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  • Modernizing psilocybin policy to improve mental health outcomes
    Modernizing psilocybin policy to improve mental health outcomes

    Psychedelics have the potential to be more effective than conventional drugs now being used to treat a range of mental health disorders.

    Policy Brief by Madison Carlino May 23, 2023

  • Modern oral nicotine and tobacco harm reduction
    Modern oral nicotine and tobacco harm reduction

    Oral nicotine or nicotine pouches have gained increasing popularity among smokers wishing to switch to a safer form of nicotine.

    Backgrounder by Guy Bentley and Michelle Minton May 18, 2023

  • Fiduciary principles need to be reaffirmed and strengthened in public pension plans
    Fiduciary principles need to be reaffirmed and strengthened in public pension plans

    "The exclusive purpose of investing pension assets must be to provide pension benefits and defray reasonable expenses—nothing else."

    Policy Brief by Larry Pollack May 11, 2023

  • Optimal regulatory framework for state regulation of sports betting
    Optimal regulatory framework for state regulation of sports betting

    To maximize the benefits of sports betting legalization and minimize negative externalities, state regulatory frameworks should encourage robust and competitive markets.

    Backgrounder by Michelle Minton May 1, 2023

  • 27th Annual Highway Report
    27th Annual Highway Report

    Annual Highway Report by Baruch Feigenbaum, Truong Bui and Thuy Nguyen April 20, 2023

  • The costs and risks of proposed public retirement changes in Alaska
    The costs and risks of proposed public retirement changes in Alaska

    Examining several pieces of proposed legislation impacted public pensions in Alaska.

    Backgrounder by Pension Integrity Project April 17, 2023

  • Examining an Alaska pension reform counterfactual
    Examining an Alaska pension reform counterfactual

    A look at what would have happened to the Public Employee Retirement System and Teacher Retirement System if proposed pension reforms from 2021 had been enacted.

    Backgrounder by Ryan Frost and Leonard Gilroy April 17, 2023

  • Senate Bill 88 would expose Alaska to potentially higher pension costs
    Senate Bill 88 would expose Alaska to potentially higher pension costs

    Senate Bill 88 would likely cost Alaska more than $8 billion in the coming decades.

    Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Zachary Christensen April 17, 2023

  • House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 threaten Alaska’s budgets
    House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 threaten Alaska’s budgets

    HB 22 and SB 35 would likely cost Alaska upwards of $800 million in the coming decades.

    Backgrounder by Zachary Christensen and Leonard Gilroy April 17, 2023

  • Senate Bill 11 would bring public pension risk back to Alaska
    Senate Bill 11 would bring public pension risk back to Alaska

    SB 11 would likely cost Alaska $9 billion in the coming decades.

    Backgrounder by Zachary Christensen and Leonard Gilroy April 17, 2023

  • Social equity programs in marijuana legalization laws aren’t achieving goals of helping victims of the drug war
    Social equity programs in marijuana legalization laws aren’t achieving goals of helping victims of the drug war

    State efforts to promote social equity within legal cannabis markets have unintentionally created new versions of the war on drugs.

    Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence April 12, 2023

  • Montana’s default retirement benefit option should best serve most public workers
    Montana’s default retirement benefit option should best serve most public workers

    Montana House Bill 226 would better align the default retirement benefit option with what would best most workers need.

    Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Steven Gassenberger April 10, 2023

  • Updated Arizona K-12 education finance model with latest school finance and transportation data
    Updated Arizona K-12 education finance model with latest school finance and transportation data

    The model allows users to test changes to Arizona’s funding formula, see how changes to local property taxes impact funding, and see how potential changes affect the funding of individual school districts and charter schools.

    Backgrounder by Christian Barnard April 7, 2023

  • Airline deregulation: Past experience and future reforms
    Airline deregulation: Past experience and future reforms

    The U.S. experience with airline deregulation shows that eliminating government barriers to competition can generate enormous benefits for consumers.

    Policy Brief by Marc Scribner April 6, 2023

  • Preserving and expanding the benefits of airline deregulation
    Preserving and expanding the benefits of airline deregulation

    Three reforms Congress could make to expand the benefits of airline deregulation.

    Backgrounder by Marc Scribner April 6, 2023

  • Automated vehicle policy recommendations for the 118th Congress
    Automated vehicle policy recommendations for the 118th Congress

    The future of automated driving systems and how to refocus federal policymaking on productive near-term activities.

    Policy Brief by Marc Scribner March 22, 2023

  • Montana House Bill 226 would modernize the Public Employees Retirement System
    Montana House Bill 226 would modernize the Public Employees Retirement System

    Backgrounder by Leonard Gilroy and Steven Gassenberger March 21, 2023

  • Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health
    Why New Mexico House Bill 547’s tax increases undermine public health

    The taxes in the bill would hurt efforts to reduce the smoking of traditional cigarettes and disproportionately harm low-income families.

    Backgrounder by Guy Bentley March 17, 2023

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