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Marc Joffe Every time I look into a rail project on the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) Capital Investment Grant (CIG) dashboard, I feel like I am peeling a new and…

Walter Olson Number five in our series of occasional roundups on election law and policy: As polls closed and began to be tabulated, “rigged election” talk suddenly fell quiet. [I’m…

Alex Nowrasteh Support from Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, and others was essential to President Donald Trump’s recent reelection. Immigration was a crucial issue to Musk and Ackman, who rightly complained…

Marc Joffe and Krit Chanwong Federal reforms in 2025 may give states both the flexibility and incentives they need to rein in spiraling Medicaid costs. As we discussed in a…

Eric Gomez and Benjamin Faber In October 2024, Congress received notification of two new arms sales for Taiwan, and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed the final delivery of…

Jeffrey Miron For most goods and services, governments leave the production, distribution, sale, and consumption decisions to private individuals or groups. For gambling, however, US states are schizophrenic. Historically, state…

Colleen Hroncich Project-based learning sounds great … until you realize you have to find or create the projects for your learners. That’s where Rock by Rock comes in. Jeff Imrich…

Chris Edwards President-elect Trump should add “and Elimination” to his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The federal government has grown far too large to be managed efficiently. Even if federal…

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Under 10 years of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule, industrialist Gautam Adani became a “national champion” in infrastructure and one of the richest men in the…

Walter Olson Voters in ten or so states this month turned down proposals to change the way elections are held, and reformers will be taking time to absorb the lessons.…