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Voters’ guide to Georgia’s statewide ballot questions (2022)
Examining some of the statewide ballot measures on the Georgia ballot in November 2022.
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Georgia ballot measure to expand tax exemptions for family-owned farms (2022)
Georgia’s 2022 farm tax exemption measure would expand tax exemptions to dairy products and eggs and family farm mergers.
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Georgia measure to make timber equipment exempt from property taxes (2022)
This ballot measure would exempt all timber equipment from ad valorem taxes in Georgia.
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Georgia amendment (2022) to suspend compensation for public officials indicted for a felony
The amendment would withhold pay from some Georgia officials if they are indicted for a felony.
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Jackson’s boil advisory lifted, now must address long-term water problems
Jackson's water, sewer, and stormwater system need an estimated $2 billion to get them working again.
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The differences between individual and institutional investors considering ESG factors
Individual investors should be free to consider ESG, but this idea should not scale to the activities of large investment fund managers.
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Biden administration’s monkeypox funding request highlights the flawed budget process
The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve $4 billion in emergency funds to help address the monkeypox outbreak.
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A flexible, on-demand transit option being tested in Richmond
The Richmond Moves shuttle is the type of solution that could help public transit meet the needs of 21st-century riders.
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How to reform harbor funding
Ensuring that U.S. harbors have sustainable funding sources is crucial to a stable supply chain.
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California Proposition 31 (2022): Banning flavored tobacco products
California's voters will determine if the state will ban the sale of flavored tobacco products and tobacco product flavor enhancers.
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California Proposition 1 (2022): Amends the state constitution to protect abortion rights, guarantee reproductive freedom
The amendment was passed by the state legislature in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic.
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First Circuit makes clear cannabis is subject to interstate commerce clause
State restrictions on the free movement of persons and capital, even in the cannabis industry, are unconstitutional.
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Surface Transportation News: Citizen voice raises costs of Interstate construction, modernized highway rest areas, and more
Plus: Truck automation developers, P3 captures value for transit, countering freeway fighters, and more.
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How Texas can improve the state’s student transfer law
State policymakers can remove barriers for families by pursuing three policy reforms that would modernize the student-transfer law.
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California Proposition 27 (2022): Legalizes online sports betting, funds homelessness and mental health programs
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal prohibition on sports gambling in 2018, more than 30 states have legalized the activity.
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California Proposition 26 (2022): In-person sports betting regulation and tribal gaming expansion
Prop. 27 would create a more robust and competitive sports betting market than Prop. 26 by allowing online and mobile betting, generating billions in revenue for the state, gaming tribes, and operators under agreement with those tribes.
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Nevada Question 3 (2022): Top-five ranked choice voting initiative
Under rank-choice voting, voters rank their preferred candidates rather than selecting one candidate to receive their votes.
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Congress aims at big tech companies but would hurt startups and innovation
The bill aims to limit big tech's power, but it would actually end up limiting innovation, start-up companies, and economic growth.
