A new Vanderbilt University report questions the academic benefits of Tennessee's prekindergarten program Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president of research and director of education studies assesses the new research and discusses its implications for state pre-K programs in North Carolina As stories about a national opioid epidemic continue to generate headlines more and more states are considering new taxes on opioid drugs Patrick Gleason vice president of state affairs at Americans for Tax Reform analyzes the growing interest in targeting opioids for taxation He explains ATR's concerns about these taxes It's hard to tell how well a government
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