Of the more than 44,000 people who died from opioid overdoses in the United States in 2025, many of these involved fentanyl and other powerful synthetic opioids. A November ballot measure in Colorado ...

The past five years have been unusually volatile for state and local finances. Pandemic-era federal aid and strong revenues gave governments breathing room. Then interest rates rose, inflation pushed ...

Reason’s Katherine Mangu-Ward and Robby Soave debate Zeteo‘s Mehdi Hasan and The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson on the nature of authoritarianism. Watch it Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m. at Hook Hall in ...

Despite opposition to tolling and fears that cordon pricing may push traffic onto neighborhood streets, New York City’s pricing program shows that charging for road space can reduce traffic congestion ...

In March, the Trump administration waived Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (better known as the Jones Act) for certain cargo to combat surging energy prices during the war with Iran. The ...

Ontario is moving backward in its opioid harm-reduction policies, restricting access to drugs that help users fight addiction. Regulators argue that these restrictions will reduce diversion—the sale, ...

Mariana Trujillo is managing director of government finance at Reason Foundation, where she leads research on the fiscal health of federal, state, and local governments. Her work examines government ...

Baruch Feigenbaum is senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation. Feigenbaum has a diverse background researching and implementing transportation issues including revenue ...

Jacob James Rich is a Managing Director of Consumer Freedom at Reason Foundation and a Ph.D. candidate at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. His work primarily focuses on health ...

Zachary Christensen is the Managing Director of Pensions at Reason Foundation. Christensen’s work with Reason's Pension Integrity Project aims to promote solvent, sustainable retirement systems that ...