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The future of ‘Chenery II’
The implications of 'FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C.' could be much larger than the future of the e-cigarette industry.
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Aviation Policy News: Open letter on air traffic control to DOGE’s Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy
Plus: Boeing's little-noticed moon mission failure, senators attack airline "junk fees," and more.
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Study estimates that 30,000 people are arrested each year due to incorrect field drug tests
Presumptive field tests lead to thousands of wrongful arrests and convictions.
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Batch-tracking: The next wave of marijuana tracking systems
Maine recently implemented a first-of-its-kind system to track marijuana sales, setting a new standard for the industry.
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Michigan Senate Bills 165, 166, and 167 would increase public pension costs
Under a best-case scenario, the additional cost of this pension proposal would be just north of $800 million over the next 30 years.
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Michigan House Bill 6060 would negatively impact the teacher pension system
Michigan House Bill 6060 would add between $17 billion to $20 billion in new employer costs over the next few decades.
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Michigan House Bill 6061 would undo public pension progress
Proposed changes would re-expose Michigan to unnecessary unfunded liabilities, financial risks, and billions in hidden costs.
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Modernizing air traffic control infrastructure requires institutional modernization
Institutional problems are undermining efforts to modernize infrastructure needed to support continued air traffic volume growth in the National Airspace System.
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Webinar: 2024 Public pension solvency and performance report
Discussing the 2024 Pension Solvency and Performance Report's findings on public pension debt, investment return trends and more.
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Psychedelics Policy Newsletter: Trump administration recommendations, Massachusetts loss, and more
Plus: Government funding for addiction research, veteran’s administration pursues psychedelics, and more.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — December 2024
Possible psychedelic reform on the horizon, a ballot initiative in Massachusetts fails, and more.
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Solving two major highway problems the bipartisan infrastructure bill ignored
A study found that the estimated cost of rebuilding the Interstates over several decades was approximately $1 trillion.
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Connecticut’s fiscal guardrails are a solution, not the problem
Public pension contributions made through the fiscal guardrails have freed up approximately $738 million in Connecticut's yearly budget.
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Psychedelic drug policy recommendations for the incoming Trump administration
The incoming Trump administration has promised sweeping reforms, and that might include reversing the federal suppression of psychedelics.
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The DOJ’s monopoly case against Google fails by any reasonable standard
The Justice Department's claims do not account for innovations like ad blockers and wrongly describe the online advertising market.
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Pension fund size doesn’t matter: Large public pension systems don’t have better investment returns
Asset size is not meaningfully related to investment performance.
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Surface Transportation News: Will hydrogen fuel replace fossil fuel in vehicles?
Plus: New York to proceed with transit tax, a major change in environmental law, and more.
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The most important public school open enrollment laws and proposals of 2024
More than 48 million students now live in states with strong open enrollment laws that allow them to choose public schools other than their assigned ones.