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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.
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How to improve public schools and give tens of millions of families school choice
If policymakers and education reformers want to give families real school choice, they should let students attend any public school with an open seat.
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States that suspend the gas tax provide drivers with little savings but cause real harm to highway systems
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the states that have either suspended state gas taxes or paused planned increases to their fuel taxes.
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Abolish the Surgeon General’s office and its 6,000-person bureaucracy
The federal government needs public health professionals, not a separate uniformed bureaucracy to employ them.
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California Gov. Newsom’s veto saves taxpayers billions, preserves previous pension reforms
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected AB 1383, which would've increased pension benefits for police and firefighters at a high cost to taxpayers.
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Bang for the buck: Bus systems should prioritize serving transit-dependent riders
With limited resources and unmet needs, transit agencies need to become more creative in their service.
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Kratom use by students does not mean kratom caused deaths at Ole Miss
Outlawing more products will not prevent deaths like those at Ole Miss. But regulating them and enforcing those rules might.
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How local governments force short-term rental platforms to turn over user data
State lawmakers should act to make clear that online platforms are not supplements to aid in the administration of overly burdensome local requirements.
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Rent-setting algorithms require targeted regulation, not new laws
Fragmented, vague legislation creates unnecessary risk and uncertainty about how platforms and users can operate without triggering legal penalties.
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Arkansas’ proposed economic development amendment is fatally flawed
Policymakers in Arkansas and across the country must understand that states and cities cannot subsidize their way to prosperity.
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Flexible benefits as an alternative path to stable pension funding: Lessons from South Dakota and Wisconsin
South Dakota and Wisconsin show how flexible pension benefits can stabilize contributions and keep pension plans at or near full funding.
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Prediction markets for the future: Navigating the legal landscape to preserve accurate forecasts
Prediction markets can help people forecast events and manage financial risks, but conflicting state and federal rules threaten their reach.
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Flavored vapes and pouches are abundant. Youth use is near record lows.
Youth use of vapes of all flavors has plunged in recent years, making bans wholly unnecessary.
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Methadone saves lives. Why does the system make it hard to get?
Only a fraction of people trying to access treatment for opioid use disorder have access to methadone, the gold standard medication approved to treat addiction.
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Outdated air traffic control system strands and delays Californians
America’s air traffic control system runs on outdated equipment funded by a dysfunctional Congress.
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The public-private partnership alternative to Trump’s Washington Dulles Airport plan
A long-term public-private partnership could modernize Washington Dulles, attract private capital, and open the airport to greater airline competition.
