Week in Review: July 19, 2024

Announcements

Beacon Center released the next installment of the Beacon Poll, a statewide survey of 1,200 registered Tennessee voters comprised of questions about political races, policy issues, and more.
The Illinois Policy Institute released a video on why housing is so pricey in Illinois.
The most recent Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation poll shows a majority of Iowans want protections from property taxes and income taxes, while also demonstrating that Donald Trump has widened his lead over Joe Biden
Kansas Policy Institute published a list of schools in 44 states covered by a federal injunction on the Biden administration’s Title IX rule change. The initial injunction covered schools in Kansas Alaska, Utah, and Wyoming and is now expanded to cover specific schools attended by someone whose parent is a member of Moms for Liberty, Young America’s Foundation, or Female Athletes United.
People United for Privacy urged policymakers to rethink laws that expose Americans’ home addresses and political affiliations in the wake of the shooting of former President Donald Trump.

The Buckeye Institute filed its second amicus brief in Alaska v. U.S. Department of Education (previously Kansas v. Biden), calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell President Biden that, just like his first attempt, this latest attempt to shift student loan debt onto taxpayers is still illegal.
The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against Governor Newsom and other California state officials to challenge Assembly Bill 1955, newly-enacted legislation that aims to prohibit parental notification policies across California. Filed the day after Newsom signed the bill into law, the lawsuit asks the court to bar California from implementing AB 1955 because it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments as well as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden administration’s latest illegal and unconstitutional student loan program.
The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a new study on family separation standards.
The James Madison Institute announced Doug Wheeler joined their team as the new director of the George Gibbs Center for Economic Prosperity.

A district court judge in Montana rejected an attempt to stop the state’s ESA program for students with disabilities (Mountain States Policy Center).

A new study from the Mountain States Policy Center makes the case for a right-to-work constitutional amendment.
The Mountain States Policy Center released its Policy Manual, an in-depth guide intended to serve as a resource for citizens, policymakers, the media and those who wish to improve the lives of citizens in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Washington state.
In a new report, the Palmetto Promise Institute considers if Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are a solution to South Carolina’s energy crisis.
The US immigration system, with visa pathways and restrictions that discourage business creation, hampers the nation’s ability to maximize the enormous benefits foreign-born graduates of US colleges and universities can provide, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.
Reason Foundation published a new policy brief titled Transparent K-12 Open Enrollment Matters: Reporting the Data That Inform Policymakers, Taxpayers, and Families. The brief provides a roadmap for strengthening open enrollment laws by requiring state education agencies to publish transparent reports that include important open enrollment data.

College: Just Say No
Libertas Institute

Energy and Environment

Solar Cannot “Replace” Coal Power
Center of the American Experiment

In his latest column for The Denver Gazette, the Independence Institute‘s Jon Caldara notes green energy is weather-dependent.
In The Orange County Register, the Independent Institute’s Kristian Fors refutes Gavin Newsom’s assertion that California is not a high-tax state.
At Forbes, the Independent Institute’s John C. Goodman notes the reason for our healthcare crisis is government.
At Townhall, the Mississippi Center for Public Policy’s Douglas Carswell highlights how America was half an inch away from a major civil crisis.
At The Daily Wire, the Mississippi Center for Public Policy’s Douglas Carswell notes the best antidote to wokeness is knowing the truth about this country.