Today on TAP: On a glaring omission in American journalism
state legislatures
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Florida Invests in Catastrophe
The Sunshine State is putting public pension money into risky bonds that transfer risk away from insurance companies.
Posted inTAP
Humphrey Without Vietnam, but More Down-Home
Today on TAP: Tim Walz, in the best Minnesota traditions
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Arkansas Secretary of State Rejects Abortion Amendment Petitions
Surprising grassroots signature-gathering effort thrown into turmoil with no apparent path forward to November.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
South Dakota Abortion Ballot Measure Would Reverse Draconian Ban
But the constitutional amendment also leaves room for legislative meddling in the deep-red state.
Posted inTransportation
Pick Your Own Political Nightmare, New York Edition
Gov. Kathy Hochul broke congestion pricing and now she owns it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Continuing Struggle to Reform Payday Lending
While several states have capped interest rates recently, in Rhode Island, removing debt traps has been a 15-year odyssey with no end in sight.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Could the GOP Do for Birth Control What It Did for Abortion?
Republicans have tipped their hand again.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Republican Party Is Coming for Birth Control
The insistence from GOP elites that they mean to do no such thing is a lie.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Prospects Clouding for State-Run Marijuana Outlets in New Hampshire
Federal prohibitions make it difficult for what should be an easy state government opportunity.
