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Research & Commentary: Report Details Oil & Gas Industries’ Significant Achievements in Decreasing Flaring Intensity and Volume
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The recently released annual report from The Environmental Partnership (TEP), a voluntary collective of oil and gas companies “committed to continuously improving the industry’s environmental performance,” details the serious progress the industry has made in emissions reductions, especially in reducing flare intensity. TEP describes its mission as “to continuously improve the industry’s environmental performance by taking action, […] -
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Public Grows Weary of ‘Harm Reduction’ – Commentary
Publication -Blue cities are moving away from so-called harm reduction strategies in combating overdose deaths from use of hard drugs. Harm reduction aims to decrease the negative consequences of risky behavior and is a hodgepodge of different initiatives such as needle exchanges, providing safer drug paraphernalia, Narcan stockpiling, and decriminalization of drug use in a few […] -
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Alcohol Use Down, Cannabis Use Up
Publication -Self-reported alcohol consumption among American adults is at its lowest in 90 years, a Gallup poll finds. The poll found 54 percent of U.S. adults reported consuming alcohol, the lowest level in Gallup’s nearly 90 years of tracking the trend. The second-lowest rate, 55 percent, was recorded in 1958. The annual Consumption Habits survey, conducted […] -
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HHS Investigates Drug History of Child Killers
Publication -The Health and Human Services is investigating the possible link between drugs and mass shootings, says Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. After the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on August 27, Kennedy told “Fox & Friends” his department is “launching studies” into the contribution of drugs to school shootings. Kennedy was asked […] -
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Homelessness and Untreated Mental Illness Put the Public at Risk, Trump EO
Publication -President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) in July urging local governments to clear homeless individuals from public areas, increase the use of involuntary commitment for psychiatric treatment, and reduce support for government programs such as Housing First and harm reduction, efforts that try to mitigate the consequences of risky behavior. The order also […] -
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Report Calls for Gender Industry Accountability
Publication -Describing the accounts of several people who underwent gender medical treatments and later regretted it, a new report makes a case as to why the transgender industry must be stopped and held accountable for the harms and abuses it inflicts on vulnerable individuals. The American Principles Project (APP) published the report in July because “transgenderism […] -
Research & Commentary: New Index Shows Vermont Stuck in Nineteenth Century on Education Choice
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report shows Vermont is lagging behind in a nationwide education movement still building momentum. According to the 2025 EdChoice Friedman Index—a new measuring system released in April by the titular education reform organization, which is designed to measure how much educational choice families in a particular state actually have—Vermont only has an index score […] -
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Congress Aims to ‘Bust Up the PBM Monopoly’
Publication -Congress is considering a bill to protect patients and pharmacies from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), middlemen who administer drug plans and negotiate prices between pharmacies and insurance providers. Eleven members introduced the bipartisan “PMB Reform Act” on July 10. The bill is now in the hands of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. PBMs […] -
The National Academies of Sciences Committee on Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases and US Climate: Evidence and Impacts
Publication -It would seem NAS's conclusion is already baked in, since it writes “[t]he study will develop conclusions that describe supporting evidence." -
Research & Commentary: New Index Shows Rhode Island Lagging Behind in the Education Choice Revolution
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report shows Rhode Island is lagging behind in a nationwide education movement still building momentum. According to the 2025 EdChoice Friedman Index—a new measuring system released in April by the titular education reform organization, which is designed to measure how much educational choice families in a particular state actually have—Rhode Island only has an […] -
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Court Decision Favoring California Telehealth Restrictions Appealed
Publication -A renowned radiation oncologist trying to help a woman in California suffering from a rare bleeding disease is appealing their failed court challenge to the Golden State’s restrictions on telehealth. The plaintiff is Sean McBride, M.D., of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The patient, Shellye Horowitz, lives in a small California coastal […] -
Revising UCC Article 8 to Put Investors First—Not Wall Street
Publication -Policy Tip Sheets -Amendments to Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) quietly stripped away Americans’ longstanding ownership rights and replaced them with fragile contractual claims, leaving their securities vulnerable to seizure in a financial crisis or when intermediaries misuse customer assets. -
Research & Commentary: New Index Shows Maine Stuck in Nineteenth Century On Education Choice
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report shows Maine is lagging behind in a nationwide education movement still building momentum. According to the 2025 EdChoice Friedman Index—a new measuring system released in April by the titular education reform organization, which is designed to measure how much educational choice families in a particular state actually have—Maine only has an index score […] -
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U.S. Rejects WHO Health Regulations
Publication -The Trump administration has formally rejected the 2024 International Health Regulations (IHR) amendments put forward by the World Health Organization (WHO). A joint statement issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the State Department on July 18 said the WHO regulations would give the organization to much power over the United […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Montana’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Montana’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: New Index Shows Maryland Falling Way Behind on Education Choice
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report shows Maryland is lagging behind in a nationwide education movement still building momentum. According to the 2025 EdChoice Friedman Index—a new measuring system released in April by the titular education reform organization, which is designed to measure how much educational choice families in a particular state actually have—Maryland only has an index score […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Missouri’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Missouri’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Nebraska’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Nebraska’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Mississippi’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Mississippi’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
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Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Nevada’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Nevada’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
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Trump to Cut Funding to Hospitals Performing Child Gender Transition
Publication -The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon begin the rulemaking process to defund chemical and surgical alteration of children for gender transition. The Trump administration is in “the final stage of review for a new rule that would make it a condition of hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid that they not […] -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Minnesota’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Minnesota’s Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save New Hampshire’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform New Hampshire's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers ... -
Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Michigan’s Medicaid Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Fortunately, policymakers can reform Michigan's Medicaid program through a federal waiver. President Donald Trump has strongly promoted state Medicaid waivers