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July 9, 2025
Florida Politics: The One Big Beautiful Bill — Common Sense for the Sunshine State
By Doug Wheeler and Brandon Arnold History appropriately attributes the phrase “Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction”...
July 2, 2025
Highlights From the 2025 Florida Tech and Innovation Summit
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, thought leaders from across the country joined The James Madison Institute in Coral...
Tallahassee Democrat: Restoring the Citizens’ Voice in Florida’s Citizen’s Initiative Proces...
As a lifelong Floridian who cares deeply about the future of our state, I was pleased to see...
AI Regulation’s State-by-State Chaos Shows the Need for Federal Leadership
Dr. Edward Longe and Taylor Barkley The fierce opposition to federal artificial intelligence preemption tells us everything we...
June 29, 2025
Reforms in Review: Analyzing the 2025/2026 State Budget
Ian Parry This year, the Florida Legislature worked for 117 days to pass our state budget—their sole Constitutional...
June 27, 2025
The Hill: Education Freedom Is on the March
If school choice opponents had any hope of ever returning to the pre-COVID days of one-size-fits-all public schooling,...
June 26, 2025
The $38 Billion Mistake: Why AI Regulation Could Crush Florida’s Economy
The Regulatory Patchwork Problem: When 50 States Create 50 Different Rules On May 17, 2024, Governor Jared Polis...
June 24, 2025
Florida Legislature Must Be Careful Not to Repeat the Errors of Statewide Planning
Samuel R. Staley, Ph.D. — Managing Director, DeVoe L. Moore Center At The Florida State University Crystal J....
June 23, 2025
Inside the Drawbacks of the Double Duty Tax Loophole
Doug Wheeler and Ian Parry Most Americans have no doubt heard something about the battles brewing in Washington,...
June 16, 2025
Why State Think Tanks Are Democracy’s Secret Weapon
While Washington-based think tanks capture headlines and influence national debates, the real action in American policy-making increasingly happens...
June 15, 2025
Orlando Sentinel: Florida Students Attending School of Choice Are Now the Majority
It’s official. Florida has crossed the Rubicon. For the first time in state history, a majority of Florida’s...
News-Press: Tax Cuts Expire at the End of the Year: Congress Can’t Afford To Mess This Up
Dr. Bob McClure and Brandon Arnold If Congress doesn’t act by the end of this year, Florida taxpayers...
May 27, 2025
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act
Ben Gibson Senior Fellow, The James Madison Institute The SAVE Act amends the National Voter Registration Act of...
May 19, 2025
Work Has Changed. Why Haven’t Our Benefits?
Across the Sunshine State, nearly 890,000 gig workers and freelancers have stepped away from traditional 9-to-5 in favor...
May 15, 2025
Why App Store Surveillance Won’t Keep Kids Safe
Politicians who frequently champion parental authority in classrooms are simultaneously crafting policies that diminish that very autonomy in...
