Announcements
The Frontier Institute highlighted that government actions in Bozeman’s zoning updates infringe on property rights.
Grassroot Institute discussed how special interests maintain the federal Jones Act, showing the challenges in reforming this long-standing legislation.
The Independent Institute spotlighted San Francisco’s growing underground housing market.
The John Locke Foundation reported on a significant reform proposed by Trump aimed at eliminating ‘junk science’ from the EPA.
Recent comments from the Mississippi Center for Public Policy pointed out a growing commitment to education reform in Mississippi.
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs announced its 2025 Liberty Gala, featuring energy advocate Alex Epstein, will be held October 1 in Tulsa.
The Pioneer Institute joined a coalition advocating for reduced state income taxes and stronger revenue caps in Massachusetts, which could provide substantial savings for taxpayers.
Sutherland Institute announced its 2025 Congressional series.
The Washington Policy Center warned that Washington’s new law allowing striking workers to claim unemployment could lead to illegal double payments and strain the state’s unemployment system.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted recommendations to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, urging an overhaul of the state’s school report card standards.
Success Stories
Illinois: The Center for Poverty Solutions, supported by The Illinois Policy Institute, received national recognition for its job co-op initiative aimed at Chicago’s struggling neighborhoods.
New Hampshire: The Josiah Bartlett Center highlighted how the state’s expanded school choice program hit its enrollment cap of 10,000 students.
Freedom through the Courts: The Latest Litigation Efforts across the Network
In public comments, The Buckeye Institute urged the U.S. EPA to ensure Americans have access to reliable energy sources and repeal its impractical emission standards that threaten energy reliability.
The Goldwater Institute urged the Arizona Supreme Court to uphold the right to a jury, emphasizing the importance of this fundamental legal principle.
Solutions from the States: This Week’s Policy Briefs
As the second anniversary approaches of the wildfires that destroyed much of Maui’s beloved Lahaina town, the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii has released a policy brief detailing additional actions state and Maui County lawmakers could take to improve what has so far been a sluggish rebuilding process.
The James Madison Institute highlighted the significance of the Trump Administration’s recent AI Action Plan.
The Kentucky Forum for Rights, Economics & Education revealed that single-bid asphalt contracts have cost the state nearly $13 million in excess spending.
The Mackinac Center issued a report about Michgian’s energy future warning that the state’s green energy plan could lead to higher bills and increased blackouts.
The Mountain States Policy Center released ideas for reforming Medicaid’s financial sustainability to better protect patients.
A new study from the Pacific Research Institute found that reforms to expand the PACE program could significantly save taxpayers billions and improve comprehensive care for seniors.
In a recent report, The Thomas Jefferson Institute examined the SCC’s pivotal decision regarding Dominion Energy’s proposed gas plant, explaining that expert opinions and predictive models will heavily influence the outcome.
The Washington Policy Center released a new analysis by Mark Harmsworth revealing how the state’s Growth Management Act has significantly increased housing costs.
Policy News from the States
Topics:
K-12 Education
Back to School: A New Chapter of Hope and Opportunity
Beacon Center of Tennessee
Speaker Jason White: Education Freedom and Mississippi’s Future
Empower Mississippi
Fact vs. Fiction: Washington Post Launches False Attack on Arizona ESAs
Goldwater Institute
August is teacher union opt-out time: what you need to know
Illinois Policy Institute
NC at risk: Assessing academic achievement in the Carolinas
John Locke Foundation
Neighbors battle neighbors at the House in the Horseshoe
John Locke Foundation
Oklahoma School-Choice Critics Miss the Mark
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Oklahoma Teachers Make More Than You Think
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Obscuring the forest for the trees: Most LAUSD students still below standards
Pacific Research Institute
Alisha Searcy on Center for Strong Public Schools
Pioneer Institute
The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Show-Me Institute
WILL Advises DPI to Improve Transparency and Accountability in School Report Card
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Parents
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Energy and Environment
Tina Kotek’s Energy Policy: Whichever Way the Wind Blows
Cascade Policy Institute
Public tools make state government more transparent
Mackinac Center
Maine’s Soaring Electricity Prices Highlight Need for Smarter Energy Policy
Maine Policy Institute
California Goes Groucho On Gasoline
Pacific Research Institute
BMW’s Energy Program: Clues to Breaking the Generation Monopoly?
Palmetto Promise Institute
Research Note: Livestock siting assessment and the Iowa case study
Platte Institute
Healthcare
OP-ED by Stephanie Smith, API President/CEO and mother of seven
Alabama Policy Institute
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American Experiment
Minnesota’s persistent budget deficits, not the big beautiful bill, are the real threat to Medicaid
American Experiment
Conservative lawmakers should resist unaccountable hospital slush fund
Mackinac Center
Obamacare Premiums Are Climbing Again. But Americans Finally Have An Alternative
Pacific Research Institute
We don’t need socialism to cut drug prices. Americans get a good deal
Pacific Research Institute
Momentum Matters: Keeping Direct Primary Care on Track in SC
Palmetto Promise Institute
Housing Affordability
Higher exemption would help seniors cope with higher property values
Grassroot Institute
Exemption increase would help homeowners under 65 years old
Grassroot Institute
Chicago homicides lowest in decade, but so is arrest rate
Illinois Policy Institute
Maryland AG looks into mortgage fraud and Schiff
John Locke Foundation
Jobs and State Economies
First Statewide Poll Shows Marsha Blackburn as Clear Frontrunner Over John Rose in GOP Primary for Governor
Beacon Center of Tennessee
Herbert Hoover and the American founding
ITR Foundation
Major Wisconsin Labor Union rips Milwaukee Democrat for Opposing Union Jobs
MacIver Institute
The MEDC Hall of Shame
Mackinac Center
Innovation and U.S. Patents
Pioneer Institute
State Budgets
Metro Council Votes to Approve $88.5 Million Bond for Road Diets: One Intern’s Reflection
Cascade Policy Institute
Fiscally Crying Wolf
Frontier Institute
Over half of Illinoisans unhappy with Pritzker
Illinois Policy Institute
Chicago mayor recycles failed tax idea to fix $1.12B deficit
Illinois Policy Institute
FDR’s Forgotten Blueprint for Property Tax Reform
ITR Foundation
Dollars Over Optics: Rethinking Local Government Spending
ITR Foundation
The Real Cost of ‘Top Two’: Taxifornia Shows Us What Happens
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Governor Newsom Protests Too Much – the Minimum Wage Increase Did Destroy Jobs
Pacific Research Institute
The Taxman Cometh: City of Austin
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Testimony to the Senate Committee on Local Government: Senate Bill 9
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Workplace Freedom
Opt-out record falls for the third consecutive month
Freedom Foundation
Blatant Lawlessness
Yankee Institute
Other
Moriarty decides against re-election. Will Hennepin County voters ensure it matters?
American Experiment
On gerrymandering, three cheers for Minnesota!
American Experiment
Red Lines, Blue Tears: The Texas Map MELTDOWN
American Experiment
Metro Council Votes to Approve $88.5 Bond for Road Diets: One Intern’s Reflection
Cascade Policy Institute
Grassroot views on housing reform going mainstream
Grassroot Institute
The Outstater
Indiana Policy
Franke: The Dog Days of Baseball
Indiana Policy
Herbert Hoover’s American Exceptionalism
ITR Foundation
Virgil and the Constitution
Independence Institute
Asking left-wing redistricting critics to look in mirror
John Locke Foundation
Justice for Russia hoaxers labeled tricky, but important
John Locke Foundation
Earls leads Supreme Court money race, but she will need a lot more
John Locke Foundation
Majority believes Obama team ‘committed crimes’ in Russiagate
John Locke Foundation
Texas Dems flee to gerrymandered state to fight gerrymandering
John Locke Foundation
Market prices are essential to a free, flourishing society
John Locke Foundation
Public is following ‘Russiagate’ developments
John Locke Foundation
The end of ‘disparate outcomes’ should end credentialism
John Locke Foundation
Brennan, Clapper unprotected by statute of limitations
John Locke Foundation
Exposing an anti-Trump activist in the DOJ
John Locke Foundation
The danger of making elections ‘critical infrastructure’
John Locke Foundation
Fact Check: DOJ Election Oversight Has Constitutional Basis, Despite Bellows’ Claims
Maine Policy Institute
Rep. Callahan Files Official Complaint over Canadian Smoke
MacIver Institute
The Mississippi Center for Public Policy welcomes new Chief Development Officer
Minnesota Policy
Direct primary care provides medical treatment the old-fashioned way
Mountain States Policy Center
Buckley’s Revolution: The Life and Legacy of a Conservative Icon
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
The Gordon Chang Report–China is Making the World Food-Insecure
Pacific Research Institute
Kenneth Schrupp – Reporting on Lessons Learned from Southern California Wildfires
Pacific Research Institute
Massachusetts Youth Population in Decline
Pioneer Institute
RGF weighs in on fraud investigation at Office of Insurance Superintendent
Rio Grande Foundation
Publicly-Funded Racism Is Still Racism
Texas Public Policy Foundation
‘Death Star Bill’ Is Fully Operational — For Freedom
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Not Our Cup of Tea: America Should Avoid UK Style Regulation
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy
WILL Releases New Model Policy & Resources Following SCOTUS Parental Rights Decision
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
The Network in the News
At Complete Colorado, the Independence Institute’s Nash Herman highlights why Colorado’s budget gap means more money in taxpayers’ pockets.
In The Hill, Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation’s John Hendrickson and ALEC’s Jonathan Williams highlight a lesson from Iowa on government reform.
In the Charlotte Observer, the John Locke Foundation’s Brian Balfour points out secret data center tax breaks are a bad deal for North Carolina.
In the Tri-City Herald, the Mountain States Policy Center’s Bob Pishue highlights how transportation taxes have sweeping impacts in Washington.
In his recent column for The Journal Record, OCPA’s Jonathan Small notes that school-produced illiteracy is unacceptable.
In The Daily Signal, the Thomas Jefferson Institute’s Steve Haner highlights that Virginians could save $1.4B a year by conforming to the Trump tax law.
In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, SPN’s Tony Woodlief highlights the high costs states pay for federal money.
