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Climate and Energy

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026: 4 ways the new permitting package gets transmission policy right

02 Oct 2026 Rachel Levine, Liza Reed
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Immigration

A future U.S. refugee program will center states' interests and leadership

30 Sep 2026 Claire Holba
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Immigration

Improving immigration at the margins: 8 minor fixes that bypass the numbers debate

30 Sep 2026 Cecilia Esterline
Income requirements are often confused with work requirements. Despite their differences, they both add layers of bureaucracy to family policy.
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Social Policy
Family Economic Security

Senate paid-leave bill charts a pragmatic path forward for states

29 Sep 2026 Sylvia Bryan, Joshua McCabe
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Climate and Energy
Transmission

Building an HVDC macrogrid, one line at a time

28 Sep 2026 Rachel Levine
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Climate and Energy
Carbon Pricing

The EU's carbon invoice for U.S. exporters keeps climbing

17 Sep 2026 Jia-Shen Tsai
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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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