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On Juvenile Justice Policy Debates Driven By Untested Dogma, Not Data or Honest Timelines
Two 2026 bills—Assembly Bill 1902 by Asm. Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) and the failed “Lorenso’s Law” (AB 2040) by Asm. Alexandra Macedo (R-Tulare)—show how lawmakers are grasping for answers. But the most glaring flaws run deeper. The system’s rigid…
Why Minnesota should opt into expanded national tests
Minnesota should take the recent offer of the National Assessment Governing Board and opt into newly…
Soak-the-Rich Politics Will Hit Kansas Main Street
“Tax the rich” sounds easy until lawmakers define “rich” broadly enough to hit the small business…
More housing reforms for Hawaii
Now that Hawaii’s 2026 legislative session is over, I’d like to tell you about a few meaningful…
Data show that Minnesota’s net loss of residents since…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “Blue states” which “are bad-policying themselves into…
2026 Colorado Legislative Session: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Colorado legislature officially adjourned May 13, after weighing more than 600 bills over the course of 120 days. Lawmakers entered the 2026 legislative session facing a set of familiar problems: another billion-dollar budget deficit, rising…
Left And Right Agree—Hospital Consolidation Is Driving…
A growing bipartisan consensus is emerging around one of the biggest drivers of America’s healthcare…
At least 5 Democratic states are opting into the FSTC.…
At least 31 states have said they plan to opt into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit…
Peoria school board wisely returning to basics in…
Peoria Public Schools is adopting evidence-based practices. Peoria Public Schools is…
Spending Watch: Despite the Rhetoric, Newsom’s Revised…
With the release of the May Revise, budget negotiations between the Governor, Assembly, and Senate…
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