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The Annual Highway Report ranks the quality and cost-effectiveness of every state's roads and bridges. Best: Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio Worst: Alaska, California, Washington, New York, Louisiana How does your state rank? buff.ly/pXi6ulu
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The Jones Act blocks shipping routes even when no suitable American vessel is available. Congress should create an economic-need waiver process to let foreign ships carry those cargoes and meet demand, writes @jayderrbr. buff.ly/XwGzjpy
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Blocking pharmacies from supplying experimental peptides leaves consumers with fewer accountable sources and risks pushing them toward sellers whose peptides and manufacturing practices are harder to verify. buff.ly/eNEb93u
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Generational nicotine bans add no protection for today’s minors, who already cannot legally buy nicotine. Instead, they risk pushing future adults toward illegal markets and away from less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. buff.ly/rYhyy4h
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“Letting pharmacies supply these products gives consumers a better chance of knowing what they are getting and holds suppliers accountable for what they sell.” - @dr4liberty buff.ly/eNEb93u
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“Generational nicotine bans don’t add a single new protection for today’s minors. By design, they restrict tomorrow’s adults from making their own choices.” - Guy Bentley buff.ly/rYhyy4h
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Harm reduction starts with helping people reduce the risks they face, even when they decline the treatment others would choose for them. Making that help conditional on accepting the government’s preferred treatment risks defeating its purpose. My latest. reason.org/commentary/accept… via @ReasonFdn
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New York City’s congestion pricing program has reduced traffic and improved travel speeds. Policymakers should now tie tolls to traffic conditions, charge similar vehicles similar rates, and clearly show how they spend the revenue. buff.ly/FcsBB0b
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"If there were a widespread and persistent youth nicotine crisis, perhaps such drastic, but still misguided, action might be more understandable from policymakers. However, young people aren’t smoking as much as they used to." reason.org/commentary/counte… via @ReasonFdn
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Improving transit performance depends less on building new infrastructure than on aligning service technology, operating models, network design, and roadway management with the way people travel today. buff.ly/wJ74vNP
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The federal drug police want to turn consumers of certain concentrated kratom-derived products into criminals while leaving traditional kratom leaf products outside the ban. Before exposing adults to arrest and prosecution, the feds owe them a scientific explanation for that distinction. reason.com/2026/10/20/the-de… via @reason
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"Before the drug police turn more consumers into criminals, they should at least demonstrate how doing so will make those consumers safer." My latest. reason.com/2026/10/20/the-de… via @reason
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If the country can go this long without a confirmed Surgeon General while its health agencies continue operating, why do we need one? And why do we still maintain the roughly 6,000-member uniformed service the Surgeon General oversees?reason.org/commentary/abolis… via @ReasonFdn
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Robert Poole examines the $30 billion Modern Skies Act, FAA modernization failures, and a better way for funding and managing air traffic control. ⬇️ buff.ly/LurhRa4
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In @judeschwalbach’s 2026 open enrollment report, Oklahoma scores 99 out of 100, earning an A+ and ranking first in the nation. Arkansas earns 98 points for policies allowing students to transfer to public schools with open seats. See your state’s grade: buff.ly/bHqotTX
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