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Op-Eds Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform, South, State Policy, Transportation

Infrastructure, housing a drag on Georgia’s economic development

Marc Hyden Oct 6, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald
Op-Eds Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, South, State Policy, Transportation

D.C. Republicans cast principles aside for stone age neo-Luddism

Marc Hyden Sept 22, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald
Explainers Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction, South, State Policy

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Benefit Families: In Virginia, Policy Deters Expectant Moms from Taking Them

Stacey McKenna Sept 22, 2025
Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Parole, Prison Reform, Reentry, South, State Policy

Virginia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Post-Conviction Issues in the Commonwealth

Robert Melvin, Sarah Anderson Sept 17, 2025
Analysis Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Detention, Jails, Pretrial, Prosecution, South, State Policy

Virginia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pretrial Issues in the Commonwealth

Robert Melvin Sept 17, 2025
Analysis Body Cameras, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, South, State Policy

Virginia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pre-Arrest Issues in the Commonwealth

Robert Melvin, Jillian Snider Sept 17, 2025
Op-Eds Banking, Economic Mobility, Finance and Trade, Financial History, Housing Finance, Public Debt, South, State Policy

Georgia shouldn’t follow New York’s embrace of democratic socialism

Marc Hyden Sept 15, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald
Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Detention, Education, Housing, Jobs, Occupational Licensing, Pretrial, Reentry, Sentencing, South, State Policy

Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Post-Conviction Issues in the Peach State

Sarah Anderson Sept 11, 2025
Analysis Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Detention, Jails, Pretrial, South, State Policy

Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pretrial Issues in the Peach State

Lisel Petis Sept 11, 2025
Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, South, State Policy

Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Pre-Arrest Issues in the Peach State

Jillian Snider Sept 11, 2025

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