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Climate and Energy

Bypassing the grid won't save us from having to build more of it

08 Sep 2026 Rachel Levine
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Social Policy
State Capacity
Health
Personnel

States need more time to avoid a chaotic Medicaid work requirements meltdown 

04 Sep 2026 Gabe Menchaca, Lawson Mansell
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Social Policy
Family Economic Security

D.C.'s Paid Family Leave cuts take the 'trust' out of 'trust fund'

03 Sep 2026 Sylvia Bryan
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Social Policy
Health

CMS takes another step toward higher-value, lower-cost outpatient care

01 Sep 2026 Caitlin Rowley Gallamore, Lawson Mansell
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Immigration

Legal immigration in numbers: August 2026 status update

31 Aug 2026 Cecilia Esterline
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Climate and Energy

More power, faster: A near-term agenda for electricity abundance

20 Aug 2026 Kenneth Sercy
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Social Policy

By indexing TANF benefits to inflation, states can keep families from falling behind

19 Aug 2026 Phuong Tran
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Open Society

A force to reckon with: On postliberalism and its lessons

13 Aug 2026 Aurelian Craiutu
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State Capacity
Feedback Loops

Reading the TA leaves: How technical assistance can improve the odds of successful policy implementation

12 Aug 2026 Amanda Patarino, Ross Apter, Jacqueline Maffucci, Luca Giobbio
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State Capacity
Feedback Loops

How Oversight Failed: The FBI's $1 billion tech failure, part 2

11 Aug 2026 Mark Lerner
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Social Policy
Health

New data, same problem: No Surprises Act arbitration abuse persists

30 Jul 2026 Lawson Mansell, Caitlin Rowley Gallamore
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Climate and Energy

Finding common ground on high-capacity transmission: collaboration, competition, and a path forward

28 Jul 2026 Robin Allen, Zachary Norris
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State Capacity
Digital Infrastructure

How the FBI blew $1 billion on an efficiency project

27 Jul 2026 Mark Lerner
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Social Policy
Housing and Transportation

To help growing families find affordable housing, fix the parts of the tax code that keep family-sized homes off the market

23 Jul 2026 Andrew Justus
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Legal
Climate and Energy

'Speed to Power' doesn't require a utility monopoly

16 Jul 2026 Rachel Levine, Zachary Norris
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Social Policy
Health

Bipartisan momentum on drug-patent reform could clear a faster path for affordable generics

09 Jul 2026 Caitlin Rowley Gallamore, Anna Spahn
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Social Policy

3 reasons the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act matters

08 Jul 2026 Kimberly Burnett, Rohan Aras, Andrew Justus
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Criminal Justice

States should collect DNA upon felony arrest

07 Jul 2026 Evan Burt
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Social Policy

How housing regulation holds back innovation and what HUD gets right about fixing it

30 Jun 2026 Kimberly Burnett
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Climate and Energy

The price of power: How HVDC wires can bring cheaper electricity

24 Jun 2026 Robin Allen
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