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A federal drug reform bill would make the harms of prohibition a factor in scheduling
The Public Health and Research Reforms in Controlled Substances Act of 2026 would require the government to weigh the costs of prohibiting a drug.
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The propulsive growth of non-teaching public school staff
From 2002 to 2023, public school staff increased by 15 percent even as student enrollment rose by just 4 percent.
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There’s nothing ‘short-term’ about New Mexico’s proposed pension cost-of-living adjustment
If there is $250 million for PERA, it should go toward paying off debt, not adding a liability that will only deepen it.
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How states can slow the staffing surge and improve teachers’ salaries
Public school funding has risen drastically in the last couple of decades, but dollars are increasingly going toward non-teaching staff rather than teacher salaries.
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Women should have easier access to menopause treatment
Removing prescription barriers and expanding pharmacists’ prescribing authority would give women easier access to menopause treatment.
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Eight ways to make meaningful K-12 school finance reforms
A K–12 finance agenda aimed at transparency, sustainability, and productivity can help state policymakers navigate the decade ahead.
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The Modern Skies Act won’t modernize U.S. aviation
The $30 billion Modern Skies Act directs just 40% of its funding toward air traffic control modernization while raising serious questions about spending and accountability.
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California is reshaping online access in the name of child safety
California’s new tech laws restrict how children use social media and AI before there is enough data to prove whether earlier legislation works.
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Personalized pricing benefits consumers when markets function well
Depending on how and where it is employed, personalized pricing has the potential to enhance competition and consumer welfare.
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Massachusetts Ballot Question 8 seeks to reverse marijuana legalization
Question 8 on the state’s Nov. 3 ballot would repeal provisions of the 2016 cannabis legalization, ending legal adult-use sales and criminalizing home grows.
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Property tax cuts must come with government spending cuts
As states pursue property tax relief, policymakers must confront how local governments will fund services with less revenue.
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Colorado Proposition 132’s proposed drastic penalties for fentanyl: A dangerous overreaction
Colorado Proposition 132 is unlikely to reduce addiction or prevent overdoses, but would criminalize more people and amp up punitive, muscular sentencing.
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Webinar: How state and local finances have changed since 2020
The past five years have been unusually volatile for state and local finances.
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RFK Jr. is right to expand consumer access to peptides
Allowing pharmacies to compound experimental peptides would give consumers a more accountable alternative to unregulated sellers.
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The Jones Act is suppressing demand for American shipping
The current waiver has opened new routes and boosted fuel shipments to Puerto Rico. Congress should create a permanent waiver process for cargoes no U.S. vessel can carry.
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Accept treatment or lose access: Ontario’s new opioid rules undermine harm reduction
Restricting access to pharmaceutical opioids risks driving patients back to the dangerous illicit market these programs seek to help them avoid.
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A new generation of the same old nicotine policy mistakes
Ultimately, generational nicotine bans undermine adult freedom and ignore prohibition's failures.
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The successes and failures of New York City’s cordon pricing
The evidence to date suggests that congestion pricing has reduced vehicle entries and improved travel speeds in and around Manhattan’s central business district.
