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  • Legal analysis suggests Michigan House Bill 6060 violates state law
    Legal analysis suggests Michigan House Bill 6060 violates state law

    Actuarial analysis of proposed pension benefit changes of this magnitude is required by law in Michigan under MCL Section 38.1140h

    By Leonard Gilroy and Ryan Frost
    December 18, 2024

  • Michigan Senate Bills 165, 166, and 167 would increase public pension costs
    Michigan Senate Bills 165, 166, and 167 would increase public pension costs

    Under a best-case scenario, the additional cost of this pension proposal would be just north of $800 million over the next 30 years.

    By Ryan Frost and Leonard Gilroy
    December 12, 2024

  • Michigan House Bill 6060 would negatively impact the teacher pension system
    Michigan House Bill 6060 would negatively impact the teacher pension system

    Michigan House Bill 6060 would add between $17 billion to $20 billion in new employer costs over the next few decades.

    By Ryan Frost and Leonard Gilroy
    December 12, 2024

  • Michigan House Bill 6061 would undo public pension progress
    Michigan House Bill 6061 would undo public pension progress

    Proposed changes would re-expose Michigan to unnecessary unfunded liabilities, financial risks, and billions in hidden costs.

    By Ryan Frost and Leonard Gilroy
    December 12, 2024

  • Modernizing air traffic control infrastructure requires institutional modernization
    Modernizing air traffic control infrastructure requires institutional modernization

    Institutional problems are undermining efforts to modernize infrastructure needed to support continued air traffic volume growth in the National Airspace System.

    By Marc Scribner
    December 12, 2024

  • Colorado should rethink proposed psychedelic application fees
    Colorado should rethink proposed psychedelic application fees

    There are several areas where the draft permanent rules on fees for psychedelic applications proposed by the Colorado Department of Revenue could be enhanced.

    By Gregory Ferenstein and Geoffrey Lawrence
    September 16, 2024

  • Colorado could improve regulatory rules regarding psychedelic use
    Colorado could improve regulatory rules regarding psychedelic use

    As Colorado establishes an operating regulatory framework for The Natural Medicine Health Act, there is room for improvement in rulemaking.

    By Leonard Gilroy, Geoffrey Lawrence, Gregory Ferenstein and Madison Carlino
    July 24, 2024

  • Revenue, ridership, and post-pandemic lessons in public transit
    Revenue, ridership, and post-pandemic lessons in public transit

    The consensus in the transportation research community is nationwide transit ridership is unlikely to recover its pre-pandemic ridership levels in the next decade.

    By Marc Scribner
    July 16, 2024

  • A Schedule III designation is still overly restrictive for marijuana
    A Schedule III designation is still overly restrictive for marijuana

    A Schedule III designation fails to fully align federal and state law in the states that authorize some form of commercial market in marijuana.

    By Geoffrey Lawrence and Jacob James Rich
    June 27, 2024

  • Congress must address the transit productivity crisis
    Congress must address the transit productivity crisis

    Public transit ridership in the United States fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and, as of the first quarter of 2024, has only recovered 76.2% of its 2019 riders.

    By Marc Scribner
    June 13, 2024

  • New Jersey Senate Bill 2283 would decriminalize psilocybin
    New Jersey Senate Bill 2283 would decriminalize psilocybin

    Senate Bill 2283 would allow personal possession and cultivation of psilocybin in a private residence.

    By Leonard Gilroy, Geoffrey Lawrence and Gregory Ferenstein
    June 6, 2024

  • Alaska pension proposal would impose big costs but have little impact on recruitment
    Alaska pension proposal would impose big costs but have little impact on recruitment

    Senate Bill 88 could ultimately cost the state an additional $9.6 billion without improving recruitment or retainment of public workers.

    By Ryan Frost and Zachary Christensen
    May 16, 2024

  • Michigan bills would help parents give kids reasonable independence
    Michigan bills would help parents give kids reasonable independence

    The Michigan bills would establish clear allowances for kids traveling to or from school, playing outdoors, and remaining at home alone for reasonable periods.

    By Zachary Christensen
    April 30, 2024

  • EPA should deny a Clean Air Act waiver for California’s locomotive emissions regulation
    EPA should deny a Clean Air Act waiver for California’s locomotive emissions regulation

    The California Air Resource Board’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation mandates unproven technology and would impose large compliance costs.

    By Marc Scribner
    April 22, 2024

  • Louisiana bill would enact a legal cannabis market with high barriers to entry 
    Louisiana bill would enact a legal cannabis market with high barriers to entry 

    Louisiana's proposed marijuana legalization bill would limit opportunities for entrepreneurs and limit legal options for consumers.

    By Geoffrey Lawrence
    April 18, 2024

  • Missouri Senate Joint Resolution 71 would unwisely fund public pensions through fines and fees
    Missouri Senate Joint Resolution 71 would unwisely fund public pensions through fines and fees

    If governments are going to offer pensions, they need to be willing to directly appropriate the funding to cover those pension promises.

    By Leonard Gilroy and Ryan Frost
    April 2, 2024

  • AI model openness is a question for the market, not regulators 
    AI model openness is a question for the market, not regulators 

    Public policy should focus on working with industry to standardize and deploy AI detection and evaluation systems in appropriate areas.

    By Max Gulker, Spence Purnell and Richard Sill
    March 26, 2024

  • Hawaii Senate Bill 3335 has some cannabis protections but needs improvements
    Hawaii Senate Bill 3335 has some cannabis protections but needs improvements

    The proposal contains many constructive components but also would impose unnecessary restrictions on licensing.

    By Geoffrey Lawrence
    March 14, 2024

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