May 17, 2019

Civil Asset Forfeiture in 60 Seconds

You can lose your property and money, even if you haven’t done anything wrong.

Seizing profits from criminal activity is a centuries old practice, but better oversight is needed to determine whether civil asset forfeitures are properly applied to gains from actual illegal actions.

Georgia's Doctor Shortage Has a Policy Fix

Commentary

Dolly Parton’s Georgia Connection – and the Literacy Fight She Leaves Behind

When it comes to Georgia public policy, Dolly did her best to address an issue that still requires attention today: improving childhood literacy.

By Chris Denson

Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs

Arkansas’s Costly Medicaid Lesson Provides Warning for Other States

When the federal Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare,” passed, it offered a much higher federal-state match if states expanded Medicaid welfare prog

By Jonathan Small

American Enterprise Institute

The Water Fight over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.

America's almond growers use 70 to 90 times more water than every data center in the country combined — so why is water the argument everyone's having?

By Daniel Lyons

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Dolly Parton’s Georgia Connection – and the Literacy Fight She Leaves Behind

Arkansas’s Costly Medicaid Lesson Provides Warning for Other States

The Water Fight over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.

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