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As prediction markets increase access to sports betting, policymakers and federal regulators should consider robust consumer protections and tax policies for both prediction markets and sportsbooks.

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To help families achieve durable economic security, policymakers need to offer solutions that address income and wealth together.

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Policymakers have a number of governance and policy instruments at their disposal to balance community input around data centers with potential economic growth.

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The Urban Institute, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working together to rigorously assess how Dobbs has affected the broader reproductive health access and experiences, health outcomes, and social and economic well-being of women and other people who can get pregnant—especially for those from marginalized communities, who are likely disproportionately affected.

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People experience homelessness in every state and every community. But some groups are more likely to be unhoused, and some communities have more resources to support them.

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