Announcements
The California Policy Center pointed out that private engineering firms profit from California’s costly rail projects.
The Commonwealth Foundation noted that the 100th day of the Pennsylvania state budget impasse showcased increasing chaos.
A recent announcement by Goldwater Institute highlighted the winners of the 2025 Vision of Liberty Scholarship.
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has launched a new webpage dedicated to tracking and reporting instances of unaccountable behavior by local governments across Idaho.
The Illinois Policy Institute reported that Chicago Teachers Union’s actions led to the impending closure of the Chicago High School for the Arts.
The James Madison Institute released its 2026 policy priorities, outlining key initiatives to address critical issues facing Florida in the upcoming policy cycle.
Kansas Policy Institute found that lessons from the recent federal government shutdown emphasize the need for better fiscal management to avoid the pitfalls of shutdown mistakes.
The Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs noted that recent state test results revealed nearly 75% of Oklahoma students are not proficient in reading.
The Mountain States Policy Center considered Wyoming’s rating in the latest edition of the Federalism Scorecard from SPN’s Center for Practical Federalism.
Freedom through the Courts: The Latest Litigation Efforts across the Network
In support of Pacific Legal Foundation’s case, McGee v. Alger County Treasurer, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to end That State Up North’s violation of the Fifth Amendment.
The Buckeye Institute joined the Washington Legal Foundation in filing an amicus brief in Ohio Telecom Association v. Federal Communications Commission, calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to hear the case en banc, affirm congressional authority over federal rulemaking, and uphold the Congressional Review Act.
The California Justice Center joined forces with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Policy and Liberty Justice Center to file an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to address policies that hide student gender transitions from parents in Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County.
A new lawsuit against Milwaukee County by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty aims to challenge an unconstitutional carve-out regarding the Common School Fund.
Solutions from the States: This Week’s Policy Briefs
The Cardinal Institute proposed market-based reforms for West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency, suggesting measures like Health Savings Accounts.
The Empire Center noted that while Washington debates enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, New York has a comparatively low stake in the outcome.
Testimony submitted by Grassroot Institute of Hawaii highlighted that allowing backyard henneries could significantly reduce the need for imported eggs in Hawaii.
Recent efforts to enhance research availability are highlighted in Indiana Policy‘s white paper initiative.
A recent analysis from Mackinac Center found that free market competition in electricity choice benefits customers by fostering better services.
The Pacific Research Institute highlighted the unintended consequences of San Diego’s new law banning digital-only coupons, which led to a decrease in available deals.
SPN’s Center for Practical Federalism released a new report that ranks the states based on their reliance on federal dollars.
Policy News from the States
Topics:
K-12 Education
It’s National Be A Teacher Day! How to support and encourage future teachers
American Experiment
Open enrollment in Minnesota is still not fully open
American Experiment
Where’s my right-hand man? Teacher survey reveals desire for paraprofessionals
American Experiment
Podcast: DEI Is Built on A Lie
Goldwater Institute
2026 Sunshine State Policy Priorities
James Madison Institute
All schools win under new Michigan budget
Mackinac Center
Whistleblower: To target Owasso schools, Biden administration defied…
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
ACLU-SC Threatens Student Protections from Sexually-Explicit Material in Schools : Palmetto Promise Institute
Palmetto Promise Institute
U-Ark’s Robert Maranto & BASIS Ed Texas’ Sean Woytek on Academically Intensive Charter Schools
Pioneer Institute
Tipping Point NM episode 749: Special Session Results, Federal Shutdown, APS $350 million Bond Ask and more – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Update and fact check on child poverty in New Mexico – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Albuquerque Public Schools asks for $350 million bond – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Unsafe Schools and Parental Empowerment with Tiara Jordan-Sutton
Show-Me Institute
The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO)
Show-Me Institute
Don’t Hate, Congratulate: A Victory for America’s HBCUs
Texas Public Policy Foundation
OSPI Scrubs Website of Key Data
Washington Policy Center
WILL Lawsuit Challenges “Cream City Carve Out”
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty
WILL Sues over Milwaukee Common School Fund Carve-out
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty
Energy and Environment
Xcel planning 600MW of batteries by 2030
American Experiment
Washington state agencies discredit their own plastic bag ban study
Mountain States Policy Center
MLG’s strange/hypocritical approach to nuclear energy – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Healthcare
Big Pharma Is Not Gouging Americans nor Driving Up Healthcare Costs
Pacific Research Institute
WA Cares needs all the help it can get, including an assist from SJR 8201 on Nov. ballot
Washington Policy Center
Housing Affordability
Research finds that falling demand, not rising supply, lowered housing costs after Minneapolis 2040 Plan
American Experiment
The Buckeye Institute Applauds House Passage of Bill to Help Lower Property Taxes » Research » The Buckeye Institute
The Buckeye Institute
The Progressive’s “Affordability Agenda” is a Fraud
California Policy Center
Support more mix-use zoning as way to help increase housing options
Grassroot Institute
Erasing progress not the way to move forward
Grassroot Institute
Jobs and State Economies
One Big Beautiful Opportunity to Reconnect West Virginians with Stable Work
Cardinal Institute
Rockford youth move from mean streets to building sidewalks
Illinois Policy Institute
Arp: The IEDC Chickens Have Roosted
Indiana Policy
Ten for Tech in 2026
James Madison Institute
To infinity and beyond: SQ 832’s minimum-wage plan is a flight of…
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
The slow-motion disaster of raising Oklahoma’s minimum wage
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Government Shutdown Threatens Billions in IPO Funding
Pacific Research Institute
Give Me Your Innovators, Your AI: The Promise of America for European Technology
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy
Corporate Welfare: Picking Winners and Creating Losers
The Pelican Institute for Public Policy
State Budgets
Decarceration’s Disconnect: Corrections spending rises in Georgia even as prison population declines
For Opportunity
Iowa’s Taxpayer Relief Fund can help Georgia taxpayers – Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Without reforms, pension insolvency will eat Chicago alive
Illinois Policy Institute
As Washington Fumbles, Iowa Needs a Backup Plan
ITR Foundation
We Live in FDR’s America
ITR Foundation
Gov. Mills Declines to Use New Authority to Deliver Tax Relief
Maine Policy Institute
IRG Report: Federal Bureaucrats Are Quietly Shaping Wisconsin Policy
Reforming Government
Use Taxes on the Ballot in Missouri This November
Show-Me Institute
Is Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying an Even Bigger Problem than We Know?
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Workplace Freedom
Teachers allege union president diverted $40 million into his own gubernatorial campaign
Freedom Foundation
AFT union attempts to destroy popular New Mexico business for unrelated political stance – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Governor Ferguson signed an executive order that will increase the cost of public construction projects
Washington Policy Center
Other
The Buckeye Institute Calls on SCOTUS to End TSUN’s Violation of Fifth Amendment » Research » The Buckeye Institute
The Buckeye Institute
The Buckeye Institute Calls on Court to Affirm Congressional Authority in Federal Rulemaking » Research » The Buckeye Institute
The Buckeye Institute
Vapes of Wrath: Fighting E-Cigarette Censorship at the Oregon Supreme Court
Goldwater Institute
National Gun Law of Republic of Indonesia – Independence Institute
Independence Institute
RICO the Violent Left – Independence Institute
Independence Institute
The Outstater
Indiana Policy
Patel cans FBI staffers who spied on senators
John Locke Foundation
Conservatives should stop questioning Democrats’ sanity
John Locke Foundation
Dubious Harvard law professor has multiple elite ties
John Locke Foundation
WEC Promises Appeal of Voter Citizenship Ruling
MacIver Institute
How should state corruption be measured?
Mackinac Center
Hern urges Republicans to speak out against California-style…
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
OSU student reprimanded after honoring Charlie Kirk in speech
Oklahoma State University
Billboard campaign highlights New Mexico government failures – Errors of Enchantment
Rio Grande Foundation
Cartels are now ‘unlawful combatants.’ About time.
Texas Public Policy Foundation
The Network in the News
Georgia Public Policy Foundation and Iowans for Tax Relief co-authored an op-ed this week outlining how Georgia can continue lowering its taxes by following the model of Iowa’s Taxpayer Relief Fund.
At Complete Colorado, the Independence Institute’s Jake Fogleman makes the case against a progressive income tax in Colorado.
In The American Spectator, the Independent Institute’s Lloyd Billingsley writes that California’s AB-418 ends government “equity theft” by requiring fair payment to homeowners when tax-defaulted properties are seized.
At RealClearPolitics, the John Locke Foundation’s Dr. Andy Jackson considers how to broker a gerrymandering ceasefire.
In The OC Register, the Liberty Justice Center’s Dean McGee highlighted the San Jacinto Unified School District’s unconstitutional silencing of their community on social media.
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s Jarrett Skorup had an op-ed at the Washington Examiner, arguing that government unions’ dire warnings about President Trump’s federal workforce reforms should be viewed skeptically.
