June 6, 2025
Week in Review: June 6, 2025
The Alabama Policy Institute argues Alabama open records reforms need teeth to give true transparency to taxpayers.
With the recently unveiled Senate version of Ohio’s budget, The Buckeye Institute continues to urge greater fiscal prudence. While the Senate’s budget instills greater fiscal discipline, closes tax loopholes, pays for a flat income tax, and makes essential local government reforms to address the spike in property taxes, The Buckeye Institute offered recommendations on what policies lawmakers should include in the final version of the budget to ensure the Buckeye State remains on a pro-growth path in turbulent times.
The Idaho Freedom Foundation uncovered that millions of Idaho tax dollars are being hidden through continuous appropriations.
The John Locke Foundation asked DOGE protesters some questions to see why they oppose the DOGE initiative
Investigative journalists at Kansas Policy Institute exposed several concerns with the new state assessment test and called out the Kansas Department of Education for trying to extend discrimination protection to gender identity.
The Mountain States Policy Center highlights how school choice will reshape Wyoming students’ education
The Mountain States Policy Center considers Trump’s recent EO on AI education.
The Rio Grande Foundation is hosting a luncheon on the decline of economic freedom in New Mexico.
In an unfair labor practice case filed with the State Employment Relations Board (SERB), The Buckeye Institute charged the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association (OCSEA) with coercion and violating the Janus rights of The Buckeye Institute’s client.
In an amicus brief in Abbotsford Education Association v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, The Buckeye Institute urged the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to uphold the carefully constructed constitutional balance between the peoples’ right to govern themselves while ensuring fundamental rights are not trammeled, arguing that for the opponents of Wisconsin’s Act 10, their remedy is found in the statehouse, not the courthouse.
The Beacon Center and the city of Nashville jointly asked a federal court to preliminarily approve a settlement in a class action lawsuit Beacon filed challenging the city’s stormwater capacity fees.
New Jersey Policy Institute officially filed an amicus brief in the Latino Action Network v. State of New Jersey lawsuit —a high-profile case challenging school segregation in New Jersey. NJPI’s brief urges the Court to consider expanding the Interdistrict School Choice Program as a voluntary, cost-effective solution to improve diversity and student opportunity.
New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Legislature passed universal school choice (Josiah Bartlett Center).
Nevada: Governor Joe Lombardo signed Assembly Bill 197 into law, prohibiting state agencies and officials from unlawfully demanding or disclosing the personal information of nonprofit supporters (People United for Privacy Foundation).
The Caesar Rodney Institute is raising a red flag over a newly released report that could drive up costs for Delaware’s lower-income electric customers.
In order to hold Washington government policies accountable, the Washington Policy Center launched our Report Card for Washington’s Future, a full report accompanied by a web dashboard to keep track of the impacts of the laws and regulations passed.
North Carolina: Senate Bill 266, a new and improved energy bill, advanced in the Tar Heel State. This bill is heavily influenced by John Locke Foundation’s report from April, “Power Plays.” In addition, the REINS act passed through the North Carolina Senate Reg Reform Committee. Watch the John Locke Foundation’s explainer video on it here.
Topics:
A Century Later, Washington State Fails Parental Rights
Washington Policy Center
Supreme Court Gets Permitting Right In A Likely-Landmark Ruling
Center of the American Experiment
Now is the Opportunity for Congress to Reform Medicaid
Mountain States Policy Center
Plans, Zoning and Annexation Form Front Lines for Wisconsin Cities Looking to Build More Housing
Badger Institute
For Fixing The Housing Market, Deregulation Beats Subsidies
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
Washington’s Affordability Crisis Fuels Out-Migration in 2025
Washington Policy Center
Montana sets the pace with the Right to Compute Act
Mountain States Policy Center
Policy Changes Can Offer Hope, Help To Farms
Washington Policy Center
Work? Strike? Whatever; Employers now required to pay union members not to work
Washington Policy Center
Montana sets the pace with the Right to Compute Act
Mountain States Policy Center
Policy Changes Can Offer Hope, Help To Farms
Washington Policy Center
In the Bay to Bay News, the Caesar Rodney Institute’s David Stevenson criticizes a Delaware bill that overrides local control to advance an offshore wind project.
The Independence Institute’s Shayne Madsen and Vanessa Rutledge teamed up with Taylor Barkley of the Abundance Institute for a piece in the Denver Gazette, calling for a 10-year moratorium on new AI regulations at the state level.
In the Los Angeles Times, the Independent Institute’s Abigail R. Hall notes police use of military tools presents a growing danger.
In Governing, the John Locke Foundation’s Kelly Lester considers the impacts of tariffs on farmers and grocery prices.
The Liberty Justice Center appeared on several media outlets, including CNN and NPR, to discuss their victory in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump.
Several newspapers published an op-ed from Kansas Policy Institute, giving credit for the “Mississippi Miracle” to school transparency and accountability legislation in 2013.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s Michael Reitz penned a column at
at The Detroit News, analyzing DOGE and the lessons it offers to Michigan lawmakers.
State Policy Network’s Tony Woodlief appeared on the Saving Elephants podcast.
