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The private-sector is adding more space-launch capacity

The private-sector is adding more space-launch capacity

By Robert Poole

Plus: The fatal Miami cargo plane accident, TSA airport security modernization unravels, Canada looks to privatize airports, and more.

Youth vaping has collapsed, but lawmakers want $500 million to fight it anyway

Youth vaping has collapsed, but lawmakers want $500 million to fight it anyway

Policy for short-term rentals: Balancing property rights and community preferences

Policy for short-term rentals: Balancing property rights and community preferences

By Eliza Terziev

New York should adopt reforms to prison sentences by expanding its good time and merit time statutes

New York should adopt reforms to prison sentences by expanding its good time and merit time statutes

By Colleen P. Eren, Ph.D. and Hanna Liebman Dershowitz

The Ratepayer Protection Act protects against higher household energy bills when data centers connect to the grid

The Ratepayer Protection Act protects against higher household energy bills when data centers connect to the grid

By Max Gulker and Caden Rosenbaum

Mileage-based user fees: Lessons from state programs

Policy Study by Jay Derr

California undermines pension reforms with benefit boost for first responders

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Government agencies must be held responsible for negative outcomes from their use of AI

Commentary by Richard Sill

Indiana moves to right-size public schools, streamline services

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

What do public-private partnerships add to priced managed lanes?

Commentary by Robert Poole

Key considerations for states developing mileage-based user fee pilot programs

Commentary by Jay Derr

Concession fees for express toll lanes

Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

Webinar: Reforming how cities fund themselves through fines and fees

Commentary by Vittorio Nastasi

Automated license plate readers require scrutiny—and due process

Commentary by Vittorio Nastasi

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Pension Integrity Project

California undermines pension reforms with benefit boost for first responders

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

California undermines pension reforms with benefit boost for first responders

Commentary by Zachary Christensen, Leonard Gilroy and Truong Bui

Depoliticizing public employee pension plans: Building robust legal and structural guardrails for sustainability

Commentary by Rod Crane

Education

Indiana moves to right-size public schools, streamline services

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

Fiscal red flags reveal growing problems in California governments and school districts

Commentary by Geoffrey Lawrence

Texas should address the structural problems driving teacher pension debt

Testimony by Steven Gassenberger

Transportation

The private-sector is adding more space-launch capacity

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

Mileage-based user fees: Lessons from state programs

Policy Study by Jay Derr

What do public-private partnerships add to priced managed lanes?

Commentary by Robert Poole

Drug Policy

Youth vaping has collapsed, but lawmakers want $500 million to fight it anyway

Commentary by Guy Bentley

Probation and parole rules haven’t caught up with medical marijuana legalization

Commentary by Sephria Reynolds-Tanner

Medical cannabis access under probation and parole: Removing barriers to doctor-recommended treatment

Policy Brief by Sephria Reynolds-Tanner

Individual Freedom

Youth vaping has collapsed, but lawmakers want $500 million to fight it anyway

Commentary by Guy Bentley

Southern California’s total tobacco bans aren’t helping public health

Commentary by Guy Bentley

‘United States v. Hemani’: Firearm possession among marijuana users is a protected right

Commentary by Jacob James Rich

Reason Foundation Newsletters

The private-sector is adding more space-launch capacity

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

California undermines pension reforms with benefit boost for first responders

Pension Reform Newsletter by Zachary Christensen

Indiana moves to right-size public schools, streamline services

Funding Education Opportunity Newsletter by Jude Schwalbach

Concession fees for express toll lanes

Surface Transportation Innovations Newsletter by Robert Poole

The future of Washington Dulles Airport

Aviation Policy Newsletter by Robert Poole

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Policy Studies

Mileage-based user fees: Lessons from state programs

Policy Study by Jay Derr

State and local government finances in America: A comprehensive analysis of debt and liquidity

Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence and Carter Langofer

Study: New Jersey and Connecticut are the most financially distressed states

Policy Study by Geoffrey Lawrence and Carter Langofer

Data Visualization

Debtor Nation 2026: The $40 trillion national debt

Data Visualization by Jordan Campbell and Mariana Trujillo

Roundup of California’s 2026 technology bills

Data Visualization by Caden Rosenbaum, Nicole Shekhovtsova and Jordan Campbell

Study: Illinois, Connecticut, Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey and Mississippi have the most per capita pension debt

Data Visualization by Ryan Frost, Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell

Events

The Reason Roundtable’s 10th Anniversary—Live in NYC!

Event by Deirdre Schumacher

The Soho Forum Debate: Emily Eisner vs. Kenny Burgos

Event by Lukas Grund

The world premiere of “Escaping Venezuela” from Reason

Event by Deirdre Schumacher