The Overton Window

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‘Powers that no one had exercised before’ May 06, 2022

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Daniel Dew and Michael Van Beek on gubernatorial authority in emergencies

‘You keep grinding and grinding and grinding — it's almost like a rugby scrum —until there is that opening’ Apr 22, 2022

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Russ Latino on the legislative battle for tax cuts in Mississippi

'These past two years in general really show you that when parents band together they can really push for change' Apr 08, 2022

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Corey DeAngelis on the rush the fund students and tweeting for school choice

‘At the start, it had nothing to do with policy, it was about us understanding the issue’ Mar 25, 2022

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Randy Hicks on taking a bottom-up strategy to state policy reform

‘They are trying to juggle all these different values and different demands.’ Mar 11, 2022

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Jason Hayes on how states manage their parks and forests

‘People will vote for the party that does not raise their taxes.’ Feb 25, 2022

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Grover Norquist on the Politics of Tax Reductions

'Remember When We Thought Cellphones Were Going to Cause Brain Cancer?' Feb 11, 2022

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Michelle Minton on the nicotine policy debate

“Get Out There, Motivate Others, And Do What You Believe In” Jan 28, 2022

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Tori Aultman on campus engagement during COVID

“Don’t Stop. Keep Talking to People. Keep Promoting the Idea.” Jan 14, 2022

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Byron Schlomach on the power of research in public policy

“Public Resources Should be Put to Public Use” Dec 17, 2021

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Matthew D. Mitchell and Jonathan Riches on outlawing favoritism