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Californians pay high taxes and fees for second worst highway system in the nation

Californians pay high taxes and fees for second worst highway system in the nation

By Baruch Feigenbaum

Given the high gas taxes and vehicle fees they pay, Californians deserve higher-quality roads and bridges.

California lawmakers prepare to stick taxpayers with more public pension costs and debt
California lawmakers prepare to stick taxpayers with more public pension costs and debt

By Zachary Christensen

Kentucky House Bill 185 expands job opportunities and reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records
Kentucky House Bill 185 expands job opportunities and reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records

By Vittorio Nastasi and David L. Morgan

California doesn’t need new age restrictions on social media
California doesn’t need new age restrictions on social media

By Caden Rosenbaum

Why restricting institutional investors won’t fix housing affordability
Why restricting institutional investors won’t fix housing affordability

By Adrian Moore

  • Let the good hackers help: Why states need a white‑hat safe harbor now
    Let the good hackers help: Why states need a white‑hat safe harbor now

    Commentary by Jen Sidorova

  • Gov. DeSantis takes positive policy approach to data centers despite his negative tech rhetoric
    Gov. DeSantis takes positive policy approach to data centers despite his negative tech rhetoric

    Commentary by Max Gulker and Adrian Moore

  • Replacing the California gas tax: The case for road user charges
    Replacing the California gas tax: The case for road user charges

    Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • Serious safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports
    Serious safety concerns for travelers using Southern California’s airports

    Commentary by Marc Scribner

  • California’s public school funding should be based on students actually enrolled
    California’s public school funding should be based on students actually enrolled

    Commentary by Aaron Garth Smith

  • California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed
    California’s small CEQA workarounds aren’t enough to produce the housing needed

    Commentary by Christina Mojica

  • The Trump administration politically targets California’s transportation funding
    The Trump administration politically targets California’s transportation funding

    Commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum

  • How the proposed billionaire tax would backfire and hurt California
    How the proposed billionaire tax would backfire and hurt California

    Commentary by Mariana Trujillo

  • The upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill and the looming debt crisis
    The upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill and the looming debt crisis

    Commentary by Robert Poole

Government Reform Policy Studies

  • Kentucky House Bill 185 expands job opportunities and reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records
    Kentucky House Bill 185 expands job opportunities and reduces licensing barriers for people with criminal records

    Backgrounder by Vittorio Nastasi and David L. Morgan

  • Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt
    Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

  • Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt
    Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

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