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Reason's Len Gilroy Talks TVA Privatization, Annual Privatization Report on Heartland Institute Podcast
May 23, 2013, 3:54pmEarlier this week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Heartland Institute's Steve Stanek for an episode of their Heartland Daily Podcast, where we discussed President Obama's recent budget proposal to study a potential privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
How to Avoid Closing Washington State Parks
May 17, 2013, 1:57pmMany thanks to the Washington Policy Center for publishing my legislative memo today on how to avoid the closure of dozens of Washington State parks, as Gov. Inslee has proposed if his tax increase package fails to advance
Rethinking Washington State Parks: How to Avoid Governor Inslee’s Plan to Close 60 State Parks
Antiquated, top-down management model is unsustainable; private sector can play major role
May 17, 2013The century-old, top-down model of state parks operated and managed by state parks agencies is not sustainable and needs to be replaced by an approach in which the parks agency sets the mission for the parks system and then serves as a coordinator to arrange the right blend of public and private sector operators on a park-by-park basis.
Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law”
May 9, 2013, 7:36pmMy latest column offers a critique of two bills introduced in the Louisiana legislature that are modeled after the Massachusetts "Pacheco Law," which is widely regarded as the most onerous and stringent anti-privatization law in the country.
Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law”
Bills would effectively shut down use of privatization, competitive contracting to lower costs of government
May 9, 2013Two proposed bills introduced in the Louisiana legislature raise serious barriers to fiscal responsibility, as the bills would effectively shut down the ability of the current and future governors to use the proven tool of competitive contracting to lower the costs of state government. Given the similarity to a 1993 law enacted in Massachusetts at the behest of government employee unions—and which has stymied privatization efforts in that state for two decades since—a more appropriate title for the proposed Louisiana bills would be the "Louisiana Government Employee Protection Act."
Innovators in Action: Jacksonville, FL Commissioner of Public-Private Partnerships Renée Finley on Building the City's PPP Program to Drive Efficiency, Quality of Life
May 7, 2013, 3:36pmIn the latest interview in the Innovators in Action 2013 series, Reason's Leonard Gilroy interviews Renée Finley, Jacksonville, Florida's Commissioner of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), on the origins and accomplishments to date of Jacksonville’s PPP program, lessons learned along the way, and more.
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- Reason's Len Gilroy Talks TVA Privatization, Annual Privatization Report on Heartland Institute Podcast
Leonard Gilroy
May 23, 2013, 3:54pm - How to Avoid Closing Washington State Parks
Leonard Gilroy
May 17, 2013, 1:57pm - Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law”
Leonard Gilroy
May 9, 2013, 7:36pm - Innovators in Action: Jacksonville, FL Commissioner of Public-Private Partnerships Renée Finley on Building the City's PPP Program to Drive Efficiency, Quality of Life
Leonard Gilroy
May 7, 2013, 3:36pm - New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in Local Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
May 6, 2013, 4:25pm - New at Reason: Looking Back at the Last Year in State Government Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 22, 2013, 1:43pm - New Jersey Announces Lottery Privatization Contract Award
Leonard Gilroy
April 12, 2013, 5:12pm - Innovators in Action: Swampscott, MA Selectman Barry Greenfield on Breaking the State’s Control of Municipal Pensions in Massachusetts
Leonard Gilroy
April 8, 2013, 8:45am - Reform California’s Tax System to Boost Economy
Adam Summers
February 13, 2013, 6:26pm - California Tax Increases are Bigger Than They Look
Adrian Moore
February 9, 2013, 6:23pm - Discussing Prison Privatization on HuffPost Live (VIDEO)
Harris Kenny
February 8, 2013, 1:20am - Some Steps for Congress on Pension Reform
Adrian Moore
February 7, 2013, 5:58pm - Taxing and Regulating Recreational Marijuana in CO, WA (AUDIO)
Harris Kenny
February 6, 2013, 12:57pm - New Reason Study Calls for California Tax Reform
Adam Summers
January 30, 2013, 2:04pm - California Shouldn't Raise Minimum Wage
Adam Summers
January 28, 2013, 2:31pm - Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks through Public-Private Partnerships
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
January 9, 2013, 8:00pm - [Interview] Conversation with Colorado's High Performance Transportation Enterprise
Harris Kenny
January 2, 2013, 9:00am - Innovators in Action 2012, Year in Review
Harris Kenny
December 31, 2012, 12:00pm - Should States Duplicate Washington Initiative 502?
Harris Kenny
December 27, 2012, 7:00am - [Op-Ed] Legislature has the Chance to Set a Standard on 64
Harris Kenny
December 21, 2012, 7:20pm - NCIA Panel Asks, 'Amendment 64: What's Next for the Feds?'
Harris Kenny
December 19, 2012, 8:00am - Amendment 64 Task Force Concludes First Meeting
Harris Kenny
December 18, 2012, 8:00am - Video: Colorado Marijuana Legalization Update
Harris Kenny
December 14, 2012, 11:12am - Innovators in Action: FDOT Secretary Ananth Prasad on Delivering Florida's 21st Century Transportation System Through Tolling, Managed Lanes and Public-Private Partnerships
Leonard Gilroy
November 21, 2012, 9:00am - Innovators in Action: ODOT Director Jerry Wray on Addressing Ohio's Transportation Funding Challenges Through Streamlining, Public-Private Partnerships
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2012, 11:26am - Questions Remain About Amendment 64's Tax Component
Harris Kenny
November 10, 2012, 8:00am - How the War Between Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 Makes the Case for Proposition 32
Lisa Snell
November 1, 2012, 2:54pm - Understanding Correctional Privatization in Florida
Harris Kenny
October 9, 2012, 8:33pm - 21st Century Schools Require 21st Century Finance
Harris Kenny
September 20, 2012, 2:04pm - UC Salaries and Administrators Grow Rapidly Despite Huge Budget Shortfalls
Lisa Snell
September 11, 2012, 10:58am - California Legislature Mandates that "Public Service" Be Required for University Tenure
Lisa Snell
September 6, 2012, 2:53pm - Innovators in Action: Transforming Education in Douglas County, Colorado
Harris Kenny
August 29, 2012, 11:00am - Gov. Brown's Pension Reform "Outline" Underwhelms
Adrian Moore
August 28, 2012, 6:11pm - To Avoid Massive Tax Hikes, Privatize State Lotteries
Harris Kenny
August 23, 2012, 11:59pm - California Parks’ “Special Fund” and the Health of Golden State Recreation
David Aloyts
August 2, 2012, 9:00am - Defending Limits on State Tax Powers
Steven Titch
July 31, 2012, 6:26pm - Sales Tax Funding and Useless Rail Projects are Major T-SPLOST Negatives
Baruch Feigenbaum
July 26, 2012, 4:00pm - Atlanta T-SPLOST is Complicated
Baruch Feigenbaum
July 26, 2012, 1:17pm - About that Online Sales Tax 'Loophole'
Steven Titch
July 23, 2012, 3:30pm - Task Force Report Warns of Darkening Clouds for State Finances, Absent Reforms
Leonard Gilroy
July 19, 2012, 5:19pm - New at Reason.tv: Public-Private Partnerships in Puerto Rico
Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2012, 5:25pm - Is California Still Going to the Dogs on Pet Groomer Licensing?
Adam Summers
July 10, 2012, 2:41pm - TIFIA Changes In Transportation Bill Are a Step In the Right Direction
Why changes to TIFIA restore the program to what it was originally intended to be
Robert Poole
July 10, 2012, 8:53am - Rahm Emanuel and Big City Democrats Embrace Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
July 6, 2012, 10:19pm - Stockton Begins Legal Battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Today
Harris Kenny
July 6, 2012, 12:53pm - Social Security’s Trust Fund to Start Losing Value in 2013
James D. Agresti
July 6, 2012, 11:18am - California Democrats, Deep Pockets, and Ideological Irrelevance
Ankur Chawla
July 5, 2012, 6:54pm - Mammoth Lakes, California Files for Bankruptcy
Harris Kenny
July 5, 2012, 2:56pm - Innovators in Action: Indianapolis’ Parking Meter Lease, One Year Later
Leonard Gilroy
July 2, 2012, 8:00am - Why California can Only Cut Education and Public Safety
Adrian Moore
June 29, 2012, 11:07am - Where Swing States Stand in Implementing “ObamaCare” Exchanges
Harris Kenny
June 28, 2012, 4:20pm - What Happened in Stockton?
Harris Kenny
June 27, 2012, 3:41pm - "There's Always Next Year" for a Sound California Budget
Adam Summers
June 26, 2012, 1:58pm - Sandy Springs Continues to Prove that Privatization Works
Leonard Gilroy
June 25, 2012, 5:25pm - Depreciation Policy For Those Congress Likes
Robert Poole
June 22, 2012, 5:43pm - New GAO Report Takes Aim at Federal Property Management
Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2012, 3:22pm - Exciting Investment Opportunities Await In… Public Parking
Harris Kenny
June 21, 2012, 2:20pm - Milpitas Public Works Partnership Belies California Dysfunction
Harris Kenny
June 19, 2012, 6:21pm - Bans on Plastic Bags Harm the Environment
June 15, 2012, 12:51pm - Pennsylvania Announces Plans to Move Forward with Lottery Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
June 14, 2012, 5:11pm - Teacher Pension and Healthcare Reform Extends to Michigan
Lisa Snell
June 14, 2012, 1:12pm - Union-Propagated Red Herrings Continue to Mar Corrections Research
Harris Kenny
June 13, 2012, 2:11pm - State Budget Solutions Issues New Report on Collective Bargaining Reform
Leonard Gilroy
June 6, 2012, 5:32pm - Why Motorists Should Pay by the Mile
Reconsidering a vehicle miles traveled tax
Robert Poole
June 4, 2012, 2:34pm - Washington State Enters New Era of Liquor Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2012, 10:42am - Innovators in Action: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Gary Mohr
Leonard Gilroy
May 31, 2012, 9:00am - Privatization Proposed for Micke Grove Zoo in San Joaquin County, CA
Harris Kenny
May 29, 2012, 7:00am - New Wisconsin Recall Poll: Reason-Rupe Finds Broad Support for Pension, Health Care Reforms
Emily Ekins
May 24, 2012, 8:00am - New York City Launches Parking Meter Privatization Initiative
Leonard Gilroy
May 24, 2012, 7:00am - NJ Legislature Exploring Decriminalizing Marijuana
Harris Kenny
May 21, 2012, 11:37am - Will Indiana, Pennsylvania Follow in Illinois' Footsteps on Lottery Privatization in 2012?
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2012, 10:00am - Polling Metro Denver Voters' Support of Tax Hikes for Public Transit
Harris Kenny
May 18, 2012, 12:09pm - Federal Public School Food Police Fine Utah School $15k for Leaving Vending Machine Plugged in During Lunch.
Lisa Snell
May 17, 2012, 1:05pm - School Districts in Wisconsin Saved $30 million on Health Insurance Costs Since Collective Bargaining Relief
Lisa Snell
May 17, 2012, 12:35pm - Puerto Rico's Infrastructure Renaissance Continuing in 2012
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2012, 4:40pm - Testimony: FLAIR Act Would Bring Efficiency, Accountability to Federal Land Management
Leonard Gilroy
May 3, 2012, 3:40pm - APR 2011: Corrections and Public Safety
Harris Kenny
May 2, 2012, 5:35pm - Osceola County, Florida Library Partnership "Paying Dividends"
Harris Kenny
May 1, 2012, 8:48pm - Chicago, Los Angeles, Tulsa and Jacksonville and Other Local Governments Turning to Privatization
Harris Kenny
April 30, 2012, 7:20pm - Being Taken for a Ride on High-Speed Rail in California
Adam Summers
April 27, 2012, 4:21pm - Denver's RTD Abandons Tax Hike for FasTracks
Harris Kenny
April 25, 2012, 12:56pm - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government in 2011
Harris Kenny
April 25, 2012, 12:00am - The Year 2011 in State Government Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships
Leonard Gilroy
April 24, 2012, 3:53pm - New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2011 and Today
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
April 23, 2012, 11:59pm - [Op-Ed] (Colorado SB 124) is a Misguided Attempt to Create Jobs
Harris Kenny
April 23, 2012, 1:27pm - Denver’s RTD Publishes 2011 Report on FasTracks
Harris Kenny
April 15, 2012, 5:56pm - State Tax Collections Rise $62 Billion in 2011
Harris Kenny
April 14, 2012, 6:07pm - Sales Taxes Aren't Killing Best Buy
Steven Titch
April 13, 2012, 3:52pm - Innovators in Action: Osceola County, Florida Commissioner Frank Attkisson
Harris Kenny
April 13, 2012, 9:00am - Pew Finds States Barely Evaluate Tax Incentive Programs
Harris Kenny
April 12, 2012, 9:50pm - Maryland Passes Unprecedented (and Unnecessary?) Digital Labor Law
Harris Kenny
April 11, 2012, 6:33pm - ALEC Releases 2012 Rich States, Poor States Report
Leonard Gilroy
April 11, 2012, 2:31pm - Red-Light Cameras: Are They Legal? Do They Make Intersections Safer?
Harris Kenny
April 9, 2012, 5:57pm - New John Stossel Special: No They Can't! Why Government Fails But Individuals Succeed
Lisa Snell
April 6, 2012, 2:12pm - Innovators in Action: Carrollton, Texas City Manager Leonard Martin and Director of Competition Tom Guilfoy
Leonard Gilroy
April 5, 2012, 7:00am - Gov. Cuomo Ushers Through $132.6 billion NY State Budget
Harris Kenny
April 2, 2012, 2:35pm - Minimum Wage Kills the $5 Footlong in Frisco
Anthony Randazzo
March 29, 2012, 11:37am - Privatization-Not Junk Mail-Is Needed to Reform the U.S. Postal Service
Adam Summers
March 23, 2012, 2:59pm - Politics & Garbage Privatization in Norwalk, CT
Leonard Gilroy
March 21, 2012, 12:18pm - The IRS Gets Sued for an Illegal Licensing Scheme
Anthony Randazzo
March 20, 2012, 3:33pm - California Issues RFP for Private Operation of 5 State Parks
Leonard Gilroy
March 20, 2012, 1:28pm - This is No Time to Go Soft on Medicaid Fraud
Adrian Moore
March 19, 2012, 8:38pm - Trenton, New Jersey Nearly Wiped Out by Fiscal Woes
Harris Kenny
March 15, 2012, 7:43pm - Privatizing Geospatial Activities to Make States More Efficient
Leonard Gilroy
March 6, 2012, 12:26pm - Corrections Still Impacting FL Budget Debate
Harris Kenny
March 5, 2012, 11:13pm - California is Barking Up the Wrong Tree with Pet Groomer Licensing Bill
Adam Summers
February 27, 2012, 2:10pm - Which is the "Do Nothing" Party?
Adrian Moore
February 17, 2012, 10:43am - President's Transportation Budget Proposal in a Nutshell: Nuts.
Adrian Moore
February 15, 2012, 2:58pm - States Spurning Film Tax Credits, CO Pursuing Them
Harris Kenny
February 15, 2012, 12:49pm - Innovators in ActionReforming Local Government in Colorado Springs
Harris Kenny
February 14, 2012, 5:00pm - Fight Over Film Tax Credits Renewed in Colorado
Harris Kenny
February 11, 2012, 5:09pm - Landslide! STOCK Act More Popular than Hepatitis
James Groth
February 10, 2012, 3:53pm - More on Fairness
Anthony Randazzo
February 7, 2012, 6:13pm - Red-Light Cameras and the Enigmatic Jerry Brown
Harris Kenny
February 6, 2012, 4:39pm - NYC Parking Under Bloomberg: Bright Potential, Blighted Past
Harris Kenny
February 3, 2012, 7:41pm - California Bill Proposes Licensing for Pet Groomers
Adam Summers
February 3, 2012, 5:14pm - Senate Approves Lawmakers Insider Trading Ban. Whatever.
James Groth
February 3, 2012, 11:01am - San Francisco Chronicle: California running out of money again
Harris Kenny
February 1, 2012, 6:52pm - Threat of Muni Bankruptcy Hangs Over Providence, Rhode Island
Harris Kenny
January 31, 2012, 6:50pm - Jerry Brown Continues to Push High-Speed Rail Boondoggle while California Drowns in Debt
Adam Summers
January 27, 2012, 2:59pm - New at Reason: Maryland Announces $456m PPP to Redevelop and Operate I-95 Travel Plazas
Leonard Gilroy
January 27, 2012, 2:16pm - The Tax Foundation Releases 2012 State Business Tax Climate Index
Harris Kenny
January 26, 2012, 6:07pm - CO Lawmakers Considering Statewide Ban of Photo Traffic Enforcement
Harris Kenny
January 24, 2012, 8:09pm - California’s Employment Dysfunction
Harris Kenny
January 23, 2012, 4:54pm - PA Lawmakers Should Encourage Prison Health Competition, Not Ban It
Harris Kenny
January 20, 2012, 1:03pm - California, Illinois Continue to Make Other States Look Good
Harris Kenny
January 19, 2012, 2:57pm - The Washington Post: D.C. Gov’t Loans Create “Million-Dollar Wasteland”
Harris Kenny
January 18, 2012, 12:00am - Automatic Spending Cuts and Outsourcing
Adrian Moore
January 17, 2012, 7:09pm - When It Rains It Pours (Denver Failed Gov't Loan Edition)
Harris Kenny
January 16, 2012, 7:42pm - Innovators in Action (Jan 2012 edition): Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor Dewey Bartlett, Jr.
Leonard Gilroy
January 13, 2012, 12:02pm - [Op-Ed] Government Loans Bring Trouble (in Denver)
Harris Kenny
January 10, 2012, 5:44pm - California's High-Speed Rail Fibs
Adrian Moore
January 10, 2012, 3:42pm - The Detailed Concerns of the CA HSR Peer Review Group
Adrian Moore
January 9, 2012, 5:48am - Jerry Brown's Budget Proposal Gets Plenty of Reaction
Adrian Moore
January 7, 2012, 6:07pm - Michigan Lawmakers Continue Efforts to Rein in Film Subsidies
Harris Kenny
January 5, 2012, 2:28pm - Government Printing Office Makes a Profit in '11 - Not Good
Adrian Moore
January 5, 2012, 9:18am - CA HSR Failure a No Brainer in FL
Adrian Moore
January 4, 2012, 8:05pm - University of Kentucky Smart to Explore Private Sector for New Campus Housing
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 15, 2011, 10:50am - Mass. AG Coakley Prosecuting $4.7M Fraud in Film Tax Credit Program
Harris Kenny
December 13, 2011, 2:21pm - CO Gov. Hickenlooper's $3M Film Subsidy Proposal Gets Lukewarm Reviews
Harris Kenny
December 9, 2011, 8:13am - States Coalescing Around Petitioning DEA to Reschedule Marijuana
Harris Kenny
December 8, 2011, 5:10pm - States Struggling with Toxic Waste Should Follow NJ, MA Approach
Harris Kenny
December 6, 2011, 8:44pm - Surprise, Surprise, California Gov. Jerry Brown Calls for More Tax Increases
Adam Summers
December 6, 2011, 6:07pm - Baltimore Continues Pursuit of Private Partnerships for City Rec Centers
Harris Kenny
December 5, 2011, 6:25pm - Study Finds Obama’s New Tax Law Would Cost Massachusetts 5,400 Jobs
James Groth
December 1, 2011, 8:00pm - Returning to Regulatory Basics
Adam Peshek
November 22, 2011, 10:56am - Haiti: The People Suffer While the Bureaucrats Fiddle
Samuel Staley
November 17, 2011, 6:41am - Jefferson County, AL Declares Bankruptcy - Muni Bankruptcy Wave Coming?
Harris Kenny
November 10, 2011, 11:59pm - Are You in Chicago and Like Small Government?
Adrian Moore
October 25, 2011, 2:42pm - The Social Cost of Taxi Regulation: $1 million Per License
Samuel Staley
October 20, 2011, 9:24pm - California Public Employees Unions Not Serious About Pension Reform
Adam Summers
October 13, 2011, 6:05pm - The Real Reason Occupy Wall Street Should Be Upset With the Financial Industry
Marc Joffe and Anthony Randazzo
October 13, 2011, 2:48pm - California Revenues Already Well Behind Projections, Signals Possible Automatic Budget Cuts
Adam Summers
October 12, 2011, 6:29pm - Harrisburg, PA Declares Bankruptcy - Who's Next?
Harris Kenny
October 12, 2011, 2:54pm - Survey Shows Path to Entitlement Reform
Adrian Moore
October 12, 2011, 11:49am - Will Golden State's Malaise Play Out For the Whole Nation?
Adrian Moore
October 11, 2011, 1:51pm - Boulder, Colorado Weighing Banning or Taxing Disposable Bags
Harris Kenny
October 10, 2011, 11:00pm - New Data on Where in the Country Mortgage Interest Deduction Benefits are Concentrated
Anthony Randazzo
October 10, 2011, 2:49pm - Gov. Brown Signs Controversial AB 438, Imposing Restrictions on Local Gov'ts
Harris Kenny
October 10, 2011, 11:24am - Bag Tax Rejected in Alaska
Anthony Randazzo
October 6, 2011, 12:02pm - California Budget Sham Already Falling Apart
Adrian Moore
September 27, 2011, 12:40pm - Reforming Regulations
Adrian Moore
September 26, 2011, 9:32pm - Uncertainty Looms As California Corrections “Realignment” Plan Begins Saturday
Harris Kenny
September 26, 2011, 12:44pm - 'Buffet Rule' to Soak the Rich Hasn't Worked in CA
Adrian Moore
September 25, 2011, 7:29pm - Over 4,000 Lawmakers Rip Us Off With Outrageous Pensions
Adrian Moore
September 24, 2011, 6:23pm - Film Tax Breaks Draw Ire on Both Sides of the Hudson River
Harris Kenny
September 20, 2011, 6:20pm - More CA High-Speed Rail Arrogance
Adrian Moore
September 16, 2011, 5:43pm - Stimulus Redux: Breaking Down the American Jobs Act
Anthony Randazzo
September 16, 2011, 2:18pm - Sec. LaHood Invincibly Ignorant on CA High Speed Rail
Adrian Moore
September 16, 2011, 12:54pm - [Op-Ed] Democrats Dump on Private Libraries (with California AB 438)
Harris Kenny
September 15, 2011, 3:09pm - Simple Video on Tax Reform
Anthony Randazzo
September 14, 2011, 1:42pm - Your Mother Subsidizes "Dead Space 2" Thanks to Our Tax Code
Samuel Staley
September 11, 2011, 11:59am - Early Success for Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) Vehicle Insurance in California
Harris Kenny
September 10, 2011, 1:09pm - Seven Short-term Ideas for Improving the Economy and Job Market
Anthony Randazzo
September 10, 2011, 8:21am - Seven Long-term Ideas for Improving the Economy and Job Market
Anthony Randazzo
September 10, 2011, 8:21am - The Truth on Corporate Tax Payments
Anthony Randazzo
September 9, 2011, 8:45pm - Building Puerto Rico's Successful Infrastructure PPP Program
Leonard Gilroy
September 9, 2011, 2:23pm - Latest California Insanity: Regulating Babysitters
Adam Summers
September 3, 2011, 3:35pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (9/2/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2011, 5:48pm - Santa Clarita Mayor McLean Weighs in on AB 438 (Library Privatization)
Harris Kenny
September 2, 2011, 12:40pm - Harrisburg, PA Fiscal Recovery Plan Rejected... Again
Harris Kenny
September 1, 2011, 10:32am - College Students Don't Care for Grade Point Average Socialism
Adam Summers
August 31, 2011, 9:35pm - California Ordering Takeout Containers “To Go”?
Harris Kenny
August 31, 2011, 12:36pm - Where Have All the Millionaires Gone?
Adam Summers
August 30, 2011, 10:03pm - Los Angeles Hits the Brakes on Red-Light Cameras
Harris Kenny
August 26, 2011, 10:00pm - What Happens to Lawmakers’ Pay During State Government Shutdowns?
Harris Kenny
August 23, 2011, 3:31pm - California Librarians Warn, Beware of the “Privatization Beast!”
Harris Kenny
August 22, 2011, 11:00pm - Happy Cost of Government Day, California!
Adam Summers
August 22, 2011, 2:32am - Los Angeles Times Supports State Parks PPPs
Harris Kenny
August 21, 2011, 11:59pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (8/19/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
August 19, 2011, 7:30pm - Fiat Money Turns 40: It's Time to Return to a Gold Standard
Adam Summers
August 15, 2011, 8:18pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (8/12/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
August 12, 2011, 6:54pm - Colorado Public Utilities Commission Dabbling in Taxicab Regulatory Reform
Harris Kenny
August 11, 2011, 7:53pm - Right Now, the Law’s on Amazon’s Side
Steven Titch
August 9, 2011, 2:31pm - Teacherapocalypse NOT: In California Less Education Spending Equals Higher Test Scores
Lisa Snell
August 8, 2011, 9:24pm - [Op-Ed] Increasing Number of States Calling "Cut!" for Film Subsidies
Harris Kenny
August 5, 2011, 12:00am - Los Angeles Officials Recommend Phasing Out Red-Light Cameras
Harris Kenny
August 4, 2011, 9:20am - The Price Tag for Schools for the Deaf
Lisa Snell
August 1, 2011, 12:37pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (7/29/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
July 29, 2011, 8:11am - New Study: Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction
July 28, 2011, 9:00am - Friday Privatization News Highlights (7/22/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
July 22, 2011, 5:51pm - CA Supreme Court Upholds Plastic Bag Ban
Sean McElwee and Anthony Randazzo
July 18, 2011, 4:30pm - WA State Auditor Issues Second Report on Performance-Based Contracting
Leonard Gilroy
July 8, 2011, 8:09pm - Minnesota's Proposed Cigarette Tax Wouldn't Work Even if They Tried
Anthony Randazzo
July 8, 2011, 5:30pm - Vehicle Fleet Purge Continues in California
Harris Kenny
July 8, 2011, 4:37pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (7/8/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
July 8, 2011, 6:00am - Public Employees Spurn Concessions in Connecticut
Harris Kenny
July 5, 2011, 3:59pm - Secession Renaissance, In Southern California?
Harris Kenny
July 3, 2011, 2:51pm - State Parks Fall Prey to MN Government Shutdown
Harris Kenny
July 1, 2011, 7:29pm - Texas Enacts New Infrastructure PPP Law, Expands Use Beyond Transportation
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2011, 5:34pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (7/1/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2011, 12:50pm - NJ Divests State Broadcasting Network
Harris Kenny
June 28, 2011, 9:38pm - Forced Investment in a Sinking Ship?
Leonard Gilroy
June 28, 2011, 1:51pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (6/24/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
June 24, 2011, 6:30am - ALEC Releases 2011 Rich States, Poor States Report
Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2011, 6:09pm - New York City Regs Strangling Street Food Vendors
Samuel Staley
June 19, 2011, 1:46pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (6/17/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
June 17, 2011, 6:30am - WA State Gov. Gregoire Signs ABC Wholesale Privatization Bill
Leonard Gilroy
June 15, 2011, 8:40pm - WA State Auditor Report on Performance-Based Contracting
Leonard Gilroy
June 15, 2011, 3:00pm - Legal Cartels Drive Up Subsidies for Sports Stadiums
Samuel Staley
June 13, 2011, 10:00am - Bing Leading the Dialogue on Privatization in Detroit
Harris Kenny
June 11, 2011, 12:43pm - Friday Privatization News Highlights (6/10/2011 edition)
Leonard Gilroy
June 10, 2011, 2:37pm - Local Government Consolidation Efforts Still Miss the Big Question
Samuel Staley
June 8, 2011, 1:36pm - Memphis Exploring Privatizing Sanitation Services
Harris Kenny
June 6, 2011, 8:01pm - ICYMI: Brown v. Plata Ruling Highlights Need for Reform (Not Tax Increases)
Harris Kenny
June 3, 2011, 3:31pm - Privatizing "Yellow Pages" Government in Pennsylvania
Harris Kenny
May 31, 2011, 8:21pm - Washington Post Weighs in Against Taxi Medallions
Samuel Staley
May 23, 2011, 10:10am - New Hampshire Exploring Prison Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 20, 2011, 5:27pm - Three-Quarters of Americans Support a Federal Government Spending Cap
May 17, 2011, 10:06pm - Louisiana HB 63 Goes Up In Smoke
Harris Kenny
May 16, 2011, 7:00pm - [Op-Ed] Don’t Close State Parks; Lease Them
Harris Kenny
May 16, 2011, 2:20pm - California Provides the Case in Point Against National Curriculum
Lisa Snell
May 16, 2011, 2:17pm - Travis County, TX Pursuing PPP for New Courthouse
Harris Kenny
April 27, 2011, 3:08pm - SF's Plastic Bag Ban Followed By Increased Plastic Litter
David Godow
April 22, 2011, 8:00am - Restricting Plastic Bag Use May Bring Little Oceanic Payoff
David Godow
April 20, 2011, 8:00am - Taxes Inducing Black Market Trade for Cigarettes
Harris Kenny
April 19, 2011, 2:10pm - Reusable Bags May Hold a Special Surprise for Shoppers
David Godow
April 18, 2011, 8:00am - Happy Tax Freedom Day, California!
Adam Summers
April 16, 2011, 7:35pm - The DC Taxi Medallion Hustle: Round 3
Samuel Staley
April 14, 2011, 11:04am - Plastic Bag Ban To Hit Oregon Next?
David Godow
April 14, 2011, 8:00am - "Eco-Friendly" Reusable Bags Not So Green After All?
David Godow
April 12, 2011, 8:00am - State of the State: Washington in 2011
April 7, 2011, 12:00am - CA Gov. Brown Signs Inmate Transfer Bill AB 109
Harris Kenny
April 6, 2011, 12:40pm - State of the State: Texas in 2011
Harris Kenny
April 5, 2011, 10:33pm - Virginia Creates Real Property Inventory
Anthony Randazzo
April 4, 2011, 2:57pm - Reason Writers Around Town: Room for Debate on Privatization
April 4, 2011, 2:19pm - Why Taxi Medallions Are Bad for Neighborhoods
Samuel Staley
April 4, 2011, 8:55am - California High-Speed Rail: Next Stop, Bankruptcy
Adam Summers
April 4, 2011, 3:31am - Spike in City Costs Found in Denver
Harris Kenny
April 3, 2011, 4:46pm - State of the State: New Jersey in 2011
Harris Kenny
April 1, 2011, 4:16pm - Summers on Public Pay and Pensions in Minnesota and Elsewhere
Adam Summers
March 31, 2011, 3:59pm - Fortune-Tellers in Salem, Mass. Didn't Foresee Greater Competition from Lifting Licensing Restrictions
Adam Summers
March 30, 2011, 6:46pm - Little Hoover Commission Report Paints Dire Picture of California Public Pensions
Adam Summers
March 30, 2011, 3:39pm - Wisconsin, Unions, and Collective Bargaining
Adam Summers
March 27, 2011, 11:57pm - CA Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher Co-Authors Budget Reform Bill
Adam Summers
March 27, 2011, 10:24pm - Warren Buffett on Public Pensions
Adam Summers
March 26, 2011, 4:52am - CEA Chairs Highlight Importance of Tackling the Deficit
David Godow
March 25, 2011, 5:26pm - Boston Globe Advocates for Taxi Deregulation
Samuel Staley
March 25, 2011, 12:20pm - Hypocritical Bureaucrats Stifle Entrepreneurship in Colorado
Harris Kenny
March 24, 2011, 9:07pm - Do Countries Where the Rich Pay More in Tax Also Have More Income Equality?
David Godow
March 23, 2011, 2:03pm - America's Richest 10% Carry More of the Tax Burden Than Anywhere Else
David Godow
March 22, 2011, 5:17pm - States Are Finally Turning Their Backs on Cigarette Taxes
David Godow
March 22, 2011, 2:00pm - Hey Congress! There are Consequences Down the Road
Adrian Moore
March 22, 2011, 11:33am - CBO's Take on the Obama Budget Confirms It's Just As Bad As You Thought
David Godow
March 21, 2011, 4:13pm - D.C. Council Takes Aim at Taxi Entrepreneurs
Samuel Staley
March 18, 2011, 4:15pm - Supporters of "Amazon Taxes" Ignore Economic Ineffectiveness
David Godow
March 18, 2011, 3:13pm - State of the State: North Carolina in 2011
Harris Kenny
March 18, 2011, 2:59pm - State of the State: Nevada in 2011
Harris Kenny
March 17, 2011, 4:41pm - Mixed Results for D.C. Sin Tax on Bags
David Godow
March 16, 2011, 3:15pm - Tax Break Trouble in DC
David Godow
March 16, 2011, 11:04am - A Cause of Health Care Costs You Rarely Hear About
Adrian Moore
March 13, 2011, 5:58pm - State of the State: Minnesota in 2011
Harris Kenny
March 12, 2011, 8:12pm - State of the State: Oregon in 2011
Harris Kenny
March 10, 2011, 11:58pm - Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño Embraces PPPs
Harris Kenny
March 8, 2011, 7:05pm - Bill Gates on State Budgets, Entitlement Spending and Education Cuts
Harris Kenny
March 7, 2011, 11:00pm - GAO Report Echoes Reason's Recommendations on Government Reform
David Godow
March 7, 2011, 2:21pm - Colorado Exploring Expanding Movie Production Incentives
Harris Kenny
March 3, 2011, 4:49pm - A Realistic Look at U.S. Debt Projections
Adrian Moore
March 3, 2011, 11:44am - A Government Shutdown Could Deepen the Debt Crisis
David Godow
March 2, 2011, 5:27pm - State of the State: Wisconsin in 2011
Harris Kenny
March 1, 2011, 6:14pm - Why Not a VAT?
David Godow
February 28, 2011, 6:10pm - New at Reason: Review of Local Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Harris Kenny
February 25, 2011, 5:23pm - State of the State: Illinois in 2011
Harris Kenny
February 23, 2011, 6:53pm - What Do the Administration's Budget Cuts Really Look Like?
David Godow
February 23, 2011, 6:07pm - State of the State: Connecticut in 2011
Harris Kenny
February 22, 2011, 6:14pm - What's Really the Value of Public Sector Employment?
David Godow
February 22, 2011, 1:01pm - Where Is the Money for Budget Reform Going to Come From?
David Godow
February 21, 2011, 6:18pm - Wisconsin Battle with Public Employees a Sign of Things to Come
Adam Summers
February 18, 2011, 3:55pm - New at Reason: Review of State Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Harris Kenny
February 18, 2011, 3:48pm - State of the State: California in 2011
Harris Kenny
February 18, 2011, 3:40pm - Wireless Taxes and Fees Keep Rising
Steven Titch
February 16, 2011, 3:33pm - New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Adam Summers
February 16, 2011, 3:04pm - Obama Tarries on Tax Reform, Loads Up New Tax Breaks
David Godow
February 16, 2011, 10:41am - L.A. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Pension, Health Care Benefits Reform
Adam Summers
February 15, 2011, 11:19pm - CT Gov. Malloy Proposes Unprecedented Tax Increases
Harris Kenny
February 15, 2011, 3:19pm - 2012 Budget Mostly Ignores Bowles-Simpson Recommendations
David Godow
February 15, 2011, 11:30am - The Budget Does Nothing to Assuage Fears over the Debt
David Godow
February 14, 2011, 6:20pm - Taxicab Reform Advances in CO Senate
Harris Kenny
February 14, 2011, 4:04pm - Tax Makes Fiji Water Turn off the Tap
David Godow
February 11, 2011, 12:20pm - New at Reason: Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy
February 10, 2011, 3:32pm - S&P Downgrades NJ’s Debt Rating, Cites Pensions
Harris Kenny
February 10, 2011, 12:00pm - CA Gov. Brown Orders 50% Reduction in State Vehicle Fleet
Harris Kenny
February 9, 2011, 10:00am - Got a Better Government Idea? It Could Win $10,000!
Adrian Moore
February 8, 2011, 7:53pm - Watch Out Hollywood! Here Comes… Colorado?
Harris Kenny
February 8, 2011, 1:26pm - CA High Speed Rail Costs up Over 50 Percent
Adrian Moore
February 8, 2011, 1:25pm - Virginia Senate Passes Land Inventory Bill
Anthony Randazzo
February 7, 2011, 9:00am - Group Seeks to End Collective Bargaining for Public Employees in California
Adam Summers
February 6, 2011, 5:33pm - Balancing California’s Budget and Preserving State Parks
Harris Kenny
February 4, 2011, 5:42pm - Obamacare As Sin Tax?
David Godow
February 2, 2011, 5:47pm - “Orphaned Transportation Earmarks” Part II
Shirley Ybarra
February 2, 2011, 10:52am - Will Plans to Boost Investment in Start-Ups Bear Fruit?
David Godow
February 1, 2011, 6:13pm - Colorado Takes Another Swipe at Taxicab Regulatory Reform
Harris Kenny
February 1, 2011, 1:40pm - We Know How The Budget Got Here... Now What?
David Godow
January 31, 2011, 6:20pm - No Bailouts In Sight for Cash-Strapped States
Harris Kenny
January 27, 2011, 6:33pm - SOTU Offers Little Substance on Taxes
David Godow
January 26, 2011, 6:09pm - State Budget Reform Toolkit Released
Leonard Gilroy
January 25, 2011, 7:35pm - Wealthy (Dems) Enjoy the Greatest Mortgage Interest Benefits
David Godow
January 25, 2011, 11:31am - Land-Use Regulations Undermine Population Growth in Massachusetts
Samuel Staley
January 25, 2011, 8:55am - Denver Public Water Utility Draws Criticism
Harris Kenny
January 24, 2011, 3:42pm - Land-Use Regulations and Housing Booms and Busts
Samuel Staley
January 24, 2011, 2:08pm - "Broke States and Bailouts"
Harris Kenny
January 21, 2011, 5:09pm - Republicans Begin to Tackle Federal Spending
Samuel Staley
January 20, 2011, 4:04pm - Will Idaho Inch Away From Gov's "No New Taxes" Pledge?
David Godow
January 19, 2011, 7:10pm - Texas Nets $2.5M in Specialty Plate Auctions
Leonard Gilroy
January 15, 2011, 3:04pm - L.A. City Council Unanimously Approves 50-Year Concession for Parking Garages
Leonard Gilroy
January 14, 2011, 7:16pm - Should Government Employees Receive Different Retirement Benefits Than Private Workers?
Adam Summers
January 14, 2011, 2:55pm - Illinois Makes a Late Night Snack Out of Taxpayers
David Godow
January 12, 2011, 2:52pm - New Jersey Turnpike Authority Looks to Privatize Toll Collection
Harris Kenny
January 12, 2011, 9:00am - Implementing Partnerships in California
Adrian Moore
January 11, 2011, 11:49pm - Newark, New Jersey’s Draconian Public Safety Cuts
Harris Kenny
January 11, 2011, 6:44pm - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Gov. Jerry Brown's California Budget Proposal
Adam Summers
January 11, 2011, 5:30pm - Don't Believe Promises to Cut Government Debt
Adrian Moore
January 11, 2011, 10:27am - A Few Interesting Tidbits from Your Advocate at the IRS
David Godow
January 10, 2011, 11:21am - New Jersey Privatizing State Broadcasting Network
Harris Kenny
January 9, 2011, 9:58pm - Can Private Markets Rescue Urban Brownfields?
Samuel Staley
January 9, 2011, 3:33pm - Virginia Lawmakers Experiment with iPads
Harris Kenny
January 5, 2011, 5:08pm - Brown's Budget Cut Plans Emerge
Adrian Moore
January 4, 2011, 11:46pm - Jerry Brown to CA: "Hey, Remember Those 'Temporary' Tax Increases...?"
David Godow
January 4, 2011, 11:22am - Gasp! I Have No Words . . .
Adrian Moore
December 31, 2010, 3:49pm - That's Just a "Cognitive Defect" Making You Drink That Soda
David Godow
December 29, 2010, 6:45pm - Top 10 Reasons Business Is Leaving California
Adrian Moore
December 27, 2010, 5:04pm - Virginia’s Commission on Government Reform & Restructuring Releases Final Report
Harris Kenny
December 25, 2010, 9:00am - What Works in the Deficit Reform Proposals?
David Godow
December 22, 2010, 12:00pm - On the Muni Debt Bomb
Anthony Randazzo
December 21, 2010, 5:18pm - Centennial, Colorado: Incorporated and Thriving Since 2001
Harris Kenny
December 19, 2010, 4:58pm - McCain Details Omnibus Pork on Senate Floor
Adam Summers
December 15, 2010, 9:08pm - Tax Compromise Makes Reform More Urgent, Not Less
David Godow
December 15, 2010, 10:55am - New Orleans Rising
Samuel Staley
December 12, 2010, 4:11pm - Significant Reform Needed to Address California's Public Pension Burden
Adam Summers
December 7, 2010, 2:02pm - Recent Poll: Support for PPPs on the Rise in Canada
Harris Kenny
December 7, 2010, 2:08am - Libertarians Have Smaller Buts Than Rs and Ds
Adrian Moore
December 3, 2010, 7:47am - Stossel Gets It Right on Parks Privatization
Harris Kenny
December 2, 2010, 12:08pm - Debt Commission Adopts Reason Proposal on Selling Excess Federal Property
Anthony Randazzo
December 2, 2010, 9:42am - Are All Farms Created Equal When It Comes to Subsidies?
David Godow
November 30, 2010, 4:35pm - Tax Exemption for Health Benefits On Its Last Legs?
David Godow
November 30, 2010, 9:10am - Federal Pay Freeze Side Show Ignores Real Spending Drivers
Samuel Staley
November 29, 2010, 1:13pm - Lewis Black Lambastes the Nanny State
Anthony Randazzo
November 19, 2010, 4:00pm - Earmarks Banned
Anthony Randazzo
November 18, 2010, 2:30pm - Soda Taxes Are Still Not a Substitute for Real Tax Reform
Anthony Randazzo and David Godow
November 17, 2010, 6:09pm - California Budget Deficit Already Back Up to $25.4 Billion
Adam Summers
November 11, 2010, 1:10pm - Florida Voters Reject Antigrowth "Hometown Democracy" Amendment
Samuel Staley
November 11, 2010, 8:47am - Deficit Commission Doesn't Go Far Enough
Samuel Staley
November 10, 2010, 4:19pm - Debunking PIRG's New Report on Indy's Parking Meter Lease
Leonard Gilroy
November 9, 2010, 3:47pm - Once Again, Voters Kill Unfair Sin Taxes on Food
David Godow
November 5, 2010, 9:35am - Flawed AZ Study Skews Dialogue on Corrections Privatization
Harris Kenny
November 4, 2010, 7:20pm - CA Prop. 21 Struck Down by Voters
Harris Kenny
November 3, 2010, 3:43pm - Pension Reform Victory in California
Adrian Moore
November 3, 2010, 11:06am - Arizona Voters Support Health Care Freedom; Reject Affirmative Action, Card Check and more
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2010, 1:12am - CA Ballot Proposition Results--First Cut
Adrian Moore
November 3, 2010, 12:06am - How Do Solve a Problem Like California
Adrian Moore
November 2, 2010, 11:34pm - CA Can't Even Manage Election Results Web Page
Adrian Moore
November 2, 2010, 11:27pm - California's Prop 21: Tax Cars to Pay for Parks?
Adam Summers and Harris Kenny
November 2, 2010, 10:15am - California's Prop 23 Offers Voters Choice: Green Lobby or Economic Activity
Adam Summers
November 1, 2010, 4:29pm - New Index Measures Land and Regulatory Cost Impacts on Housing
Samuel Staley
November 1, 2010, 8:53am - San Diego Prop D Promises Reforms, But Only if Taxpayers Cough Up Hundreds of Millions in Taxes
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 11:58pm - Another Study Claims Government Workers Are Undercompensated
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 9:42pm - California Props 20 & 27: Redistricting, Round 2
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 2:19pm - Big Education and Big Labor Election Spending Round- Up
Lisa Snell
October 29, 2010, 3:33pm - Are Sin Taxes on Marijuana a Price Worth Paying for Reform?
David Godow
October 13, 2010, 9:00am - Reform, Transportation Trump Revenue-Neutrality in Virginia ABC Privatization Plan
Leonard Gilroy
October 8, 2010, 5:00am - Study: California Faces $379 Billion Retirement Liability
Adam Summers
October 6, 2010, 11:06pm - Report Details Excessive Public Pensions in San Diego
Adam Summers
October 4, 2010, 6:39pm - California’s Prop. 21 Would Perpetuate the State’s Parks Plight
Harris Kenny
September 28, 2010, 12:43am - Why the New York Times and Library Patrons Shouldn't Be Angry About Privatized Libraries
Lisa Snell
September 27, 2010, 8:20pm - San Diego Managed Competition Guide is Unfair and Unworkable
Adam Summers
September 27, 2010, 6:29pm - Don't Whitewash the Jobs Leaving California
Adrian Moore
September 26, 2010, 3:02pm - Libertarians on Republican's Pledge to America
Adrian Moore
September 26, 2010, 12:57pm - California's Education Database Project Failing
Adrian Moore
September 24, 2010, 11:06am - Want More Jobs For Kids? Gov't Employment Is Not the Answer
David Godow
September 21, 2010, 8:15am - Seasoned Veteran Predicts CA Budget Trajectory
Adrian Moore
September 19, 2010, 1:47pm - Regulators with Nothing Better To Do
Adrian Moore
September 17, 2010, 1:01pm - Top 20 California Bills to Veto List Released
Adam Summers
September 16, 2010, 1:12pm - Minnesota Court to Rule on Public Pension Cuts
Adam Summers
September 15, 2010, 6:34pm - Congressional Staff Owe $9.3Million in Back Taxes
Adrian Moore
September 10, 2010, 2:07pm - Survey Shows Voters Are Fed Up with Excessive Federal Pay
Adam Summers
September 7, 2010, 5:35pm - Labor Day--Celebrate Productive Workers!
Adrian Moore
September 6, 2010, 10:54am - Look At City Hall for Next Group of Millionaires
Adrian Moore
September 4, 2010, 12:57pm - Disability Pensions Are Costing Local Governments in San Bernardino County and Elsewhere
Adam Summers
August 31, 2010, 11:13pm - Schwarzenegger Plan: Borrow from Underfunded CalPERS to Patch Underfunded State Budget
Adam Summers
August 31, 2010, 7:06pm - Licensing bloggers in Philadelphia; City requires $300 business license
Adam Summers
August 24, 2010, 3:47pm - California and LA Unified Lose Bid For Race to the Top
Lisa Snell
August 24, 2010, 12:07pm - Others Cities Had Better Learn From Bell, California Fiasco
Adam Summers
August 19, 2010, 11:26am - Reducing Traffic on I-405 in Los Angeles
Robert Poole
August 19, 2010, 11:18am - Game Plan for Serious Government Cost Cutters
Adrian Moore
August 18, 2010, 1:21pm - Government Unlearning How to Build Big Projects
Shirley Ybarra
August 18, 2010, 10:47am - Who Needs A Recession to Stimulus Spend?
Adrian Moore
August 18, 2010, 10:47am - How Opponents are Fighting the CA High Speed Rail Project
Adrian Moore
August 16, 2010, 11:05pm - Bell Officials Illegally Raised Taxes
Adrian Moore
August 16, 2010, 12:00pm - American Dream Conference Adds Elected Officials Caucus
Samuel Staley
August 14, 2010, 3:12pm - How the Bell Scandal Story Broke
Adrian Moore
August 11, 2010, 1:04pm - Federal Goverment Employee Pay Disparity Widens
Samuel Staley
August 11, 2010, 12:36pm - Malanga's Bomb Warning
Anthony Randazzo
August 3, 2010, 10:34am - Mercatus: Federal Income Taxes Would Have to More Than Double to Maintain Medicare, Social Security Benefits
Adam Summers
July 31, 2010, 10:36pm - Public Opinion on Bush Tax Cuts
Adrian Moore
July 28, 2010, 10:07am - Once Again, Raising Taxes Reduces Revenue
Adrian Moore
July 28, 2010, 9:46am - Pension Reform In San Diego
Adrian Moore
July 28, 2010, 9:42am - CalPERS Responds (Inadequately) to Pension Criticism, Skirts Real Issues
Adam Summers
July 27, 2010, 4:00pm - Unions Hire Scabs to Protest Non-Union Employers. Seriously.
Adrian Moore
July 16, 2010, 2:44pm - As Private Sector Suffers, Public Sector Unions Ride the Gravy Train
David Godow
July 15, 2010, 5:04pm - CA State Treasurer's Harsh Words on High Speed Rail
Adrian Moore
July 14, 2010, 2:18pm - Poll--People Blame Overspending for State Budget Crises
Adrian Moore
July 10, 2010, 3:07pm - CA Local Governments Looking to Cut Pension Benefits
Adrian Moore
July 10, 2010, 9:36am - NJ Privatization Task Force Report Offers Reform Roadmap, Over $210 Million in Annual Savings
Leonard Gilroy
July 9, 2010, 11:06am - Minimum Wage Still Hurts the Poor More Than It Helps
Samuel Staley
July 9, 2010, 8:39am - Dramatic, Sweeping Tax Hikes Will Start January 1, 2011
Samuel Staley
July 4, 2010, 8:29am - UC Berkeley: High Speed Rail Ridership Projections "Not Reliable"
Adrian Moore
July 2, 2010, 1:10pm - Gov. Schwarzenegger Cuts State Worker Pay to Minimum Wage
Adrian Moore
July 2, 2010, 10:13am - California Struggling with Asset Sales
Adrian Moore
July 1, 2010, 3:20pm - New Study: Real Property Inventories for Government
Anthony Randazzo and Ian Hosking
July 1, 2010, 10:55am - Might California's Massive Water Bond Fall Off the November Ballot?
Adrian Moore
June 30, 2010, 2:41pm - A Perspective on California's Supermajority Budget Vote
Adrian Moore
June 30, 2010, 2:37pm - Reason's Len Gilroy on State Workers Comp Privatization at Governing.com
Leonard Gilroy
June 25, 2010, 4:48pm - Oh, To Be a Government Worker . . .
Adrian Moore
June 24, 2010, 6:22pm - What Do Greece, California, Portugal and Illinois Have in Common?
Leonard Gilroy
June 24, 2010, 4:52pm - Without Significant Reforms, Public Pensions Will Bankrupt State and Local Governments
Adam Summers
June 22, 2010, 6:56pm - San Diego Must End Delays and Implement Managed Competition Now
Adam Summers
June 22, 2010, 6:33pm - Lawyer Licensing Laws Lead to Higher Prices, Less Consumer Choice and Access to Legal Services
Adam Summers
June 12, 2010, 3:56pm - Legal System Problems and Solutions Discussed in New Book
Adam Summers
June 12, 2010, 3:18pm - Summers Talks California Public Pension Reform on John and Ken Show
Adam Summers
June 8, 2010, 11:15pm - Instant-Runoff Voting Would Be a Better Alternative Than Open Primary in California, Elsewhere
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010, 3:45pm - California Open Primary Measure Would Reduce Voter Choice, Violate Freedom of Association
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010, 2:36pm - States Plunder 911 Funding
Steven Titch
June 7, 2010, 2:14pm - Fixing California's Public Pension System
Adam Summers
June 3, 2010, 12:57pm - Reason’s Len Gilroy Appointed to Arizona’s Commission on Privatization and Efficiency
Shirley Ybarra
May 29, 2010, 10:41am - Costco Steps Up for Liquor Privatization in WA State
Leonard Gilroy
May 26, 2010, 6:20pm - Public Safety Outsourcing Benefiting Cities
Leonard Gilroy
May 25, 2010, 4:56pm - California's Hidden Deficit Keeps Growing
Adrian Moore
May 23, 2010, 11:56am - Louisiana Legislature Considering Anti-Privatization Bills that Would Grow Government & Hurt Private Jobs, Part 1
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2010, 6:40pm - Honolulu's Solution to Government Corruption? Regulate Private Contractors
Samuel Staley
May 20, 2010, 6:05pm - Vat's Next? A Review of Possible Tax Increases
Adrian Moore
May 18, 2010, 11:19am - Green Banks Are Not Infrastructure Banks
Samuel Staley
May 15, 2010, 9:26am - California Governor's Revised Budget Still Lacks Needed Reforms
Adam Summers
May 14, 2010, 4:36pm - The 10 Percent Rule Applied to Municipal Reform
Samuel Staley
May 13, 2010, 2:45pm - OMG California Now 8th Most Likely Economy to Default
Adrian Moore
May 13, 2010, 12:37pm - Public Employees Get Manicures, Lap Dances on the Job in L.A.
Adam Summers
May 11, 2010, 8:34pm - CA Will Probably Vote in November to Fix Loophole in Tax Votes
Adrian Moore
May 11, 2010, 3:19pm - As Governments Face Bankruptcy, Study Claims Public Employees Are Underpaid
Adam Summers
May 11, 2010, 1:48pm - Reason's Adrian Moore Discusses California and Greece on C-Span's Washington Journal
May 10, 2010, 1:08pm - What Made the Burnham Plan Succeed? The Private Sector
Samuel Staley
May 4, 2010, 11:01am - Compostion of California's Population Growth
Adrian Moore
May 3, 2010, 6:55pm - 12 of 20 Most Economically Stressed Counties are in CA. Hmmmmmm
Adrian Moore
May 3, 2010, 1:49pm - Horse Dentists Harassed by State Licensing Boards
Adam Summers
April 30, 2010, 5:32pm - Survey: Saving for Retirement Is Not the Government's Job
Adam Summers
April 30, 2010, 4:08pm - La Jolla to Secede from City of San Diego?
Adam Summers
April 29, 2010, 9:32pm - House Bills to Crack Down on Pentagon Waste, Government Payment Errors
Adam Summers
April 29, 2010, 6:22pm - Countdown to Higher Costs in San Diego
Adrian Moore
April 29, 2010, 3:13pm - The Compassion of Opposing Minimum Wage Laws
Adam Summers
April 28, 2010, 11:55pm - This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
Samuel Staley
April 25, 2010, 12:02pm - Health Care Reform to Bend the Cost Curve Down? Medicare Actuary Says No.
Leonard Gilroy
April 23, 2010, 10:17am - Make California's Programs Compete for Money
April 20, 2010, 5:56pm - Governor Fights the Good Fight in New Jersey
Samuel Staley
April 20, 2010, 8:43am - Cutting Prison Costs in California
Leonard Gilroy
April 9, 2010, 12:27pm - Estimating Massive Public Pension Deficits in California and Across the Nation
Adam Summers
April 7, 2010, 4:35pm - How Obamacare Undermines Federalism: Part 2
Samuel Staley
April 2, 2010, 8:33am - State Lawmakers Reining In Runaway Pensions for State Workers
Adrian Moore
March 27, 2010, 6:03pm - CA Will Vote on Legalizing Marijuana
Adrian Moore
March 27, 2010, 4:41pm - Health-Care Reform Attacks Federalism
Samuel Staley
March 22, 2010, 11:13am - Census: Fill Out Form So We Can Spend More Money
Samuel Staley
March 18, 2010, 7:55am - Louisiana Announces Privatization of Insurance Program
Leonard Gilroy
March 16, 2010, 6:59pm - Services That Local Governments Can Privatize
March 16, 2010, 2:30pm - Financial Crisis Forces California Government to Lay Off Employees
Adam Summers
March 12, 2010, 8:21pm - Why the Federal Government Is Broke (Census Edition)
Adam Summers
March 12, 2010, 7:15pm - NJ Gov. Chris Christie Creates Privatization Commission
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 4:19pm - Video: CNBC's Power Lunch on Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 2:41pm - Tales of the Absurd: Minnesota Public Employee Union Says 'We'll Embrace Change if You Protect Our Jobs"
Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2010, 12:44pm - Privatization Saving Puppies, Hungry D.C. Pols, and Libyan Camel Breeding
Leonard Gilroy
March 8, 2010, 12:15pm - Atlanta Needs Serious Reforms to Address Public Pension Problems
Adam Summers
March 2, 2010, 3:50pm - Stimulus Saves Government Jobs!
Adrian Moore
March 2, 2010, 3:45pm - Kill the Endowments
Shikha Dalmia
February 26, 2010, 2:48pm - Chicago's Use of Asset Lease Proceeds: A Clarification
Leonard Gilroy
February 26, 2010, 11:42am - Paris to Rebuild Zoo through $181 Million Public-Private Partnership
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 8:36pm - Detroit Public Schools To Privatize Bus Services
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 4:35pm - Printing Isn't a Core Government Function, So Just Privatize It Already
Leonard Gilroy
February 25, 2010, 3:18pm - Private Sector Can Rescue State Parks Headed for Closure
Leonard Gilroy
February 24, 2010, 4:24pm - Former NM Gov. Gary Johnson on Competitive Contracting in Corrections
Leonard Gilroy
February 20, 2010, 2:06pm - Pew Study Pegs States' Pension Deficit at $1 Trillion
Adam Summers
February 19, 2010, 9:08pm - Five No-Brainer Cost Saving Ideas for Government
Leonard Gilroy
February 19, 2010, 7:28pm - Louisiana Budget Chief Angele Davis on Streamlining State Government
Leonard Gilroy
February 18, 2010, 4:05pm - Getting Government Out of the Parking Business
Leonard Gilroy
February 17, 2010, 5:40pm - San Diego Should Implement Managed Competition Now to Cut Costs, Improve Services
Adam Summers
February 17, 2010, 2:03pm
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