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Second-look laws allow courts to reconsider long prison sentences
Second-look laws offer a needed way to bring our justice system into alignment with both values and practical constraints.
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Alabama’s unrealistic pension assumptions are putting the state in debt
Policymakers need to enact lasting reforms that address the sources of the state’s growing pension shortfall.
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California doesn’t need new age restrictions on social media
Instead of passing heavy-handed legislation, California should empower parents to use available tools to keep their kids safe online.
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Why restricting institutional investors won’t fix housing affordability
The primary cause of housing affordability problems is local government restrictions on housing supply.
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The App Store Accountability Act sacrifices privacy and free speech to give parents a false sense of safety
The act would create a false sense of safety and ease while generating real privacy, security, and First Amendment concerns for all Americans.
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How to improve the federal mileage-based user fee grant program
Congress should build upon its past work of supporting propulsion-neutral alternatives to fuel taxes.
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State psychedelics legalization and policy roundup — March 2026
Iowa considers psilocybin regulation, Missouri introduces legislation that would allow psilocybin as a treatment for veterans with PTSD, and more.
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Technology can help shift overdose prevention and response to more effective harm-reduction strategies
As technology begins to enter harm-reduction settings, it brings real potential to expand access and improve overdose response.
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Airports need far better data and more transparency
Airport information reported to Federal Aviation Administration is often incomplete, inaccurate, or missing.
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Let the good hackers help: Why states need a white‑hat safe harbor now
We simply don’t have the cybersecurity professionals to staff every agency and utility at the level the threat demands.
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New 50-state report reveals gaps in identification and reentry document assistance for people leaving prison
A new Reason Foundation report finds only 28 states mandate ID provision despite strong evidence linking employment access to reduced recidivism.
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Missouri Senate Bills 906 and 971 would improve open enrollment
If signed into law, these bills would allow Missouri's students to transfer to public schools outside of their assigned school district.
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Gov. DeSantis takes positive policy approach to data centers despite his negative tech rhetoric
Gov. DeSantis does Floridians a disservice by stoking fears about the artificial intelligence issues that Florida and other states are working to resolve.
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Why clearance rates matter: A practical metric for criminal justice system reform
Clearance rates can help ensure that criminal justice system reforms deliver on their core promise: greater safety, achieved through effectiveness rather than excess.
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Why New Hampshire’s K-12 open enrollment laws aren’t good enough
New Hampshire’s existing open enrollment law needs additional reforms because the current law lets districts stop students from transferring out of them.
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Replacing the California gas tax: The case for road user charges
California’s roads, highways and bridges need repair and modernization. The gas tax won’t fund those projects.
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New York Gov. Hochul’s nicotine pouch tax would be bad for public health
Heavily taxing safer alternatives to cigarettes keeps smokers from switching to better substitutes.
