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Louisiana Streamlining Commission Should Reject Proposal for Legislative Approval of State Contracts
November 21, 2009, 4:42pmOn Monday, the Streamlining Commission will consider adopting a recommendation that would require all state contracts above $50,000 to be approved by the legislative Joint Committee on the Budget. This would be bad policy and bad for business.
New at Reason: Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
November 17, 2009, 12:36pmArizona policymakers face a simple choice: remain lost in the fiscal forest with California or follow the lead of Louisiana, which is blazing a trail out.
Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Arizona
Prison privatization opponents rely on myths, not facts
November 17, 2009With prison capacity needs growing and budgets shrinking, a greater reliance on private prisons is a sensible strategy for Arizona.
Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
Given the scale of Arizona's fiscal crisis, there's no way to avoid government downsizing
November 17, 2009Arizona policymakers face a simple choice: remain lost in the fiscal forest with California or follow the lead of Louisiana, which is blazing a trail out.
Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization
November 16, 2009, 1:45pmThere's a growing trend of municipal privatization/outsouring in cash-strapped North Texas cities.
Following California Down the Path to Fiscal Ruin
November 13, 2009, 5:43pmAs if we needed another reason to cut government spending, a new Pew study offers some insights into the factors driving the worst fiscal trainwrecks.
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- Louisiana Streamlining Commission Should Reject Proposal for Legislative Approval of State Contracts
Leonard Gilroy
November 21, 2009, 4:42pm - New at Reason: Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
Leonard Gilroy
November 17, 2009, 12:36pm - Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
November 16, 2009, 1:45pm - Following California Down the Path to Fiscal Ruin
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2009, 5:43pm - Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
November 13, 2009, 8:12am - Banner Year for State Budget Gimmicks
Leonard Gilroy
November 12, 2009, 7:51pm - NGA & NASBO: States Facing Fiscal "Lost Decade"
Leonard Gilroy
November 12, 2009, 6:23pm - Belize Privatizes Management of National Lottery
Leonard Gilroy
November 11, 2009, 1:02pm - Mary Peters on McDonnell's Transportation Agenda
Leonard Gilroy
November 9, 2009, 3:27pm - Arizona Prison Privatization Proposal Doesn't Jive with Market
Leonard Gilroy
November 9, 2009, 12:55pm - Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 5, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
November 5, 2009, 4:45pm - California to Send 2,300 More Inmates to Out-of-State Private Prisons
Leonard Gilroy
November 3, 2009, 12:43pm - More Bad News for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Part 2
Leonard Gilroy
October 29, 2009, 1:31pm - Anti-Privatization Pacheco Law Continues to Hamstring Massachusetts Budget
Adam Summers
October 28, 2009, 11:35pm - More Bad News for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Leonard Gilroy
October 28, 2009, 3:52pm - Time to Repeal Massachusetts' Pacheco Law
Leonard Gilroy
October 27, 2009, 12:56pm - Oklahoma Corrections Report Ignores Costs to Make Public Prisons Look Cheaper
Leonard Gilroy
October 26, 2009, 1:31pm - Some Perspective on Virginia's IT Contract Controversy
Leonard Gilroy
October 25, 2009, 5:19pm - Privatization News Roundup, Oct. 23, 2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 23, 2009, 3:16pm - Policy Stinker of the Day: Arizona Mulls Hiking Vehicle Fees to Fund State Parks
Leonard Gilroy
October 23, 2009, 1:28pm - Noteworthy PPPs in 2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 22, 2009, 4:16pm - Privatization and State Laboratories of Democracy
Leonard Gilroy
October 21, 2009, 4:46pm - Oklahoma Corrections Study Merits Scrutiny
Leonard Gilroy
October 21, 2009, 3:02am - Budget Woes Prompt Colorado State University to Consider Partial Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
October 20, 2009, 1:47pm - Privatization News Roundup, 10/16/2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 16, 2009, 4:00pm - Indiana Cancels IBM Welfare Modernization Contract
Leonard Gilroy
October 16, 2009, 1:52pm - Puerto Rico's New Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Law
Leonard Gilroy
October 15, 2009, 6:49pm - Complimenting Chicago's Parking Meters
Leonard Gilroy
October 15, 2009, 4:38pm - State Tax Receipts Tumble
Leonard Gilroy
October 15, 2009, 3:41pm - New at Reason: IT Controversy Shouldn't Spoil Public-Private Partnerships in Virginia
Leonard Gilroy
October 14, 2009, 3:18pm - When It Rains, It Pours--Part 2
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2009, 9:12pm - How Long to Solve Funding Crisis in Public Pension Systems? Try "Infinity."
Leonard Gilroy
October 12, 2009, 4:16pm - Amid Budget Woes, Governments Turn to Technology to Drive Streamlining
Leonard Gilroy
October 11, 2009, 3:29pm - Privatization News Roundup, 10/11/2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 11, 2009, 1:07pm - Government Streamlining, Fiscal Stewardship Prompts Upgrade of Louisiana's Credit Rating
Leonard Gilroy
October 9, 2009, 4:10pm - Virginia Unnecessarily Mingles Politics and IT
Steven Titch
October 9, 2009, 2:42pm - Fitch on Using One-Time Proceeds from Asset Sales & Leases
Leonard Gilroy
October 2, 2009, 5:12pm - When it Rains, It Pours
Leonard Gilroy
October 2, 2009, 3:41pm - Privatization News Roundup, 10/2/2009
Leonard Gilroy
October 2, 2009, 6:57am - New at Reason: "Selling" State Buildings in Arizona, California
Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2009, 6:47pm - Death Tax, ABC Stores Should Be in Virginia's Crosshairs
Leonard Gilroy
September 30, 2009, 3:16pm - Revisiting Arizona's Asset Sale-Leasebacks
Leonard Gilroy
September 25, 2009, 6:14pm - Georgia Privatizing State Golf Course Operations
Leonard Gilroy
September 24, 2009, 9:04pm - The Olympian: WA State Pols Need to "Get Serious" About Competitive Contracting
Leonard Gilroy
September 24, 2009, 2:24pm - Reason Staff Around Town: Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government
Leonard Gilroy
September 22, 2009, 6:17am - Singing the Motown Blues
Shikha Dalmia
September 21, 2009, 10:39pm - Time to Strengthen Washington's Troubled Competitive Contracting Law
Leonard Gilroy
September 18, 2009, 4:50pm - Phoenix-to-Vegas on Interstate 11: Arizona PPP Toll Road Candidate?
Leonard Gilroy
September 15, 2009, 2:28pm - Indiana Toll Road Concessionaire Launches Bridge Rehab Program
Leonard Gilroy
September 11, 2009, 4:48pm - IT Outsourcing in Mississippi
Steven Titch
September 10, 2009, 5:47pm - Let Free Markets Guide Fire Protection Services
Adam Summers
September 4, 2009, 10:48pm - Use Private Firefighters to Improve Wildfire Protection
Adam Summers
September 2, 2009, 4:47pm - California Can Keep Parks Open with User Fees
Adam Summers
September 1, 2009, 12:39pm - Colorado Committee Considering Privatization of State Workers' Compensation Insurer
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2009, 8:06pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/28/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 28, 2009, 2:04pm - North Carolina Budget Committee to Explore Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 26, 2009, 9:55am - World Bank Touts Public-Private Partnerships in Education
Leonard Gilroy
August 24, 2009, 3:16pm - Politicizing Privatization in Indiana, Part 2
Leonard Gilroy
August 22, 2009, 2:56pm - Pierce County, WA Mental Health Services Privatization Moves Forward
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 6:18pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/21/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 21, 2009, 3:53pm - Streamlining Government vs. Expanding It
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:47pm - Want a Real Stimulus? Privatize.
Leonard Gilroy
August 20, 2009, 4:24pm - Taking a Fiscal Crisis Seriously: Lessons from Louisiana
Leonard Gilroy
August 19, 2009, 2:50pm - Sen. Hutchison Beating the Dead "Trans-Texas Corridor" Horse
Leonard Gilroy
August 18, 2009, 8:31pm - Fiscal Responsibility Paying Off in Texas, Literally
Leonard Gilroy
August 18, 2009, 6:11pm - State Fiscal Crisis in Perspective
Leonard Gilroy
August 18, 2009, 11:59am - Turns Out Taxpayers Care About Fiscal Responsibility
Leonard Gilroy
August 17, 2009, 2:34pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/14/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 14, 2009, 2:52pm - Will Arizona Be the Next State to Issue IOUs?
Leonard Gilroy
August 13, 2009, 3:15pm - Kentucky Chamber Advocates More Prison Privatization, Cites Lower Costs
Leonard Gilroy
August 12, 2009, 10:38pm - New at Reason: Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
Leonard Gilroy
August 11, 2009, 2:10pm - New York Gov. Paterson Issues Order on Regulatory Reform
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 5:17pm - State Lottery Revenues Take a Hit; Feds Continue to Block Lottery Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 10, 2009, 2:22pm - Oklahoma Should Look to West Virginia on Workers' Compensation Insurance Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 6:04pm - Privatization News Roundup, 8/7/2009
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 2:02pm - Taxpayers to Pay More, Get Less in North Carolina
Leonard Gilroy
August 7, 2009, 1:23pm - Virginia Unnecessarily Mingles Politics and IT
Steven Titch
August 6, 2009, 4:29pm - Costa Mesa, CA Prepares to Dig Pension Hole Deeper
Leonard Gilroy
August 6, 2009, 2:52pm - Annual Privatization Report Examines Latest Trends At All Levels of Government
August 6, 2009, 11:15am - California's Fiscal Death Spiral: Is D.C. Watching?
Leonard Gilroy
August 5, 2009, 8:41pm - California Still Hiring, Despite Epic Fiscal Crunch
Leonard Gilroy
August 4, 2009, 5:35pm - Who Will Follow California on the Path to Fiscal Ruin?
Leonard Gilroy
August 4, 2009, 3:41pm - Seeking Stimulus: Lobbying Spared from State and Local Budget Cuts
Leonard Gilroy
August 3, 2009, 7:18pm - Privatization News Roundup, 7/31/2009
Leonard Gilroy
July 31, 2009, 4:57pm - Florida Rejects Air Services Privatization Bid
Leonard Gilroy
July 30, 2009, 8:36pm - Heads Up, States: Arizona Poised to Monetize Assets to Help Close Budget Deficit
Leonard Gilroy
July 29, 2009, 4:48pm - Report: States Face $558 Billion in Unfunded Retiree Health Care Liabilities
Leonard Gilroy
July 28, 2009, 6:03pm - What Next for State Budgets When Temporary Stimulus Funds Expire?
Leonard Gilroy
July 27, 2009, 4:59pm - Louisiana Commission on Streamlining Government Begins Work Today
Leonard Gilroy
July 27, 2009, 4:28pm - Forbes: Strong Outlook for Private Prisons
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 5:38pm - Will California See an Infrastructure Rush?
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 4:03pm - Indiana Puts Welfare Modernization Contractor on Notice
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 2:21pm - Privatization News Roundup, 7/24/2009
Leonard Gilroy
July 24, 2009, 1:43pm - State Budget Deficits in Perspective
Leonard Gilroy
July 23, 2009, 8:22pm - Florida Atlantic University Privatizing Residential Housing
Leonard Gilroy
July 23, 2009, 8:08pm - States, Meet Anna Bligh
Leonard Gilroy
July 23, 2009, 6:09pm - Why Privatizing Liquor Stores in Virginia to Fund Transportation Makes Sense
Leonard Gilroy
July 22, 2009, 2:12pm - California Budget Deal: Cuts, Gimmicks and Can-Kicking
Leonard Gilroy
July 21, 2009, 1:35pm - New NCSL Report: States Face Deep Fiscal Problems for 4-5 Years
Leonard Gilroy
July 21, 2009, 12:24pm - Governator Orders "Garage Sale" for State Vehicles
Leonard Gilroy
July 20, 2009, 4:04pm - West Virginia's Privatized Workers Comp Insurance System Turns One
Leonard Gilroy
July 20, 2009, 1:53pm - Redding, CA Considering New Privatization Committee
Leonard Gilroy
July 20, 2009, 1:14pm - State Garage Sale in the Works in Connecticut?
Leonard Gilroy
July 16, 2009, 5:24pm - New at Reason: Virginia Needs a Fiscal Makeover
Leonard Gilroy
July 15, 2009, 3:59pm - Revenue Declines Add to State Budget Woes
Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2009, 7:00pm - WSJ on What's Hot and What's Not in Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy
July 10, 2009, 6:38pm - New at Reason: (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year
Leonard Gilroy
July 6, 2009, 5:02pm - State Budget Woes Worsen
Leonard Gilroy
July 2, 2009, 11:57pm - More Legislative Roadblocks Over Private Toll Roads in Texas?
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2009, 3:14pm - (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year: Tax Hikes, Missed Budget Deadlines, State Shutdowns and Ongoing Fiscal Woes
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2009, 1:31pm - Arizona Privatization/Efficiency Board Bill Falls Victim to Toxic Budget Politics
Leonard Gilroy
July 1, 2009, 11:17am - Arizona Privatization/Efficiency Board Bill Passes Senate
Leonard Gilroy
June 23, 2009, 4:52pm - Department of Defense Touts Success of Military Housing Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2009, 5:49pm - Santa Barbara County Jail to Privatize Mental Health Services
Leonard Gilroy
June 17, 2009, 12:50pm - Arizona Privatization/Efficiency Board Bill Advances
Leonard Gilroy
June 16, 2009, 4:18pm - Gov. Schwarzenegger Cuts Unfilled Vendor Contracts to Cut Spending
Adrian Moore
June 9, 2009, 10:15pm - Public Support for Private Infrastructure Investment On the Rise
Leonard Gilroy
June 9, 2009, 7:47am - Senate Bills Threaten States' Ability to Tap Private Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy
June 5, 2009, 10:35pm - Govs. Paterson, Schwarzenegger and Rendell: "The Moment for Public-Private Partnerships Is Now"
Leonard Gilroy
June 4, 2009, 3:15pm - Florida IT Contract Draws Scrutiny
Leonard Gilroy
June 4, 2009, 1:15pm - Queensland, Australia Selling $15 Billion in Assets to Address Fiscal Crisis
Leonard Gilroy
June 3, 2009, 2:57pm - Schwarzenegger Outlines Need for Privatization, Budget Reform in California
Leonard Gilroy
June 2, 2009, 10:02pm - NY State Commission, Governor Embrace Privatization for Infrastructure Development
Leonard Gilroy
June 2, 2009, 6:54pm - Through Asset Inventory, Kitsap County, WA Discovers Parks It Didn't Know It Owned
Leonard Gilroy
May 29, 2009, 5:36pm - Florida Gov. Crist Vetoes Anti-Privatization Bill
Leonard Gilroy
May 28, 2009, 6:31pm - New Report Challenges Economic "Benefits" of Labor Unions
Leonard Gilroy
May 28, 2009, 5:33pm - Private Infrastructure Investment Alive and Kicking
Leonard Gilroy
May 27, 2009, 1:45pm - Reason Talks Privatization on CNN's Lou Dobbs
Leonard Gilroy
May 22, 2009, 9:49pm - Golf Course Privatization Hits Prime Time
Leonard Gilroy
May 21, 2009, 1:52pm - Arizona Lawmakers Considering Major Prison Privatization Initiative in Budget Plan
Leonard Gilroy
May 20, 2009, 7:18pm - New at Reason.tv: State Spending, Budgets, and Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
May 20, 2009, 1:59pm - Gov. Daniels Touts Indiana Toll Road Lease
Leonard Gilroy
May 19, 2009, 11:18am - Maryland Emergency Workers Kill Privatization, Reform Bills
Leonard Gilroy
May 19, 2009, 7:29am - Gov. Sanford: State-Run Golf is "Waste"
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2009, 9:05pm - More On Selling California Assets: How to Invest Sale Proceeds, and a Reality Check on Redevelopment
Leonard Gilroy
May 15, 2009, 5:16pm - Bad News, Good News on California Budget/Fiscal Front
Leonard Gilroy
May 14, 2009, 6:25pm - Put Patients' Welfare First in Florida Psychiatric Hospital Privatization Dispute
Leonard Gilroy
May 14, 2009, 5:42pm - New Jersey to Privatize Toxic Waste Site Cleanup
Leonard Gilroy
May 12, 2009, 6:55pm - Florida Legislature Chooses Unions Over Patients
Anthony Randazzo
May 8, 2009, 10:59am - Tax Pandemic Spreads to 10 States, 23 More At Risk
Leonard Gilroy
May 7, 2009, 8:47am - Delaware Rejects Expanding Sports Gambling
Anthony Randazzo
May 6, 2009, 4:10pm - Texas Exploring Privatization for Vehicle Fleet and Fuel Management Services
Leonard Gilroy
May 5, 2009, 5:59pm - Building on International Success Tapping Private Sector to Build New Roads
Leonard Gilroy
May 5, 2009, 4:32pm - Running Up Government's Credit Card Bill
Leonard Gilroy
May 4, 2009, 4:46pm - New York's Bleak Fiscal Outlook Highlights Need to Downsize State Government
Leonard Gilroy
April 29, 2009, 3:14pm - State Deficits Growing, Taxes & Fees on the Rise
Leonard Gilroy
April 27, 2009, 6:05pm - Louisiana Gov. Jindal Establishes Commission on Streamlining Government
Leonard Gilroy
April 24, 2009, 5:54pm - Hospital Privatization Isn't a Scary Proposition, Patients Should Come First
Leonard Gilroy
April 23, 2009, 3:45pm - California Needs Budget Reform, Louisiana Offers a Model Agenda
Leonard Gilroy
April 20, 2009, 7:05am - Bad Times, Good Times for State & Local Budgets
Leonard Gilroy
April 14, 2009, 4:51pm - Do Indiana Privatization Opponents Have Blinders On?
Leonard Gilroy
April 10, 2009, 12:59pm - Rescuing Michigan's Parks Through Privatization
Leonard Gilroy
April 9, 2009, 8:07pm - New at Reason: Illinois Government Should Shop Around
Leonard Gilroy
April 9, 2009, 6:00pm - Moody's: Negative Outlook for U.S. Local Governments
Leonard Gilroy
April 8, 2009, 9:41pm - Indianapolis Announces New Privatization Initiatives
Leonard Gilroy
April 7, 2009, 3:13pm - Former Mass. Gov Weld: Bright Outlook for Private Infrastructure Investment
Leonard Gilroy
April 3, 2009, 7:23pm - For Sale: San Quentin?
Leonard Gilroy
April 2, 2009, 3:35pm - Minnesota and Wisconsin Announce Shared Services Initiatives
Leonard Gilroy
April 1, 2009, 9:16pm - Budget Deficits and the Price of Arizona Government
Leonard Gilroy
March 30, 2009, 9:33pm - Lesson for Arizona: Higher Taxes=Jobs Lost=Longer Recession
Leonard Gilroy
March 26, 2009, 6:10pm - NGA: State Fiscal Conditions Continue to Deteriorate
Leonard Gilroy
March 23, 2009, 6:35pm - Toll Road Privatization And The Fear of Foreign Companies
Robert Poole
March 23, 2009, 5:33pm - Indiana Officials on Declining Toll Road Revenues: Not Our Problem Anymore
Leonard Gilroy
March 23, 2009, 10:40am - Airport Privatization Being Proposed In A Soft Market
Robert Poole
March 19, 2009, 5:15pm - When Is a Hiring Freeze Not a Hiring Freeze?
Leonard Gilroy
March 19, 2009, 5:05pm - Recession Isn't Preventing Private Sector Interest in Ports
Shirley Ybarra
March 19, 2009, 4:41pm - Pennsylvania Scandals Highlight Need to Get State Out of the Toll Road and Liquor Business
Leonard Gilroy
March 19, 2009, 12:10pm - Getting Government Out of the Golf Business
Leonard Gilroy
March 12, 2009, 3:40pm - Budget Doom Highlights Need to Right-Size Illinois Government
Leonard Gilroy
March 6, 2009, 5:14pm - Mercatus Center Issues 50-State Freedom Index
Leonard Gilroy
March 5, 2009, 8:17pm - Jindal And The Debate Over Volcano Monitoring
Adrian Moore
March 4, 2009, 4:42am - Privatization in Virginia Hampered by Government-to-Government Contracting
Leonard Gilroy
March 3, 2009, 8:12pm - Positive Outlook for State Budgets
Leonard Gilroy
January 29, 2009, 7:51pm - Online GamblingóKentuckyís New ëSignatureí Industry
Steven Titch
January 25, 2009, 9:12am - States Sharply Raising Taxes to Meet Budget Shortfalls
Anthony Randazzo
December 22, 2008, 1:42pm - Georgia Supersizing State Psychiatric Hospital Privatization Plans
Leonard Gilroy
November 29, 2008, 6:18pm - Dissecting the Arizona Vote
Leonard Gilroy
November 4, 2008, 2:21pm - The saga (and licensing) of Joe the Plumber
Adam Summers
November 3, 2008, 4:11pm - Moody's: 30 States in Recession
Leonard Gilroy
November 2, 2008, 11:38pm - Governors Offer Differing Perspectives on State & Local "Bailout"
Leonard Gilroy
October 28, 2008, 12:41pm - Nevada Spending Commission Issues First Set of Recommendations
Leonard Gilroy
October 1, 2008, 9:32am - Sen. Tom McClintock: Budget has pushed California "beyond a fiscal tipping point"
Adam Summers
September 15, 2008, 2:32pm - California Wants to Borrow More Money
Chris Mitchell
September 8, 2008, 8:12am - Sage Thinking in Nevada
Leonard Gilroy
September 3, 2008, 4:43pm - A Tale of Two States
Steven Titch
September 3, 2008, 1:51pm - How Best to Tackle State Spending?
Leonard Gilroy
September 2, 2008, 5:49pm - Virginia's Billion Dollar Budget Deficit
Chris Mitchell
August 25, 2008, 9:45pm - Second íNet Retailer Challenges NY Sales Tax
Steven Titch
June 5, 2008, 1:55pm - Paper Says Missouri Should Look to Truck-Only Toll Lanes
Chris Mitchell
March 12, 2008, 10:30pm - NFL Seeks State Involvement in Cable Programming Decisions
Steven Titch
December 10, 2007, 2:54pm - Govt. Bureaucracy Hampers Fire Efforts
Adam Summers
October 30, 2007, 5:39pm - Finally, Some Good News on California Public Pensions
Adam Summers
July 28, 2007, 10:51pm - The Governator Goes PPP
Geoffrey Segal
July 8, 2007, 5:13am - California: Nanny State Trendsetter?
Adam Summers
June 12, 2007, 4:38pm - Michigan iPod Follow Up
Geoffrey Segal
April 10, 2007, 6:42pm - Michigan: How Not to Fix an Economy
Geoffrey Segal
April 6, 2007, 5:42am - Putting Performance First
Geoffrey Segal
April 3, 2007, 3:49pm - Innovation at the State Level
Geoffrey Segal
October 24, 2006, 5:21pm - Grading the Govs
Ted Balaker
October 19, 2006, 3:49pm - Mass. Ups the Minimum Wage
Ted Balaker
July 9, 2006, 3:33pm - On-Line Gambling Now a Felony In Washington State
Steven Titch
May 18, 2006, 1:14pm - Penile implants, boob jobs, cosmetic surgery, and sex change operations
Ted Balaker
February 12, 2006, 11:08am - Flush With Revenue, States Consider Tax Cuts, New Spending
Leonard Gilroy
February 1, 2006, 9:17am - Gov. Sanford and TABOR
Geoffrey Segal
January 3, 2006, 6:32pm - Florida Outsourcing Gets Mixed Reviews
Geoffrey Segal
January 2, 2006, 8:42am - Revenues Are Up
Geoffrey Segal
December 20, 2005, 10:54am - Addressing Louisiana's Budget Shortfall
Leonard Gilroy
November 6, 2005, 2:07pm - The Battle Over Colorado's TABOR
Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2005, 7:48am - Gov. Daniels on Performance, Tolls and Unions
Geoffrey Segal
September 3, 2005, 9:48am - Maybe this is what they were talking about
Ted Balaker
August 29, 2005, 10:15am - "No Cut Too Small"
Geoffrey Segal
August 21, 2005, 8:56am - Your Next Tax Increase...Medicaid
Geoffrey Segal
August 8, 2005, 7:27am - Will Hawaii avoid it?
Ted Balaker
July 21, 2005, 4:23pm - Medicaid Mess
Ted Balaker
July 18, 2005, 5:46pm - Reservations about Hawaiian Reservations
Ted Balaker
June 16, 2005, 5:42pm - Growing Interest in TABOR Laws
Leonard Gilroy
June 16, 2005, 1:37pm - Who Said It? Part II
Geoffrey Segal
June 1, 2005, 9:52am - Who Said It?
Geoffrey Segal
June 1, 2005, 9:36am - Nothing's too outrageous for gov workers
Adrian Moore
May 30, 2005, 5:35pm - Privatizing child welfare
Ted Balaker
April 17, 2005, 9:58am - Big Story, Little Headline
Ted Balaker
April 6, 2005, 3:57pm - The price of stimulation
Ted Balaker
March 22, 2005, 12:49pm - "It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down."
Ted Balaker
March 17, 2005, 9:27am - ìToo many people pushing paperî
Ted Balaker
March 16, 2005, 10:47am - Grading the Govs
Ted Balaker
March 3, 2005, 2:15pm - Legislating Away Freedom
Geoffrey Segal
February 18, 2005, 7:28am - Mega Moral Hazard -- Pensions
George Passantino
January 25, 2005, 10:09pm - Fore! South Carolina Tees Off With Golf Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
December 29, 2004, 6:26am - Florida Finalizes Competition Process
Geoffrey Segal
December 6, 2004, 8:37am - The cushiest of them all
Ted Balaker
November 8, 2004, 2:55pm - No on pot, Yes on bear baiting
Ted Balaker
November 2, 2004, 10:02am - Govs run smack to lure business
Ted Balaker
October 12, 2004, 10:38am - New York first, Tennessee last
Ted Balaker
September 14, 2004, 10:07am - Gov. Rod Rod Blagojevich drinks it. You should, too!
Ted Balaker
September 13, 2004, 2:07pm - STILL MORE TO DO ON CA WORKERS COMP
George Passantino
August 24, 2004, 4:21pm - BRING YOUR QUARTERS!--California Garage Sale
George Passantino
August 24, 2004, 3:51pm - ìBlowing up the boxesî
Ted Balaker
August 3, 2004, 11:05am - Gov. Rendell, Strategic Sourcing Show Promise
Geoffrey Segal
June 26, 2004, 7:33pm - Not Every 'Bush' Grows
Geoffrey Segal
June 22, 2004, 8:45am - Blowing Up Boxes in Sacramento
Adam Summers
May 9, 2004, 11:12am - A bad idea with a lei is still a bad idea
Adrian Moore
April 14, 2004, 10:12am - Serving the public interest. . .
Adrian Moore
March 26, 2004, 5:54am - Florida Creates Efficiency Commission
Geoffrey Segal
March 14, 2004, 8:56am - Weíve been hurt before
Ted Balaker
February 29, 2004, 2:38pm - Jeb Gets Privatization Game Plan
Geoffrey Segal
February 15, 2004, 7:35am - No on Taxes, Yes on Spending?
Geoffrey Segal
February 3, 2004, 7:51pm - Is your state broke?
Ted Balaker
January 20, 2004, 9:49am - 5 Suggestions for Gov. Schwarzenegger
Adrian Moore
January 18, 2004, 5:32am - Gov. Schwarzenegger's Budget Cut Pumps Up Education
Adam Summers
January 13, 2004, 5:03pm - Michigan Privatizes Ski Resort
Geoffrey Segal
December 16, 2003, 10:25am - Ohio DOT Enters Private Sector
Geoffrey Segal
December 14, 2003, 11:40am - N.H. Sea Change Includes Privatization
Geoffrey Segal
December 11, 2003, 1:18pm - Nearly junk
Ted Balaker
December 8, 2003, 6:14pm - Will Illinois kill a cash cow?
Ted Balaker
December 8, 2003, 11:11am - Washington is Newest State to See Benefits of Competition
Geoffrey Segal
December 7, 2003, 7:22am - State wonít let go of booze
Ted Balaker
December 2, 2003, 2:26pm - Improving Veteran Care with Outsourcing
Ted Balaker
November 11, 2003, 5:33pm
Out of Control Policy Blog - Privatization
- Louisiana Streamlining Commission Should Reject Proposal for Legislative Approval of State Contracts (11/21)
- New at Reason: Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit (11/17)
- Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization (11/16)
- Following California Down the Path to Fiscal Ruin (11/13)
- Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009 (11/13)
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