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Social Policy

'Aloha' to land value taxation and 'Aloha' to tax revolts

02 Apr 2026 Reed Schwartz
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Social Policy

The bottom rung is missing from America's housing ladder. The ROOM Act can replace it.

02 Apr 2026 Andrew Justus
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Climate and Energy

EPA's deregulatory claim doesn't survive its own cost-benefit analysis

01 Apr 2026 Jia-Shen Tsai
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State Capacity

A Treasury grant program reduced its processing times from 233 to 75 days. What went right?

31 Mar 2026 Maureen Klovers
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Immigration

Legal Immigration in Numbers: March 2026 Status Update

31 Mar 2026 Cecilia Esterline
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Immigration

Doing as they say, not as they do: The Trump administration's golden passport problem

31 Mar 2026 Cassandra Zimmer
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Criminal Justice

We can't 'incarcerate our way out of crime.' But we can deter a lot more of it.

26 Mar 2026 Greg Newburn
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Climate and Energy

Transmission is the problem. Reconductoring is part of the solution.

23 Mar 2026 Elliot Lo
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Social Policy

With the Child Care Modernization Act, Congress has an opportunity to expand parental choice, affordability, and access to child care

18 Mar 2026 Camille Miner
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Climate and Energy

Winter Storm Fern's impact on the price of power, and what to do about it

17 Mar 2026 Rachel Levine, Michael Goggin
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Social Policy

Washington shows how to expand healthcare access—without lowering standards

12 Mar 2026 Jonathan Wolfson, Lawson Mansell
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Climate and Energy

The science behind direct current power

12 Mar 2026 Rachel Levine, Liza Reed
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Social Policy

Congress is asking the right questions about America's doctor shortage

09 Mar 2026 Lawson Mansell
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Climate and Energy

2025 didn't close the transmission gap, and 2026 won't either without change

05 Mar 2026 Rachel Levine, Grace Olson
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Climate and Energy

We can build infrastructure and habitat at the same time

26 Feb 2026 Grace Olson, Danielle Bissett
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State Capacity
Personnel

How do states manage their workforces anyway?

19 Feb 2026 Gabe Menchaca
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Climate and Energy

The Hot Rock Act and the race for geothermal energy abundance

19 Feb 2026 Kenneth Sercy
cares act home confinement
Commentary
Social Policy

How to evaluate state pro-housing policies: Mind the empirical pitfalls

05 Feb 2026 Jenny Schuetz
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Immigration

Reforming the international student work authorization programs

04 Feb 2026 Cecilia Esterline
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Climate and Energy
Energy Generation
Transmission

The winter of our grid's discontent: Hardening the grid once and for all after Winter Storm Fern

04 Feb 2026 Rachel Levine
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