Prospect

The GOP discovers that shouting lies on television is not a good way to figure out how to tax and spend.

GOP lawmakers have used state preemption tactics to prevent localities from passing laws that don’t align with their ideological beliefs, or even to reduce the size of local councils.

Today on TAP: Both the inflation and the employment outlook continue to improve.

Nashville city council member Sean Parker explains recent events.

Government and the private sector rely increasingly on risk-modeling firms that claim they can zero in on exposure to climate change.

Government and the private sector rely increasingly on risk-modeling firms that claim they can zero in on exposure to climate change.

Drug industry CEOs angrily dispute Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling on mifepristone. But they spent millions on the Senate Republicans who confirmed him.

Claiming that no real centrist could vote for either Biden or Trump, it’s got its own spotlight-craving pol (Joe Manchin) waiting to pounce.

Today on TAP: In Los Angeles, both the DA and the sheriff say there’ll be no arrests or prosecutions when women take abortion pills, regardless of court rulings.

Despite decades of policies aimed at creating new generations of homeowners, many African Americans grapple with a hostile housing sector. Where did the assumptions go wrong?

Lawmakers, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have been enriched by a powerful crop of out-of-state owners seeking carve-outs for their industry.

How Biden’s new team at the Office of Management and Budget is reversing several decades of pseudo-technical right-wing mischief

But advocates see an opening for reining in the worst abuses of the program.

Today on TAP: The Florida governor has peaked too soon and has nowhere to go but down.

SCOTUS and Judge Kacsmaryk force us to pose the question: Where did it all go wrong?

The Penn Wharton Budget Model, bankrolled by finance moguls, is out to grow its power in Washington.

The Supreme Court justice repeatedly broke the law for two decades. But do the laws even apply to the leaders on our judicial branch?

The country shot down a patent extension on a critical TB drug.

Across the country, community alternatives to policing show the way to a more effective and less risky response.

The National Flood Insurance Program can’t keep pace with the challenges posed by climate change and insuring oceanfront homes in Scituate, Massachusetts.