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Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization

November 16, 2009, 1:45pm

Leonard Gilroy

There'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, 5:43pm

Leonard Gilroy

As 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, 8:12am

Leonard Gilroy

News 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

Leonard Gilroy

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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