The path to school choice in blue states

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September 10, 2025

The path to school choice in blue states

Blue states stand as the final frontier for universal school choice, and Republicans can break through by wielding parental rights as a political juggernaut. Victory won’t come from moral suasion alone. The people must make support for parental rights politically irresistible, even for Democrats. Republicans must lean hard into education as a wedge issue, exposing […]

Trump’s Medicaid reforms are a huge success

Too often, policymakers are stuck fighting the last war. That’s what is happening in today’s debates over Medicaid. With states facing difficult budget decisions, Medicaid inevitably draws attention because it is the single largest line item in most, if not all, state budgets. But how lawmakers choose to address these pressures will determine whether patients are […]

For-profit colleges deserve equal treatment

To most Americans, colleges like Grand Canyon University look pretty benign. But not to the Federal Trade Commission. Until recently, the FTC looked at this Phoenix-based institution and many others like it and saw a big target. Fortunately, its yearslong assault against GCU seems to have failed. Last month, the FTC dropped its lawsuit against […]

Noncitizen voting must be fixed before November

It may be an off-year election cycle, but the November ballot initiatives are heating up. One particular fight is fundamental to our democracy: citizen-only voting. Most people assume that to vote in the United States, one must be a U.S. citizen. But this is not the case: Only 20 state constitutions include language explicitly confirming […]

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