congestion is back, for trucks as well as cars
Plus: Addressing diversion from toll roads and bridges, the latest electric vehicles data, and more.
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Psychedelic treatment for neurodegenerative disorders
Recent research suggests that psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, show strong potential as effective treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.
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Psychedelic therapy offers possible new hope for Alzheimer’s disease sufferers
Nearly 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer’s, facing a progressive decline that current treatments cannot stop or reverse.
