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News Economic Mobility, Healthier Communities, Occupational Licensing, Thriving Families

New study finds older Americans left behind by decades of smoking cessation progress

Grace Pewitt May 7, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Tobacco Harm Reduction

Why the FDA’s Politically Driven First-Ever Flavored-Vape Approval Almost Gets the Science Right

Jeffrey S. Smith May 6, 2026
Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Innovation

AI Won’t Replace Human Creativity. It Will Unleash It.

Eli Lehrer May 6, 2026 Tech Policy Press
Analysis Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, Energy Regulatory Reform, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Governance, State Policy

The Missing Transmission Voices Emerge

Devin Hartman May 6, 2026
Analysis Behavioral Health, Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Substance Regulation, Thriving Families

When Harm Reduction Isn’t Enough

Mazen Saleh May 5, 2026
Analysis Artificial Intelligence, General Emerging Technologies, Technology and Innovation

The Free Speech Stakes in the Global AI Race

Adam Thierer May 4, 2026
Op-Eds Budget and Spending Reform, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, South, State Policy, Trade

Georgia liberated from Trump tariffs, but still paying high price

Marc Hyden May 4, 2026 The Newnan Times-Herald
Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, Energy Regulatory Reform, Executive Branch, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

State utility laws are the primary barrier to Trump’s AI ratepayer protection pledge

Devin Hartman, Kent Chandler April 3, 2026 Utility Dive
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Remembering Karl Zinsmeister

Eli Lehrer May 4, 2026
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Low-Energy Fridays: How to Survive the Great Helium Shortage of 2026

Josiah Neeley April 30, 2026

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