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California should remove outdated barriers to telehealth
Getting rid of arbitrary barriers and enabling cross-state telehealth licensing would help Californians during the pandemic.
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Idaho State Sen. Steven Thayn explains the success of state’s Advanced Opportunities program
A conversation between Christian Barnard and State Sen. Steven Thayn on Idaho's Advanced Opportunities student funding program.
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Marguerite Roza discusses how school districts should use federal COVID-19 relief funds to improve student outcomes
Edunomics Lab's Marguerite Roza and Reason's Jude Schwalbach discuss how school districts should use the influx of funds they have received since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Aviation Policy News: Institutional failure on 5G and aviation, runway excursions, and more
Plus: Biden administration's rulemaking, the FAA’s Metroplex nears completion, and more.
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California’s next rail plan needs to consider the state’s population decline and work trends
Rail projects that were conceived in a time of growing population and higher utilization may no longer make sense.
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The bipartisan infrastructure law is likely to drive up costs and restrict highway expansion in growing states
The law could also undermine the Biden administration’s own climate change priorities.
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Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut on New Hampshire’s Learn Everywhere program
Aaron Garth Smith and New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut sit down to discuss Learn Everywhere.
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Examining the causes of induced demand and the future of highway expansion
The most effective method for reducing induced demand is to implement pricing on highways.
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K-12 funding in Tennessee: A student-centered approach
By adopting a student-centered funding model, Tennessee would replace the state's outdated education finance system that lacks transparency and local control.
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The Texas teacher pension system makes investment in risky special purpose acquisition company
SPACs are a high risk, high reward investment and can threaten a pension funds ability to pay promised benefits.
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Maryland could pay down some state pension debt by leasing BWI Airport
Long-term airport leases can improve the quality of airport services and provide additional revenue for governments.
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RAISE transportation grants go to non-transportation projects in committee members’ congressional districts
Of the 90 projects funded with Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grants in 2021, only nine projects (10%) were national in nature.
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Congress’ failure to enact an automated vehicle regulatory framework is an opportunity for states
Automated vehicles (AVs) present many challenges to the automotive regulatory ecosystem and current policy must be updated to accommodate them.
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California’s public schools need more transparency
In California, poorly performing public schools are particularly likely to avoid transparency and accountability.
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Ranking how each state’s transportation funding system aligns with the users-pay/users-benefit principle
With direct users-pay funding sources, those who use the highways are the people paying for them.
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Mississippi’s medical marijuana disaster
After a popular ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana was struck down, Mississippi policymakers struggle to devise a legislative solution.
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Milwaukee pension debt clouds Wisconsin’s otherwise positive retirement system picture
Although Wisconsin has one of the nation’s best-funded and most resilient public pension systems, these qualities do not extend to the state’s largest county and city.
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How California can start to address its declining population
The main reason for leaving California is the high cost of living.
