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September 8, 2023
Is Vote Dilution Necessarily Bad?
…mobilizing pressure “wherever Jews lived, but most particularly in their hometowns—no matter how small.” A memo set out the plan: “Your local Congressman may be the man who will make…
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…to choose commuting to work if someone did both in the survey week. The ACS thus misses shorter stints of working at home, and that only really matters after the…
September 5, 2023
Audit Finds California Continues to Mismanage Unemployment Benefits
A scathing report released by the California State Auditor on August 24 finds that the state’s Economic Development Department (EDD) continues to mismanage the unemployment insurance (UI) program, resulting in “a substantial…
September 1, 2023
Despite Staggering Improper Payments, New Labor Department Report Calls for Reviving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
As America prepares to celebrate Labor Day, it’s timely to wonder what the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been up to. One noteworthy recent action was DOL’s August 21…
August 31, 2023
Where Are The Energy Stamps, Joe?
…millions of families are currently losing government health and food stamp benefits as the pandemic recedes only reinforces that point. Then there’s the matter of cost. Just reviving the child allowance payments made in…
August 29, 2023
How to Reengage Parents in Their Children’s Schooling
…student performance with them, and feel more attached to the school community. (This matters most for parents who may otherwise feel marginalized or disconnected.) Parents and teachers collectively set academic…
August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…never enough time? It’s because too much time gets lost and wasted. In 2021, in a far-too-unusual study of schools in Providence, Rhode Island, researchers Matt Kraft and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum documented just…
August 24, 2023
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
…improvements” to units to just $15,000 over a 15-year period. That means that no matter how much owners must spend to repair heating systems, roofs and windows, they’ll be limited…
August 23, 2023
Labor Department Report Finds Pandemic Unemployment Program Had a Staggering 36 Percent Improper Payment Rate
On August 21, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited “improper payment report” on the troubled Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. PUA was an unprecedented federal unemployment benefit program that…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…matters because social science tells us that one of the strongest predictors of a state’s economic success is strong families. Recent research by economists Joseph Price at Brigham Young University…