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Texas should collect more data before evaluating its autonomous vehicle program
With Texas’ autonomous vehicle regulatory program just three months old, lawmakers should focus on collecting the data needed to evaluate it in the future.
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Texas can expand data centers without raising electricity costs
Texas can improve reliability and protect consumers without sacrificing innovation and growth.
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Texas should address the structural problems driving teacher pension debt
Nearly two decades of underfunding have left the Teacher Retirement System of Texas with a growing pension shortfall.
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The future of the Employees Retirement System of Texas
Texas lawmakers must continue to honor the responsible contribution policies set in the state's 2021 reform.
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Senate Bill 1939 allows Texas’ ship channel fund to retain its interest earnings
The change resolves a conflict in state law, but its impact won’t become clear until current ship channel loans begin to be repaid.
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Public-private partnerships can help Texas address its port infrastructure backlog
Texas faces $9.2 billion in port infrastructure needs. Leveraging public-private partnerships can help.
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Texas should follow Virginia’s lead on transportation project funding
Texas can make transportation resources go further by using clear, measurable criteria to prioritize which projects receive funding.
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Texas’ data center tax exemptions are good tax policy
The best tax policy is broad and consistently applied to all economic activity.
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D.C.’s Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Authorization Amendment Act of 2026 has room for improvement
Discriminating against autonomous vehicles with an arbitrary and excessive tax on vehicle-miles traveled is not a legitimate form of road pricing.
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California Senate Bill 813 highlights the need for a federal artificial intelligence framework
While Senate Bill 813 contains several constructive ideas, the types of standards and auditing framework it envisions are better suited to the federal level.
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The SECURE Data Act presents a uniform federal framework for digital privacy
The bill would bring needed consistency while preserving the core protections that have emerged across the states.
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Michigan House Bill 6020 would advance ibogaine research for PTSD, opioid addiction, and brain injuries
Early research suggests ibogaine may help address some of the nation's most difficult mental health and addiction challenges.
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California should reject Assembly Bill 1383 to protect pension reform progress
AB1383 essentially repeals the most important parts of PEPRA and would add more unfunded mandates to the state’s already underfunded pensions.
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Rhode Island Senate Bill 2098 would restrict access to reduced-risk nicotine products
Tobacco-related diseases remain the leading cause of preventable death in Rhode Island, with around 1,800 residents dying per year from smoking.
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Assembly Bill 1054’s DROP proposal would increase risks for CalPERS
Lawmakers should be aware that DROP programs can create significant costs and funding risks for public pension systems.
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The FDA’s flavored e-cigarette guidance could keep adult smokers from safer alternatives
The evidence increasingly shows that flavored e-cigarettes help adults quit smoking, yet the FDA’s framework still treats those products as exceptional risks.
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California’s Senate Bill 1050 takes a narrower approach to artificial intelligence advertising disclosure
Senate Bill 1050 recognizes a genuine issue in modern advertising and takes a useful step toward addressing it.
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Alaska should tax safer nicotine products at lower rates than cigarettes
Taxing safer nicotine products like cigarettes discourages smokers from switching and keeps more people smoking.
