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Public pension reform does not increase inequality
Well-designed pension reform is essential to safeguarding public services, protecting taxpayers, and ensuring sustainable retirement security.
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How to rethink unions, resource allocation, and school choice in American education
The current landscape of K-12 public education in the United States is at an inflection point.
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Cannabusiness lawsuit highlights need for Congress to clarify federal treatment of marijuana
Without reform, lawsuits like this may force federal courts toward decisions that destabilize existing state markets or that effectively go around Congress.
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How New Hampshire’s open enrollment proposal would impact students and school funding
New Hampshire lawmakers are considering House Bill 741, legislation that would strengthen the state’s public school open enrollment law.
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Gov. Landry should give as much attention to Louisiana’s pension crisis as he does to college football
The greatest test of fiscal leadership is not found on the football field—it is found in the balance sheet of the state’s multi-billion dollar public pension systems.
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Examining California’s Digital Age Assurance Act
California’s Assembly Bill 1043 represents a meaningful advancement in the national debate on age verification.
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Housing instability is driving child welfare involvement
To improve child safety outcomes, eviction and homelessness should not be treated as proxies for parental failure.
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What is 7-OH and why did the FDA seize this potentially life-saving substance?
There’s no real basis to conclude that the products are dangerous. In fact, there’s far more evidence that they may help people overcome opioid addiction.
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Will Texas teacher pensions suffer if property taxes are slashed?
There is a way forward for Texas to deliver meaningful tax relief, honor its commitments to educators, and keep its budget on stable ground.
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The real cost of rationing menstrual products in jails and prisons
When the state takes control of people, it has an obligation to ensure that it is preventing serious health issues and other avoidable harms.
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Examining the K-12 open enrollment laws passed in 2025
Three states—Arkansas, Nevada, and New Hampshire–significantly improved their open enrollment policies this year.
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U.S. law shouldn’t copy Europe’s app store regulation
The App Store Freedom Act would undermine security features and complicate the user experiences of hundreds of millions of consumers.
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Ohio’s reckless kratom ban could create new public safety concerns and grow the illegal market
By banning nearly every kratom product, save for unprocessed leaf kratom, the state has functionally outlawed the entire consumer market.
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Comparing Amtrak and bus service in key corridors
The average per-passenger subsidy on the eight Amtrak routes examined in this study was $109.85 per rider.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — December 2025
California considers expediting drug research reviews, Massachusetts debates competing legislative proposals for psychedelic pilot programs, and more.
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Punishing safer nicotine alternatives backfires on public health
Taxing products equally, despite their unequal risks, is the exact opposite of desirable fiscal and public health policy.
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Reducing taxpayers’ costs and risks in Interstate reconstruction projects
Indiana policymakers will decide if taxpayers or private companies should bear the financial risks of repairing and modernizing major highways.
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New study details how legal psychedelic services can treat depression, anxiety
A new study has found notable improvements in mental health among participants who underwent legal, supervised sessions with psychedelics in Oregon.
