We knew it was coming, but the magnitude of declines in student test scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress still shocked many parents. So what should parents do on behalf of their kids now? Colleen Hroncich comments.

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New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's agenda appears to be lighter than the one advanced by his immediate predecessor. The difficult work of regulatory reform appears to be nowhere on the agenda. Ryan Bourne comments.

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Boosting the production of new housing keeps young people engaged in communities they might otherwise feel compelled to leave. Greg Brooks of the Better Cities Project discusses the housing redemption for policymakers in Auburn, Maine.

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Colorado's governor Jared Polis gets good press for his libertarian sympathies. Jon Caldara of Colorado's Independence Institute humbly asks the media to please cut it out and look at the evidence.

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Kentucky is among the worst performers in managing state pensions. Those pensions are promises to government workers that, if not managed properly, represent a massive new liability for taxpayers. Allison Ball is Kentucky's state treasurer.

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Cato's Project on Poverty and Inequality in California is a year old, so how has the Golden State changed in that time? Cato's Michael Tanner comments.

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Does the President have unilateral authority to spend billions of dollars to provide college students a bailout? The Cato Institute has filed suit to stop the mass debt cancellation undertaken by the Biden Administration. Clark Neily comments.

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It's laughable, right? Right? At least one high-level Jones Act supporter would like to see Cato Institute "members" charged with treason for daring to speak out about the century-old protectionist shipping law. Colin Grabow and Scott Lincicome won't plead the Fifth.

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Governors play a key role in state fiscal policy. This report grades governors on their fiscal policies from a limited‐​government perspective. Chris Edwards is the report's author.

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Mark Moses is author of The Municipal Financial Crisis: A Framework for Understanding and Fixing Government Budgeting.

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