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Survivor justice acts bring common sense to sentencing
These laws allow full and adequate consideration of abuse and the role it can play in offenses.
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International transit systems show practical lessons to improve US transit
States and local governments can adapt proven practices using their existing authority over transit agencies, funding, and oversight.
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Idaho gets housing policy right and sets up future success
Idaho’s 2026 housing package treats affordability as a supply problem caused by excessive regulation.
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More states should embrace open enrollment for public schools
Every state that has implemented strong open enrollment policies has seen improvements for the students using the program.
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Lawmakers set to give more lavish pension benefits to California’s highest-paid workers
California Assembly Bill 1383 is a taxpayer-funded handout to highly compensated, long-tenured public employees.
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Data center taxation should be guided by sound policy, not short-term gains
States should craft tax policy that is efficient, neutral in its treatment of different businesses, and built for long-term prosperity.
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Ranking the states most and least dependent on the federal government
In some states, federal funds make up a modest share of government revenue, while in others they represent 40% of state and local budgets.
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New York City Mayor Mamdani cuts red tape, but needs to hold government accountable
City Hall would simply have to apply the same standard to itself that it recently applied to every small business owner in New York.
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Connecticut’s pre-K endowment diverts pension dollars
In diverting surplus money away from reducing Connecticut’s pension debt, the funding mechanism for the pre-K endowment may create future financial challenges.
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New Jersey’s highway system still falls short
New Jersey ranks last in traffic congestion and 40th overall for highway performance.
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Data show California does not have a public safety staffing crisis. Public pension reforms should not be rolled back.
Lawmakers should not impose billions of dollars in new pension costs on local governments and taxpayers based on claims of a workforce crisis that the data do not support.
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Trump’s Department of Transportation unevenly advances deregulation as transparency declines
The 2026 Unified Agenda lists 315 active rulemaking projects at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Transit contracting works when agencies pay for performance
Where competition exists, contractors that miss performance standards risk penalties, weaker evaluations, or contract termination.
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California turns to more debt and borrowing, which won’t fix the housing crisis
California’s housing crisis certainly needs continued reforms and political action, but these proposed bonds would not improve affordability.
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Protecting teens online shouldn’t require mandatory facial scans for digital users
While facial age estimation offers a convenient way to respond to youth online safety demands, the tool comes with serious privacy costs.
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Reducing barriers to manufactured homes
Building homes in factories rather than on-site is a way to both expedite construction timelines and reduce the cost of delivering new homes.
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The third-party doctrine is dying. Government surveillance is not.
The strongest privacy protection, it turns out, isn't a warrant: It's when our data is never collected into a single vault.
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California’s gas taxes keep climbing. Highway performance doesn’t.
Each gas tax increase asks Californians to pay more for a highway system that continues to underperform.
