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October 12, 2023
Blue-State Benefits: How Federal Grants Fail to Consider Population Shift
…grants; the opposite is also true, although some programs guarantee a minimum for any state, no matter its size. What’s more—as common sense would dictate—when a state’s population declines, that…
October 10, 2023
Judge Erik Pitchal’s Warped Mindset Led to Baby Ella Vitalis’ Death
…into foster care because they were at “substantial risk of death.” That risk didn’t seem to matter to Judge Erik Pitchal, who — even after another incident a few months…
October 5, 2023
Changing the Official Poverty Measure Would Help Rich States and Hurt Poor States
…producing independent and apolitical statistics. Aside from these process related issues, policymakers should be concerned about this matter for two additional reasons. First, as already noted making the SPM the…
October 4, 2023
Variety Is the Spice
…Washington Heights. It estimates a potential for about 200,000 such units if this housing option were legalized. Details about safety matter, of course; any legal units will require two exits…
October 2, 2023
Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever
Stable, two-parent families have always mattered for kids. But today, we have new evidence that they may matter more than ever. A new study from the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) indicates…
September 29, 2023
Solutions to Reduce Government Improper Payments Involving Unemployment Benefits
…pandemic. Read the full response here. [1] Department of Labor, “Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims,” July 9, 2020, https://oui.doleta.gov/press/2020/070920.pdf [2] For a discussion of the involvement of international criminal organizations, see Matt Weidinger,…
September 29, 2023
Up To $135 Billion In Pandemic Unemployment Fraud – And Still Counting
Last week, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) added a startling new figure to the ever-growing estimates of abuse inflicted on unemployment benefits during the pandemic, finding that “between $100 billion and $135 billion”…
September 28, 2023
How To Halt New York’s Ubiquitous Illegal Pot Blight
…implications for public order as the matters Bratton highlighted. The very fact some 8,000 illegal weed outlets have been allowed to operate with minimal law-enforcement pushback not only makes a dangerous drug…
September 25, 2023
A Bad Bipartisan Housing Bill: Connecting the Dots on the Helper Act
…American Dream of homeownership. Demand-enhancing policies such as the HELPER Act may be well intended, but as long as a severe housing shortage persists, they will only make matters worse….
September 21, 2023
The Two-Parent Advantage
…college-educated conservatives—took the view that marriage matters for children. But in general, Americans, and especially the most privileged liberals, increasingly discount the value of married parents. No doubt these attitudinal…