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an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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Driving the news: The overall U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% as of Q3 2024, but the rate among Black Americans was 6.5%, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank.
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Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
New Hampshire’s restriction has been blocked against the two trans plaintiffs who sued, and Montana’s law has been permanently blocked from taking effect in colleges but not K-12 schools, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The health podcast Tradeoffs interviewed 13 experts who collectively have decades of experience working on Medicaid for conservative think tanks, Republican presidents, members of Congress or state Medicaid programs.
—Ryan Levi, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Costco is perhaps the most prominent example: Its board of directors unanimously opposed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, for the wholesaler to publish a report on the risks of its DEI policies.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
New Hampshire’s restriction has been blocked against the two trans plaintiffs who sued, and Montana’s law has been permanently blocked from taking effect in colleges but not K-12 schools, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
The health podcast Tradeoffs interviewed 13 experts who collectively have decades of experience working on Medicaid for conservative think tanks, Republican presidents, members of Congress or state Medicaid programs.
—Ryan Levi, NPR, 10 Feb. 2025
Costco is perhaps the most prominent example: Its board of directors unanimously opposed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, for the wholesaler to publish a report on the risks of its DEI policies.
—Russell Leung, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
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