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Testimony: Maine Flavor Ban Could Harm Public Health, Hurt Tax Revenues
Prohibition of flavored e-cigarettes risks fueling illicit markets, forcing the closure of Maine vape shops and driving vapers back to smoking.
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Testimony: Public-Private Partnerships Can Leverage Infrastructure Investment
Public-private partnerships can offer a way to finance major highway and infrastructure projects that otherwise might not be pursued due to a lack of funding.
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The Foster Care System Needs Reform
More attention should be paid to shortening the time children spend in the foster system.
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The United States Postal Service Should Not Offer Banking Services
It is hard to see how the U.S. Postal Service could effectively compete in this environment, let alone what value it might add.
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The California High-Speed Rail Project’s Negative Impacts on Minority Communities
As the Biden administration and urban planners revisit the influence transportation construction has had on minority neighborhoods, they should also take seriously the similar problems the California high-speed rail system is creating today.
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Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Achieve Water Equity Goals
Contracting can bring considerable value to the building, operating, repairing, and replacing of water-related infrastructure.
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Analysis of North Carolina’s Proposed Marijuana Legalization Legislation
Overall, House Bill 617's establishment of a legal cannabis market in North Carolina would be positive for the state's economy, criminal justice reforms, and cannabis consumers.
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Mileage-Based User Fees Are a Sustainable Way to Fund Roads, Replace Gas Taxes
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was correct to suggest mileage-based user fees as a long-term strategy for preserving and strengthening the users-pay funding approach to roads.
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Surface Transportation News: Losing the User-Pays Principle, Biden’s Broadband Plan and More
Plus: FHWA approves electric vehicle charging at rest areas, the Amtrak-freight rail conflict, diverting toll revenues away from toll roads, and more.
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Texas Considers Much Needed Reforms to Employees Retirement System
As Texas lawmakers consider the public pension reforms in Senate Bill 321, pension plan administrators warn that ERS is going to run out of money.
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Analysis of South Carolina Senate Bill 176
Senate Bill 176 would provide new hires a secure and attractive retirement plan that better protects the state's taxpayers.
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The Problematic Equity Case for Mass Transit
A large body of research suggests something quite different: access to private automobiles—not transit—is a powerful social equalizer.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Why States Should Do Away With Certificate of Need Laws
Certificate of need laws are an anti-competitive barrier to entry and are associated with increased costs, lower quality care, and reduced access to care.
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Examining Mileage-Based User Fees As a Replacement for Gas Taxes
Replacing fuel taxes with distance-based fees is being tested in the U.S. and overseas.
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An Overview of Mileage-Based User Fees: A Potential Replacement for the Fuel Tax
Road usage charges should replace fuel taxes, not supplement them.
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Testimony: Maine Flavored Tobacco Ban Would Not Achieve Intended Outcomes
Flavored tobacco bans will promote further inequalities in the criminal justice system, push tax revenue to other states, increase the illicit tobacco trade, and fail to improve public health.
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An Infrastructure Investment Strategy That Works for Democrats and Republicans
Congress could address two looming national problems: aging infrastructure and ailing public pension systems.
