Radio: Why do we keep paying people to rebuild in flood plains?!

Hurricane Isaias made landfall overnight in North Carolina. What better time to talk about the utterly broken National Flood Insurance Program? Plus, the shifting power in NC politics among county boards of commissioners.

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Real Solutions Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Governance, Pensions

Social Security is going to run out. State pension reform can provide a lesson on how to save it.

Ann Phelan April 23, 2024

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How to secure Virginia elections

Robert Melvin April 9, 2024 Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Chelsea Boyd April 22, 2024

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The patent absurdity of pharmaceutical prices

Marc Hyden April 22, 2024 The Newnan Times-Herald

Op-Eds Alcohol Policy, Competition Policy, Midwest, State Policy

How Michigan lost $1 million of liquor

C. Jarrett Dieterle April 6, 2024 Reason

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The Coddling of the American Parent

Shoshana Weissmann April 21, 2024 The Daily Beast

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Letter: Dan Casey cites outdated data on cocktails-to-go

Robert Melvin April 9, 2024 The Roanoke Times

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Heartburn doesn’t stop California lawmakers from quashing speech

Steven Greenhut April 19, 2024 Orange County Register

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Sen. Rosen bill would help seal records for marijuana convictions

Anthony Lamorena April 19, 2024 Reno Gazette Journal

Real Solutions Energy and Environment, Environmental Regulation, Low-Energy Fridays, Waste and Resource Recovery

Low-Energy Fridays: How do we cut plastics pollution?

Philip Rossetti, Josiah Neeley April 18, 2024