Solutions from the States: This Week’s Policy Briefs
- The Empire Center’s latest benchmarking report helps New York taxpayers evaluate local governments by comparing services and spending.
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation recently teamed up with the Knee Center at West Virginia University in a report examining how full practice authority for nurse practitioners and physician assistants can help expand health care access and health care outcomes in Georgia.
- The Institute for Justice released the third edition of their publication, “License to Work: A National Study of Burdens from Occupational Licensing.”
- John Locke Foundation released a new report detailing how much carbon reduction it would take in the United States to offset even a fraction of China’s emissions.
- The Foundation for Government Accountability released two reports examining Medicaid related problems, one focused on Missouri and the other on Idaho.
Network Announcements
- Applications are now open for the 2023-2024 Mercatus Center fellowships.
- Washington Policy Center has selected a new Eastern WA Director and a new Transportation Director.
Freedom Through the Courts
- Tennessee’s School Voucher Program Wins Court Challenges
Beacon Center of Tennessee and Institute for Justice
- The Buckeye Institute Files Suit Against Biden Administration Over Illegal Student Loan Debt Cancellation
The Buckeye Institute - School Choice Wisconsin Action & Schools Sue Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Over Unlawful Regulations
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty - WILL and Dr. Anderson File Amicus in Case Against A Maryland School District That Hides Gender Identity Transitions from Parents
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty - WILL Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Review First Amendment Challenge to Mandatory State Bar Membership
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Policy News from the States
Education
- Education Insanity: What the 2022 NAEP Scores Actually Tell Alabamians
Alabama Policy Institute - National Assessment Results: Alaska a Full Year Behind the National Average
Alaska Policy Forum - Kids Need to Be In-Person At School
Bluegrass Institute - It’s Open Enrollment Season for ‘School Choice’
Caesar Rodney Institute - School Board Battles Are Raging
California Policy Center - Education Group Works to Put School Choice on the Ballot in Oregon
Cascade Policy Institute - 2022 PSSA Test Scores Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Commonwealth Foundation - Mississippi Microschools Are Expanding Education Options for Families
Empower Mississippi - A Useful Tool for Students: College Earnings and Debt Database
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota - What’s On Tap for School Choice?
Iowans for Tax Relief - Full Day Kindergarten Doesn’t Solve Absenteeism
Libertas Institute - Education Savings Accounts Put #StudentsFirst and Finally Have an Opportunity to Materialize in Ohio
The Buckeye Institute - How educational entrepreneurship can create new opportunities for N.H. children
The Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy - Richland School Board bans Critical Race Theory racism in its schools
Washington Policy Center
Healthcare
- Making Medicaid Worse
Alaska Policy Forum - Turning to People, Not Government, to Meet Tennesseans’ Healthcare Needs
Beacon Center of Tennessee - Shattered Projections and Broken Promises: How Able-Bodied Adults and Ineligible Enrollees Are Fueling Idaho’s Medicaid Enrollment Surge
Foundation for Government Accountability - Missouri’s Medicaid Problem: How Congressional Handcuffs Have Led to Skyrocketing Enrollment and Exploding Costs
Foundation for Government Accountability - Ibogaine: A New Option for Addiction?
Libertas Institute - Medicaid Expansion is Never Cheap
Pacific Research Institute - Feeble Cheer for California’s Nurse Practitioners
Pacific Research Institute
Jobs & Economy
- Is This What Fiscal Conservatism Looks Like?
Alabama Policy Institute - Biden Wants to Take Away Your Side Gig
Beacon Center of Tennessee - Rising Electricity Costs
Commonwealth Foundation - New York Bungled Billions of Pandemic-Related Payouts
Empire Center - Statement by Freedom Foundation CEO Regarding Washington Supreme Court’s Decision to Stay “Unconstitutional” Ruling on Capital Gains Tax
Freedom Foundation - Reality Check: Governor, NJ’s Taxes Aren’t Going Down
Garden State Initiative - The Impact of Fees on Georgia’s Housing Supply
Georgia Public Policy Foundation - Georgia Taxpayers Low Out After More Waste, Fraud and Abuse is Discovered
Georgia Public Policy Foundation - With the Prospects for Home Ownership Dimming, Build-to-Rent Offers a Promising Alternative
Georgia Public Policy Foundation - Why Are There So Many Mansions on the Big Island?
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii - Is overly zealous zoning the cause of Hawaii’s acute housing shortage?
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii - Why Hawaii Zoning Laws Should be Abolished
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii - Bipartisan Plan to Pay Off $1B Deficit Spares Illinois Businesses from Tax Hike
Illinois Policy - Viva la Flat Tax Revolution
Kansas Policy Institute - Secure, Affordable, Reliable Energy: It’s What American Families Need
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - Profits Over Politics: Why ESG is Bad for Mississippi
Mississippi Center for Public Policy - Is Lefty San Fransisco Moving in a Rightward Direction?
Pacific Research Institute - Louisiana Economic Situation November 2022
Pelican Institute for Public Policy - Louisiana Needs to Join the Flat Tax Revolution
Pelican Institute for Public Policy - Josephine Erni on Bringing Swiss Innovation to the U.S. Market
Pioneer Institute - Nebraska’s Surging Tax Revenues Should Accelerate Reforms
Platte Institute - Reducing Occupational Licenses Would Make It Easier to Work in Ohio
The Buckeye Institute - Time to Trim Ohio’s Cosmetology Licensing Requirements
The Buckeye Institute - The Buckeye Institute Championed Fintech Policy Headed to Governor’s Desk
The Buckeye Institute - DOR Given Green Light to Collect Capital Gains Tax While State Supreme Court Considers Case
Washington Policy Center - Yankee Institute Calls on Lawmakers to Extend Gas Tax Holiday
Yankee Institute
Other
- Judging Our Judges
Alaska Policy Forum - With Midterm Elections Over, 2023 Moves Into the Spotlight
Bluegrass Institute - The Systemic Racism of Teachers’ Unions
California Policy Center - Let the Best Trash Man Win
Cascade Policy Institute - Harnessing Partnerships to Accelerate Forest Project Environmental Reviews
Frontier Institute - National Review: Florida’s Lessons for Conservatives
James Madison Institute - We Suck at Bail
Libertas Institute - Does Utah Need Another Water Study?
Libertas Institute - Privacy in the Digital Era: Who Controls Private Data?
Libertas Institute - The 2022 Pink Wave
MacIver Institute - Five Year Anniversary of Criminal Justice Reform in Louisiana
Pelican Institute for Public Policy - Columbia Still Making Simple things Complicated
Show-Me Institute - Election Winners Should Keep An Eye on Regulatory Bureaucracy
Sutherland Institute - What the Midterm Election Tells Us About Vote by Mail in Utah
Sutherland Institute - The Meaning of Invasion Under the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution
Texas Public Policy Foundation - Mayor Scott, Veto the Pension Bill!
The Maryland Public Policy Institute - SCC Hearing: Windfarm Focus on Construction Risk
Thomas Jefferson Institute - WILL Memo Encourages State Legislature to Continue Being Fiscally Responsible with Projected Surplus
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
Think Tanks in the News
- Districts must follow law giving citizens access to school curriculum
Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy, The Ledger Independent - Mob Rule and the Death of Trust
California Policy Center in The Minnesotan
- Climate Change Skeptics Have Ready Allies in Africa
California Policy Center in The Michigan Star - Look Beyond Wind, Solar to get to 100% carbon-free
Center of the American Experiment in Duluth New-Tribune Online - Pa.’s corporate welfare for select businesses keeps the state down
Commonwealth Foundation, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pennsylvania’s Low Unemployment Rate Masks Bigger Problems
Commonwealth Foundation in The Center Square - Remove barriers to increase health care access in Western Pa.
Commonwealth Foundation, Trib - Big Labor’s next target: Grad schools
Empire Center in The Washington Examiner - Montana GOP has a supermajority. Now what?
Frontier Institute in The Clark Fork Valley Press - The Covid Medicaid Money Grab
Foundation for Government Accountability, Wall Street Journal - How to Turn Back the Tide of Violent Crime
Georgia Center for Opportunity in The Washington Examiner - Addressing Our Housing Affordability Problem
Georgia Public Policy Foundation in The Dalton Daily Citizen - Budget surplus is good reason to cut taxes
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii Reporter - Shoving Patients Off Telehealth Cliff is Bad Medicine
Goldwater Institute in Daily Independent - Solutions for Illinois’ Broken Business Climate
Illinois Policy in The Daily Herald - Nursing Moms Need Relief from Georgia’s Supreme Court
Institute for Justice, RealClearPolicy - Iowa votes to continue conservative leadership and policies
Iowans for Tax Relief in The Des Moines Register - States Should Take Lead on Welfare
John Locke Foundation in The Carolina Journal - Kansas businesses are short workers. What can state government do to help?
Kansas Policy Institute in The Topeka Capital-Journal - Utah Cities Keeping Taxpayers in the Dark on Government Broadband
Libertas Institute in The Daily Herald - Michigan’s Underperforming Public Schools Require State-Mandated ‘Comprehensive Support’
Mackinac Center in The Center Square - Don’t Be Down About Mid-Terms
Mississippi Center for Public Policy in The Greenwood Commonwealth - Can We Improve Public Education by Subsidizing Private Education?
Mountain States Policy Center in The Times-News Online - A New Plan Brings Clarity To Healthcare Price Transparency–Finally
Pacific Research Institute, Forbes - Divided Congress Doesn’t Have to Mean Gridlock Over Healthcare
Pacific Research Institute, Newsmax - Some State Hospitals Not Offering Pricing Transparency
Pioneer Institute in The Center Square
- Perspective: Parents want more time with their kids. We should find ways to help them
Sutherland Institute in Deseret News
- Limit Levy Votes to General Elections
The Buckeye Institute in The Center Square
