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Cigarette smuggling to rocket with tobacco tax hike0
- Fiscal, FISCAL - Opinion Editorials, Justice, JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials, JUSTICE - Overcriminalization
- August 25, 2016
Research shows high excise taxes invite scofflaws to traffic in illicit cigarettes, encourage corruption among public officials and trigger violence against people, property and police.
READ MOREHB 1283: Prescription drug monitoring bill does more harm than good0
- JUSTICE - Drug Policy, JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials, JUSTICE - Publications
- March 19, 2014
by Ari Armstrong Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem, sometimes a fatal one. But the answer is not for the government to monitor and harass people who suffer from devastating pain — and make it harder for them to manage their pain — in a misguided attempt to save drug abusers from themselves. Unfortunately,
READ MOREDon’t let Clements tragedy derail Colorado’s criminal justice reform efforts0
- JUSTICE - Blog, JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials, JUSTICE - Prison Spending and Sentencing
- April 10, 2013
Let’s not allow a tragedy to undo years of careful work toward sound policy reforms.
READ MORELegislature Has the Chance to Set a Standard on 640
- JUSTICE - Drug Policy, JUSTICE - Opinion Editorials, JUSTICE - Publications
- December 26, 2012
by Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy Last month Colorado voters resoundingly passed Amendment 64 into the state constitution, legalizing both recreational marijuana and industrial hemp. So far, realizing the will of the voters is on track, but implementation risks threaten to undermine the intentions behind Amendment 64. Policy makers are contending with thriving black markets
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A Competitive Model for Public Airport Privatization0
- Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Publications, Working Paper
- August 10, 2018
Working Paper 18-01 (August 2018) Author: Gregory N. Golyansky DOWNLOAD WORKING PAPER IN PDF Executive Summary: The airline deregulation of 1978 has created a dynamic and competitive environment for air- travel in America. Lower prices, wider service choices and new destinations have transformed civil aviation from a country club for only the privileged to those
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Over 150,000 signatures to #FixOurDamnRoads0
- Jon Caldara, Newsletter, Politics, Transportation
- August 6, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2018 Contact: Jon Caldara, President, Independence Institute, 303-279-6536 or Jon@i2i.org Over 150,000 signatures to #FixOurDamnRoads without a tax increase delivered to Secretary of State The Independence Institute is thrilled to announce this morning we have delivered over 150,000 signatures of fed-up Coloradans demanding the state Fix Our Damn Roads without
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Getting serious about housing affordability0
- The Hill, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- June 26, 2018
Although many cities across the country are facing serious housing shortages, the efforts they are making to fix the problem are doomed to failure. Their so-called affordable housing programs address symptoms, not causes, and apply band-aid solutions when far different (but less costly) tools are needed. Median home prices in most American cities are less
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Mass transit is collapsing everywhere0
- The Hill, Transportation, TRANSPORTATION - Op Eds
- May 15, 2018
Nationwide transit ridership in March 2018 was 5.9 percent below March 2017, according to the latest data published by the Federal Transit Administration. Following three years of steady declines, these numbers present a dire picture of the nation’s transit industry. Ridership declined in all of the nation’s 38 largest urban areas (and the 39th, Providence,
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