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The Ratepayer Protection Act protects against higher household energy bills when data centers connect to the grid
The bill offers an economically rational approach to federal advisory standards for a new class of energy customers larger than those seen before.
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Mileage-based user fees: Lessons from state programs
Mileage-based user fees restore the users-pay, users-benefit relationship disrupted by electric vehicles by charging drivers based on the miles they actually drive.
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Government agencies must be held responsible for negative outcomes from their use of AI
Government agencies must pair artificial intelligence deployment with clear rules, human oversight, and enforceable accountability for internal and vendor use.
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Indiana moves to right-size public schools, streamline services
In Indiana, more than one in five of publicly funded students attended schools other than their assigned one via charter schools, open enrollment, and private school scholarships during the 2025-26 school year.
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What do public-private partnerships add to priced managed lanes?
Comparing the attributes of government ownership and public-private partnership ownership of managed lanes.
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Key considerations for states developing mileage-based user fee pilot programs
States considering replacing gas taxes with mileage-based user fees can learn from pilot programs in Hawaii, Michigan, California, and Texas.
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Concession fees for express toll lanes
Plus: The future of the Highway Trust Fund, new findings on truck user fees, and more.
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Webinar: Reforming how cities fund themselves through fines and fees
A recent Reason Foundation webinar explored how local governments across the country raise billions of dollars a year through court fines, fees, and forfeitures.
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Automated license plate readers require scrutiny—and due process
A response to Charles Fain Lehman’s “In Defense of Flock” article.
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California undermines pension reforms with benefit boost for first responders
If signed by Gov. Newsom, a new bill will undermine progress made on reducing the state’s massive pension debt and put taxpayers on the hook for over $11 billion in new costs.
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Texas property tax relief won’t last unless local governments rein in spending
Recent exemptions may lower tax bills temporarily, but durable relief requires limits on local spending, borrowing, and costs.
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Depoliticizing public employee pension plans: Building robust legal and structural guardrails for sustainability
Many political vulnerabilities that threaten sound design and funding of public pensions can be addressed with apolitical guardrails.
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Probation and parole rules haven’t caught up with medical marijuana legalization
In many states, people on probation and parole are forbidden to use medical marijuana, even when legally recommended by a physician.
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Fiscal red flags reveal growing problems in California governments and school districts
California has the largest total debt of any state in the nation, nearly $497 billion in state liabilities.
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Organized labor takes aim at California’s driverless truck rules
Today, most states already allow autonomous trucks to be tested and deployed on public roads, but California has by far the most onerous regulations.
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Texas should collect more data before evaluating its autonomous vehicle program
With Texas’ autonomous vehicle regulatory program just three months old, lawmakers should focus on collecting the data needed to evaluate it in the future.
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Survivor justice acts bring common sense to sentencing
These laws allow full and adequate consideration of abuse and the role it can play in offenses.
