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States need permanent reforms to achieve the full benefits of telehealth services
The rapid rise in telehealth adoption during the pandemic was enabled, in part, by emergency regulatory suspensions at the federal level and in nearly all 50 states.
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Surface Transportation News: Backlash to highway guidance, new federal bridge program, and more
Plus: Privacy concerns over mileage-based user fees, House committee disappoints on automated vehicle innovation, and more.
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California financial audit arrives a year late and raises flags about unemployment benefits paid
California's 2020 annual comprehensive financial report took 583 days to produce.
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The needed push to reform Tennessee’s outdated school finance system
Tennessee has an outdated school funding formula that is poorly suited to serve the needs of the state’s public-school students in 2022.
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A guide to customer-friendly tolling policies to help states rebuild highways and bridges
How states can implement customer-friendly tolling policies that address worries like double taxation and create genuine value for drivers and truckers.
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Making Tennessee’s school finance system more transparent, flexible and fair
Only three percent of Tennessee's education funding was allocated based on student characteristics like being in a low income family, being in foster care, or needing special education services.
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FAA and FCC failures played key roles 5G rollout problems
Full cooperation between aviation safety regulators and telecommunications regulators enabled 5G towers to be placed with adequate distance from runways in Europe.
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The use and future of artificial intelligence monitoring in prisons
Ultimately, legislators should be very wary of artificial intelligence's current shortcomings before authorizing expansions of its use.
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Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years
This tool runs a simulation of the investment performance of a hypothetical public pension portfolio over 30 years.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: Alaska and Florida consider retirement reforms, Arizona looks to pay down debt, and more
Plus: Analysis of Milwaukee's struggling public pension plans, reform options for Mississippi, and more.
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Pittsburgh bridge collapse highlights how governments put off infrastructure repairs and maintenance
Consistently deferring repairs and maintenance can lead to disaster.
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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.
