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Governors Take Center Stage – and Voters Are Responding
With Congress passing the “CARES Act” and heading back to the states, focus has turned to the governors taking outsized roles leading and coordinating the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the political spectrum, those who are demonstrating leadership and transparency, and effectively managing their state’s bureaucracy and emergency response teams, are reaping the political…
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Past is Prologue: Lessons Learned from 2008
Currently, the U.S. has 140,904 cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. There are 32 states with stay at home orders. Last week, unemployment filings topped three million, the largest number recorded in history. Everyone is racing to cushion the economic fallout and stem the bleeding. The Federal Reserve has pulled nearly every lever available to it, Congress is moving on to…
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Cannabis Policy is Not Immune to COVID-19
COVID-19 has had profound impacts on all sectors of the economy, and cannabis is no exception. In states where cannabis regulatory systems exist, we are seeing for the first time how the cannabis economy responds to economic turmoil and national crisis. There are three trends to watch: Demand, supply, and access. Demand Many were surprised…
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COVID-19 Risks vs. Growth Continuum
As America continues to take action to slow the spread of the coronavirus and Congress works through its next steps on COVID-19 response, a new debate is beginning over the health and economic tradeoffs of prevention measures like social distancing and business closures. President Trump kickstarted the debate with his comment that, “I would love to…
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Congress’ Next Steps on COVID-19 Response
While there is still a bit of work left to do on the third piece of the federal response/stimulus to COVID-19, with action expected in the House, many are looking to what’s next while at the same time clearly understanding what has been done to date. To that end, FTP’s research and graphics team has…
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How States are Currently Responding to COVID-19
With COVID-19 cases in every state, the severity of its impact and responses by the states vary. Putting politics aside, let’s take a look at what actions have been taken, why, and what may be working for other states to follow. We have broken down state actions into three buckets: Access to Health Care Coverage…
