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 ...

K-12 open enrollment allows students to transfer to public schools other than their residentially assigned one, provided space is available. School parents widely support this policy. A December 2025 ...

The use of algorithms in housing rental markets to help assess and determine market pricing has come under increased scrutiny, with both federal regulators and state assemblies taking action. While ...

Public Works Financing reported that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Transurban are planning a major expansion of the I-95 express toll lanes south of the I-495 Beltway.

Across the country, state and local governments are passing increasingly restrictive short-term rental policies. These efforts are based on concerns about rising housing costs and neighborhood ...

Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) have spread to thousands of American communities faster than almost any policing technology in memory. Flock Safety, one among many ALPR vendors, now operates ...

Texas is proud to be among the states with the lowest taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, the state ranks seventh in overall tax competitiveness, largely because it has no personal income tax and ...

Beneath the surface of America’s bustling cities, suburbs, and school systems lies a story of growing concern—one of mounting fiscal pressures that threaten the long-term delivery of public services.

A new Reason Foundation analysis of every state in eight key, standardized financial metrics to assess long-term solvency and short-term liquidity finds New Jersey is the most fiscally distressed ...

Two of America’s largest cities, Chicago and New York, each trigger seven of eight red flags in key metrics used to evaluate financial stress of governments, a new Reason Foundation study finds. New ...