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DOJ v. Visa could prove an important battleground for tech antitrust
In its lawsuit, the Department of Justice alleges that Visa has monopolized the market for debit payment.
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Pennsylvania stalls on prison ID reform where other states found bipartisan consensus
Pennsylvania has twice rejected legislation to provide identification documents to people leaving prison, even as other states have embraced similar reforms.
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Pension Reform News: Reason’s annual report finds $1.5 trillion in aggregate pension debt
Plus: Undoing California's pension reforms could cost billions, what government worker reductions mean for pensions, and more.
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Study: Illinois, Connecticut, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey and Mississippi have the most per capita pension debt
Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Connecticut have less than 60% of funding needed to pay for promised pension benefits.
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The public pension plans with the most debt, best and worst investment return rates
The Maryland and Massachusetts teachers' retirement plans saw the largest growth in debt, the Fire Fighters' Relief and Retirement Fund of Austin posted the worst returns and the Miami General Employees and Sanitation Employees Plan had the highest return rate.
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Report: State and local pension plans have $1.48 trillion in debt
State pension systems have $1.29 trillion in unfunded liabilities, and local governments have $187 billion.
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Ohio House Bill 473 could fix public pension plan contributions
House Bill 473 would ensure that pension contributions are transparent and in line with the goals of shared responsibility.
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Ohio House Bill 392 would clarify the right to compute
The bill is an excellent first start, but two areas for improvement currently limit its intended effect.
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Comments to the Office of Science and Technology Policy on AI regulatory reform
A version of the following public comment letter was submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on October 27, 2025.
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Nobel Prize winners make powerful case for optimism amid technological change
The Nobel laureates’ work puts free minds and free markets squarely at the center of how societies prosper through innovation.
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Report ranks every state’s debt, from California’s $497 billion to South Dakota’s $2 billion
Study finds state governments have a total of $2.7 trillion in debt, with 26 states exceeding $20 billion in debt each and 10 states over $70 billion.
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Report: State and local governments have $6.1 trillion in debt
State and local debt is over $100 billion in 16 states and exceeds $50 billion in 27 states. California’s state and local governments have over $1 trillion in debt.
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Could clearance rates be key to addressing criminal justice failures?
Clearance rates are the closest metric we have to evaluating how well the criminal justice system does at catching people who commit crimes.
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Ohio lawmakers consider bill to promote an independent childhood
Senate Bill 277 would assure parents that they can let their children engage in safe, reasonable activities without mandated adult supervision.
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Assembly Bill 1383 brings back major pension costs for California
The bill rolls back crucial elements of the landmark PEPRA reform, which would result in billions in extra costs imposed upon California taxpayers.
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New York’s stalled AI bill would have blurred the line between disclosure and restriction
While pitched as a transparency measure, Assembly Bill 8595 would have set a new, unusually high bar for compliance.
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Best practices to prevent misuse of opioid settlement funds
States should adopt clear guidelines to ensure settlement funds support evidence-based treatment and recovery.
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The FDA’s plan to fast-track nicotine pouches is long overdue. But why aren’t vapes included?
The FDA should expand its accelerated pathway to include e-cigarettes, giving adult smokers a full range of safer alternatives.
