Publications
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Research and Commentary: Mississippi’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Mississippi’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Mississippians’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research & Commentary: New Report Shows ESG Leading CalPERS to Underperforming Investment Returns
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A new report from the Pacific Research Institute details how the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is generating a below-average investment return, in part because of its politicized investment strategy, which incorporates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring. ESG scores are essentially a risk assessment mechanism increasingly being used by investment firms and financial […] -
Research and Commentary: Wisconsin’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Wisconsin’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Wisconsinites’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research & Commentary: New EPA Data Show 44 Percent Drop in Methane Emissions to Go Along with Record Oil and Gas Production
Publication -Research and Commentaries -New data released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that methane emissions at the nation’s largest oil and gas-producing basins are continuing to fall significantly, even with record-setting production. EPA has made available the 2023 data from its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), a program requiring the reporting of “greenhouse gas (GHG) data […] -
- Health Care News
Biden Admin Spurred Higher Drug Medicare Premiums, Fewer Choices
Publication -Seniors perusing the offerings during the most recent Medicare Enrollment Period saw that not only were prescription drug plan premiums higher, but their choices of plans were fewer. Data compiled by Ed Haislmaier, a health care policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, and Joel White, the president of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage show […] -
- Health Care News
Popular R&B Artist Spotlights Murky Health Care Pricing
Publication -Before voters reelected Donald Trump, a music artist had been promoting a Trump health reform from his first administration – transparency in hospital pricing. Starting in 2022, R&B artist Fat Joe has been pitching “Power to the Patients.” The public interest campaign calls for the enforcement of Trump’s rule requiring hospitals to post prices for […] -
- Health Care News
Biden’s Short-Term Plan Limit Could Face Lawsuit: Panel
Publication -The “ping-ponging” of rules on short-term limited duration health insurance (STLDI)is wreaking havoc on underwriting in the insurance markets, said panelists in a discussion hosted by the Cato Institute on October 15, 2024. The focus of the discussion was President Biden’s new rule limiting the duration and renewability of STLDI. President-elect Donald Trump or a […] -
Research and Commentary: South Carolina’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in South Carolina’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect South Carolinians’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of […] -
Research and Commentary: Oklahoma’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Oklahoma’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Oklahomans’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research and Commentary: Ohio’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Ohio’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Ohioans’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research and Commentary: Connecticut’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Connecticut’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect the citizen of Connecticut’s free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows Kansas’ Tax-Credit Scholarship Program Has Saved Sunflower State Taxpayers Over $8,200 Per Child through Fiscal Year 2022
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice has released an updated version of their Fiscal Effects of School Choice analysis, bringing up to date the latest data and demonstrating the large savings education choice programs have provided taxpayers, and the results are good news for Kansas families. The analysis looked at Kansas’ Tax Credit for Low-Income Students Scholarship Program, launched in 2015, and have found […] -
- Health Care News
Texas Doctors Could Lose Licenses for Child Transgender Treatments
Publication -Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against transgender activist physicians who prescribed transition medications to minors after state law forbade the practice. Paxton filed lawsuits, the first of their kind, against three doctors between October 17 and November 4, for allegedly treating children with gender transition drugs after the practice was banned […] -
Research and Commentary: North Carolina’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in North Carolina’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect North Carolinians’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of […] -
Research and Commentary: Colorado’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Colorado’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Coloradoans’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research and Commentary: California’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in California’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Californians’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows Maryland’s School Voucher Program Has Saved Old Line State Taxpayers Over $4,300 Per Child through Fiscal Year 2022
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice has released an updated version of their Fiscal Effects of School Choice analysis, bringing up to date the latest data and demonstrating the large savings education choice programs have provided taxpayers, and the results are good news for Maryland families. The analysis looked at Maryland’s Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program, a school voucher program […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows New Hampshire’s Tax-Credit Scholarship Program Has Saved Granite State Taxpayers Over $14,800 Per Child through Fiscal Year 2022
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice has released an updated version of their Fiscal Effects of School Choice analysis, bringing up to date the latest data and demonstrating the large savings education choice programs have provided taxpayers, and the results are good news for New Hampshire families. The analysis looked at New Hampshire’s Education Tax Credit Program, a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students […] -
- Health Care News
Military Explores Light Therapy for Brain Injuries
Publication -The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is taking steps to explore how noninvasive, nondrug light therapy can help military members and veterans recover from traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Transcranial photobiomodulation (PBM) uses red- and near-infrared light rays to stimulate mitochondria to restore cell function. The technology is rapidly showing promise in treating a variety of […] -
Research and Commentary: Michigan’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Michigan’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Michiganders’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research and Commentary: Arkansas’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Arkansas’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Arkansan’s free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […] -
Research & Commentary: Report Shows Pennsylvania’s Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs Have Saved Quaker State Taxpayers Over $11.8 Billion through Fiscal Year 2022
Publication -Research and Commentaries -EdChoice has released an updated version of their Fiscal Effects of School Choice analysis, bringing up to date the latest data and demonstrating the large savings education choice programs have provided taxpayers, and the results are good news for Pennsylvania families. The analysis looked at both of Pennsylvania’s tax-credit scholarship program—the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, launched in 2012, […] -
- Health Care News
Genetic Data of 15 Million People May Be Up for Sale – Interview
Publication -The popular ancestry-tracing company 23andMe may be up for sale, CEO Anne Wojcicki says, putting 15 million customers’ genetic data up for grabs. The acquisition will include the legal rights for the purchaser to do virtually anything with the data. The company recently paid out $30 million in a settlement over a data breach. Keith […] -
Research and Commentary: Louisiana’s Big Tech Policy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Protections Against Big Tech Censorship Are Integral in Louisiana’s Next Legislative Session Legislation that would protect Louisianans’ free speech on social media platforms is an integral and timely policy goal that should be considered in 2025. States around the nation have introduced legislation with the same objective in mind since the peak of blatant censorship […]