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Oct 253 min read

AI and election polling: The future of accurate predictions?

As we head into the 2024 elections, the fight for reliable polling data is more competitive than ever. The political landscape is rapidly...

Oct 233 min read

The real reason health care costs are so high

Let’s do a thought experiment. You walk into a grocery store and there are no prices posted for any food item. You fill your cart with...

Oct 214 min read

Rent control is a great destroyer

In a market economy, whenever there is a “shortage” of any product, rationing occurs by price, and the price is determined by the choices of

Oct 183 min read

Should parents have say over teen app downloads?

Smartphones, for better or worse, are deeply integrated into our society, and we didn’t want to hold him back from the social and educationa

Oct 173 min read

MSPC joins public records amicus

Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC) joined a public records amicus this week concerning the disclosure of state employee contract...

Oct 153 min read

Idaho Launch award data: Oh, the irony

There are two programs: one covers the cost of schooling at religious institutions, the other covers the cost of schooling at religious inst

Oct 143 min read

Federal forest management is stuck

Note: This is a joint Mountain States Policy Center op-ed with U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (Idaho) As a U.S. Senator for Idaho, a state...

Oct 133 min read

The student Sawtooth papers

This year, six students were selected to participate in six courses, both in-person and virtually. In the end, four completed a final resear

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