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December 11, 2025
Zoning by Design, Exclusion by Accident: How Local Ordinances Block New Nonpublic Schools in Flori...
Florida is widely recognized as a national leader in expanding school choice, with nonpublic schools as central players...
Three Ways Public Schools Can Embrace Florida’s New Normal
Over the past fifteen years, education in Florida and across the nation has undergone rapid and transformative change....
How Florida is Challenging Higher Ed’s Accrediting ‘Cartel’
In some ways, university accreditors are like the Federal Reserve: they exercise significant influence over the institutions they...
What’s in a Name? Why our Florida-Based Think Tank is Named for James Madison
America will celebrate its 250th birthday next July 4. With the founding spirit very much in the air,...
What Homeschooling Taught Me About Education
My perception of the importance of liberty has been strongly influenced by my education. Not because of what...
JMI Releases the 2025 Edition of The Journal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2025 CONTACT Nicole Kiser nkiser@jamesmadison.org 850-386-3131 JMI Releases the 2025 Edition of The...
A Prescription for Waste: The 340B Drug Discount Program Offers an Opportunity for Reform
Much like other federal healthcare programs, the 340B Drug Discount program is a well-intentioned program that has gone...
Florida’s Rural Renaissance
I’m a proud son of rural Florida, Florida’s Heartland, six generations deep. Our small, tight-knit, legacy communities are filled...
Cutting Through the Red Tape — Bringing Personal Accountability Back to Florida
In his opening address for the 2025 legislative session, Speaker Daniel Perez challenged members to take a hard...
Leading the DOGE Effort at the State Level, Florida Continues to Exemplify Effective Governance
Why DOGE? You’ve all heard Gov. Ron DeSantis tick off Florida’s accomplishments: paying down the state debt; maintaining...
Powering Florida’s Economy: A Modernized Workforce Development System to Sustain Growth
Florida’s economic trajectory tells a story of dynamism and possibility. Over the past decade, the state has outpaced...
A Win for Accountability: Why North Carolina Needed the REINS Act
On July 29th, the North Carolina General Assembly successfully overrode Governor Stein’s veto of House Bill 402, the...
Why High-Earning Households are Moving to Florida and not Michigan: High Taxes, Increasingly Hosti...
There’s an adage that whatever you tax more, you get less of. Michigan is learning this lesson the...
Preserving Fair Access: Why the Fight Against Debanking Demands National Reform
In the United States, sovereignty rests with the people. Our political institutions function best when they respond to...
Building Fiscal Foundations for the Next Generation
Learning that Governor Ron DeSantis signed a financial literacy bill to help prepare students for the real world?1Governor’s...
