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How to make overdue reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act
“CEQA is the law that swallowed California."
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California’s high-speed rail line will share track with commuter rail, slowing trains and increasing accident risks
Sharing track with commuter rail means that the service billed as high-speed rail will run more slowly than originally promised to voters and that high-speed trains will run through grade-level railroad crossings.
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Eliminating the cultivation tax would help California’s legal cannabis industry compete with the illicit market
Eliminating the cultivation tax would allow farmers and licensed cannabis retailers to lower prices, making the legal marijuana market more competitive with illicit markets.
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Utah should abolish qualified immunity, implement the common law standard
Fear of frivolous lawsuits does not vindicate qualified immunity.
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Data shows financial incentives matter for K-12 open enrollment policies
If school districts do not receive sufficient funding for transfer students, they’re not going to be as willing to participate in an open enrollment program.
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Surface Transportation News: Anti-highway rhetoric, electricity on highways, and more
Plus: Hyperloop's still-unanswered questions, why free transit may not reduce auto trips, and more.
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What is a revenue-risk public-private partnership?
And when is revenue risk the better financing choice for the state and taxpayers?
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Testimony: Teacher Retirement System of Texas can improve funding policies to benefit taxpayers, employees
The pension plan's outdated actuarial assumptions, funding policies, and benefit offerings hurt teachers' retirement security.
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The impact of California’s cannabis taxes on participation within the legal market
This analysis develops an empirical model to estimate the degree to which California’s tax regime affects participation within its commercial cannabis market, and how participation may change through different approaches to taxation.
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California’s legal marijuana industry has been hard-pressed to compete with untaxed, unregulated providers
New report provides a helpful roadmap for cannabis tax reform in California.
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California should eliminate the cannabis cultivation tax and reduce the retail excise tax
Reducing taxes would make legal cannabis products more price-competitive with illicit markets and attract more consumers to the state's regulated market.
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Open enrollment policies don’t have to affect student athletics
There are a variety of ways states can handle student athletic eligibility questions that can arise when implementing open enrollment policies.
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Lessons from San Diego’s proposed mileage fee
Mileage-based user fees should replace gas taxes, not be added to existing fuel taxes.
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Why paying down New Hampshire pension debt faster would be a win for taxpayers
A “catch-up” payment toward the New Hampshire Retirement System's unfunded liabilities would reduce pension debt and yield long-term cost savings.
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Steps metro governments can take to address housing affordability, skyrocketing prices
Local governments need to make changes to zoning laws, building-approval processes, and height limits that prevent more housing from hitting the market.
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Frequently asked questions about the FDA’s ban on menthol cigarettes
Here are some of the common questions about banning menthol cigarettes, the supposed evidence in support of a menthol cigarette ban, and a ban's possible consequences on public health and minority communities.
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How to bring school choice to public school families
Providing the option of small-scale customization to families who are happy with their public schools may be exactly the reform strategy the school choice movement has needed for decades.
