Identifying open enrollment’s effects on families, taxpayers, and districts requires detailed open enrollment data. Improving ...

A K–12 finance agenda aimed at transparency, sustainability, and productivity can help state policymakers navigate the decade ...

The case studies below are excerpted from the study, “Evaluating Amtrak and intercity bus performance for smarter federal investment,” which compares eight intercity Amtrak routes with comparable bus ...

South Carolina’s highway system ranks 3rd in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition. According to the Annual Highway Report by Reason Foundation, this is a one-spot decline from last ...

The nation’s state and local governments reported $6 trillion in total debt and nearly $5 trillion in long-term debt at the end of fiscal year 2024, the most recent year with complete data available, ...

The mileage-based user fee, also known as a road usage charge, has long been proposed as a straightforward alternative to the fuel tax. Yet despite more than a decade of research, most states have ...

The nation’s 50 state governments reported $2.6 trillion in total debt and $1.9 trillion in long-term debt at the end of fiscal year 2024, Reason Foundation’s State and Local Government Finance Report ...

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has released a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy roadmap. Notably, the focus of Sen. Kelly’s “AI for America” plan departs from other federal AI policy proposals ...

A new Reason Foundation analysis of every state in eight key, standardized financial metrics to assess long-term solvency and short-term liquidity finds New Jersey is the most fiscally distressed ...

Several bills introduced in California’s 2025 legislative session aim to roll back key provisions of the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA). These bills would reverse many of the ...

Currently, school board elections in Florida are nonpartisan. Florida Amendment 1 would make them partisan beginning in November 2026. It allows for partisan primary elections in advance of the 2026 ...

Beneath the surface of America’s bustling cities, suburbs, and school systems lies a story of growing concern—one of mounting fiscal pressures that threaten the long-term delivery of public services.