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Examining the K-12 open enrollment laws passed in 2025
Three states—Arkansas, Nevada, and New Hampshire–significantly improved their open enrollment policies this year.
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U.S. law shouldn’t copy Europe’s app store regulation
The App Store Freedom Act would undermine security features and complicate the user experiences of hundreds of millions of consumers.
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Ohio’s reckless kratom ban could create new public safety concerns and grow the illegal market
By banning nearly every kratom product, save for unprocessed leaf kratom, the state has functionally outlawed the entire consumer market.
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Pension Reform News: The political push for Connecticut’s pensions to invest in the WNBA
Plus: San Diego pension debt drives taxes and fees on residents, pensions are a major contributor to state and local government debt, and more.
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Evaluating Amtrak and intercity bus performance for smarter federal investment
Six of the eight Amtrak routes examined are losing more than $100 per passenger.
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Comparing Amtrak and bus service in key corridors
The average per-passenger subsidy on the eight Amtrak routes examined in this study was $109.85 per rider.
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Psychedelics Policy Newsletter: New real-world psilocybin study, ibogaine educational materials, and more
Plus: A real-world study on mental health outcomes from Oregon, providing educational ibogaine documents to lawmakers, and more.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — December 2025
California considers expediting drug research reviews, Massachusetts debates competing legislative proposals for psychedelic pilot programs, and more.
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Punishing safer nicotine alternatives backfires on public health
Taxing products equally, despite their unequal risks, is the exact opposite of desirable fiscal and public health policy.
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Funding Education Opportunity: School buses and changing transportation needs
Plus: Texas finalizes rules for new private school choice program, and states opt into federal tax-credit scholarship program.
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Reducing taxpayers’ costs and risks in Interstate reconstruction projects
Indiana policymakers will decide if taxpayers or private companies should bear the financial risks of repairing and modernizing major highways.
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Massachusetts bills offer a pathway toward expanded psychedelic access
Embracing the promise of psychedelic therapies like psilocybin would place Massachusetts at the forefront of this new wave of evidence-informed reform.
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Aviation Policy News: Air traffic controller staffing and resignation claims
Plus: How air traffic control reforms are described, the costs of modernization, and more.
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New study details how legal psychedelic services can treat depression, anxiety
A new study has found notable improvements in mental health among participants who underwent legal, supervised sessions with psychedelics in Oregon.
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Mandating inefficiency: Minimum lot size regulation and housing
Excessive land use restrictions are a primary contributor to the ongoing housing crisis, and minimum lot size regulations are among the most pervasive.
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California’s state and local pension plans have over $265 billion in debt
California’s public pension plans are taking on more risk than other pension systems while generating relatively poor investment return results.
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Interdisciplinary harm reduction: A practical guide
The goal is to identify where policies may be incongruent, such as through gaps in care, conflicting mandates, or fragmented accountability, and to design coordinated responses that reduce those harms without creating new ones.
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Why teacher salaries are stagnant
That teachers’ wages have stagnated over two decades of growth in public school funding highlights deep structural problems in K–12 finance.
