Announcements
- Following the groundbreaking for the new Intel facility in central Ohio, The Buckeye Institute hit the airwaves to discuss policy priorities and how Ohio can prepare workers for new job opportunities.
- Frontier Institute released a new video providing a policy roadmap for lawmakers to successfully combat censorship and surveillance from ‘Big Tech’.
- The Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) announced today the launch of a new series, Wisconsin State Agency 101, about educating the public on Wisconsin’s executive branch, explaining the functions, problems, and history of the 20 largest state agencies.
- A national survey from the Pacific Research Institute finds Americans are overwhelmingly satisfied with their health coverage.
- The James Madison Institute announced the newest addition to its team, Edward Longe, director of JMI’s Technology and Innovation Policy Center. Launched in 2019, this center focuses on policy goals to ensure Florida is best positioned to be a major driver of innovation in the 21stCentury. The Tech and Innovation Policy Center focuses on areas such as data privacy, broadband infrastructure, antitrust, transportation innovation, and the future of work in the digital age.
- The Washington Policy Center announced their annual dinner events in Spokane and Bellevue, featuring speakers Victor Davis Hanson, Tulsi Gabbard, Chris Rufo, and Mike Pompeo.
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Solutions from the states: This week’s policy briefs
- A new report from Center of the American Experiment details how Governor Tim Walz’s 100 percent carbon-free electricity mandate would cost each Minnesota electricity customer, on average, an additional $3,888 in electricity costs each year.
- A new analysis by the Alaska Policy Forum considers how Alaska’s defined contribution plan and supplemental annuity plan compare to the gold standard
- The Badger Institute released a report that argues dental therapy can fill gaps in care and access.
The Cascade Policy Institute released three ways new Oregon leadership can improve K-12 education fast.
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation released a solution for Georgia’s rural healthcare shortage.
- The Pelican Institute released a scorecard ahead of Louisiana’s upcoming school board elections. These questions will help Louisiana voters gauge whether those running for elected office are concerned with the interests of our children’s education or with maintaining the mediocre status quo.
Policy News from the States
Education
Webinar: The Accountability Myth
Alaska Policy Forum
When Will Our Schools Return To Normal?
Alaska Policy Forum
Educational Options and Government Permission
Beacon Center of Tennessee
Do American Students’ Lives Matter?
California Policy Center
Amendment 4: What You Need To Know
Cardinal Institute
Minnesota K-12 Education Revenue Is Up 31% Since 2002
Center of the American Experiment
NY Pandemic Learning Loss Data Under Wraps
Empire Center
Baby Bust’s Effect On Public Schools
Empower Mississippi
Illinois Has More Teachers, Fewer Students Than 10 Years Ago
Illinois Policy Institute
A Closer Look at Graduation Rates Reveals More Negative Fallout From School Shutdowns
John Locke Foundation
To Get More Teachers, Remove Barriers to Entry
Nevada Policy Research Institute
Experts Say More Police, Diversion Programs, Can Lower Crime
John Locke Foundation
A Closer Look At The Teacher Shortage
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
How Are Federal Covid Recovery Dollars Being Used To Reverse Student Learning Loss?
Pelican Institute
Energy and the Environment
California Emission Goals Lead To Blackouts, Could Vermont Be Next?
Ethan Allen Institute
Government Accountability
California’s Unelected Tyrants
California Policy Center
5 Outrageous Examples of Government Waste That Highlight the Need for Accountability
Goldwater Institute
Illinois’ Public Pension Mess Shows Threat Of Unchecked Government Union Power
Illinois Policy Institute
Big Government Crushes Wealth Creation, Harms The Poor
John Locke Foundation
Kelly Administration Has $1.2 Billion In Unspent ARPA COVID-Relief Funds
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
Healthcare
Drive Times To Methadone Treatment Among Medicaid Patients
Cardinal Institute
Nurses Strike Shows Why Minnesota Should Join The Nurse Licensure Compact
Center American Experiment
Addressing Montana’s Healthcare Shortage Should Begin With Occupational Licensing
Frontier Institute
Solutions To Montana’s Healthcare Shortages
Frontier Institute
Right to Try Is Unleashing the Future of Medicine
Goldwater Institute
Secure Telehealth Laws to Aid Nurses with Kids
Pacific Research Institute
Housing
On Rent Control, Will Minneapolis Ever Learn From St. Paul?
Center American Experiment
Dour Housing Predictions
Ethan Allen Institute
Why Housing In Hawaii Is Expensive
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
Moving To Maine To Escape High Housing Prices In New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
Inflation
High Inflation Continues To Squeeze American’s Living Standards
Center American Experiment
A Month After President Biden Boasted Of 0% Inflation, It Returns
Center American Experiment
Inflation Still Near Four-Decade High Despite Drops in Gasoline Prices
John Locke Foundation
Jobs And State Economies
Minnesota Ranks 42nd out of 50 in Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
GSI Analysis: August ’22 Jobs Report – NJ Jobs, Labor Force Continue to Advance as Unemployment Rate Increases
Garden State Initiative
State Budgets and Spending
Alabamians Deserve More Than A One-Time Tax Rebate
Alabama Policy Institute
PCC Wants More of Your Tax Dollars to Spend Its Way out of a Slump
Cascade Policy Institute
How Minnesota’s Spending On Public Welfare Compares To Other States: A 2020 Update
Center American Experiment
The Essential Plan’s accumulated surplus balloons to $8 billion, with no fix in sight
Empire Center
Why Is The Flat Tax Important?
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
Tax Reform: The Conversation We Need To Have
Pelican Institute
Would an Income-tax Cut Benefit Missouri?
Show-Me Institute
No, Texans Don’t Pay More Taxes than Californians
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Richmond’s Unfinished Business: Tax Indexing
Thomas Jefferson Institute
Workplace Freedom
California To Provide Tax Credit For Union Dues
American for Fair Treatment
The Union Grievance Process: Clearing Up Common Misconceptions
American for Fair Treatment
How The Teachers Union Can Save L.A. Unified
California Policy Center
Other
Seattle’s Ugly Reality – Do We Have The Resolve To Avoid A Similar Fate?
Center American Experiment
Democrats ‘Pivot’ On Crime
Center American Experiment
Violence In Minneapolis – The New Norm
Center American Experiment
Asheville Sees 31% Surge in Violent Crime
John Locke Foundation
Think Tanks in the News
Legal Group Asks IRS To Audit AFT Teachers Union’s Political Spending
Americans for Fair Treatment cited in the Washington Examiner
Westinghouse Arts Academy Voted To Remove Their Union.
Americans for Fair Treatment on Issues and Ideas Radio
Why Biden Is Beholden To Big Labor, Jon Meachem’s Influence At The WH
Americans for Fair Treatment on the Vince Coglianese Show
Student-Debt Cancellation Order: Bad Policy, Overtly Political
Bluegrass Institute
Best Practices For A Better Kentucky: More Work Less Welfare
Bluegrass Institute in the Richmond Register
California’s Unelected Tyrants
California Policy Center in The Epoch Times
Biden’s Divisive Rhetoric Won’t Hide The Democrats’ Massive Policy Failures
Commonwealth Foundation in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia’s School Board Needs To Get Out Of Charter Authorizing
Commonwealth Foundation at Broad+Liberty
Biden’s Divisive Rhetoric Won’t Hide The Democrats’ Massive Policy Failures
Commonwealth op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Vermont Climate Council Is Unraveling
Ethan Allen Institute in the Vermont Daily Chronicle
Knowledge, Not Cancelation, is the Solution to the Student Loan Debt Crisis
Foundation for Government Accountability at RealClearPolicy
Gov. Newsom Pays Unions Back for Recall Rescue
Freedom Foundation cited in the California Globe
Several Unnecessary Crises Culminate at Once – and the Biden COVID Mandates Are Directly to Blame
Freedom Foundation at RedState
The Certificate Of Need System Has Become Obsolete
Georgia Public Policy Foundation in the Dalton Daily Citizen
Should the FDA Force 30 Million Americans to Face Their Addiction?
Goldwater Institute at Townhall
Debt Forgiveness Won’t Shield Students from Illinois’ Pension Pinch
Illinois Policy Institute at RealClearPolicy
Charter Schools — Separate And Unequal
Independence Institute in The Gazette
Reliable Power Means Nuclear Power
John Locke Foundation in the Richmond County Daily Journal
The Troubling Rise of Surveillance Cities
Libertas Institute at RealClearPolicy
Removing This Regulation Let an Entrepreneur Follow Her Dream
Mississippi Center for Public Policy at RealClearPolicy
Hospital Pricing Transparency Important, Empowering For Patients And Payers
Pacific Research Institute in The Coastland Times
What’s At Fault For Lower Life Expectancy? Health Care Has Less Influence Than Individual Choices.
Pacific Research Institute in the Chicago Tribune
Don’t Make Massachusetts ‘Taxachusetts’ Again
Pioneer Institute in The Wall Street Journal
Reaction Mixed To Salmon Study Rejecting Snake River ‘Status Quo’
Washington Policy Center cited in the Tri-City Area Journal of Business
Biden To Celebrate Inflation Reduction Act With Big White House Event
Washington Policy Center cited at KIRO Online
Seattle Mayor’s $6.5M Green Proposal Light On CO2 Cuts, Critic Charges
Washington Policy Center cited in The Center Square
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