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Testimony: Banning e-cigarettes in Hawaii could negitively impact public health
The prestigious Cochrane Review concluded e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies for helping smokers quit.
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Testimony: Florida House Bill 971 would allow more investment in alternative assets
Florida House Bill 917 would allow the State Board of Administration to expand investment in the alternative asset market.
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Testimony: Arizona should examine the negative impacts that additional nicotine and licensing regulation would bring
If Arizona wishes to continue to reduce the number of deaths from smoking each year, the power to regulate the legal sale of safer nicotine products should be reserved to the state legislature itself.
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Testimony: The Surface Transportation Board should be concerned by Amtrak expansion
Increasing Amtrak train density is anticipated to cause significant disruptions to freight rail operations.
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Testimony: Why Maine shouldn’t prohibit e-cigarettes
Prohibition of flavored e-cigarettes risks fueling illicit markets, forcing the closure of Maine’s vape shops, and driving vapers back to smoking.
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Testimony: Reviewing proposed changes to Alaska’s Public Employees’ Retirement System
House Bill 55 would attach new public safety employees to a plan that has had trouble with funding spanning back two decades.
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Testimony: Without tolling, PennDOT does not have the ability to rebuild bridges
PennDOT should follow value-added tolling principles to rebuild the state's infrastructure.
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Testimony: Comments on the supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Maryland I-495 and I-270 managed lane project
Due to a change in project scope, MDOT and FHWA needed to provide a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the I-270 and I-495 Managed Lanes Project.
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Testimony on pension garnishment and forfeiture, and future pension policy considerations for Pennsylvania
The sooner plans embrace modern day market realities, the better these important issues can be addressed over the long-term.
