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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.
Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
November 13, 2009, 8:12amNews you may have missed on privatization and public-private partnerships.
Annual Privatization Report 2008
Reason Foundation's 22nd annual analysis of privatization and outsourcing
August 1, 2008
Privatization remains a key policy focus as public officials grapple with deteriorating fiscal conditions, according to Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2008. With as many as 23 states potentially facing budget deficits in fiscal 2009, state governments are increasingly looking for ways to cut costs without cutting services. Enter the private sector.
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