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Harris Kenny is a state and local government policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Harris has worked alongside policymakers in Colorado, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Oregon and elsewhere to implement public policy solutions. Harris is currently serving as a member of the Local Authority Working Group of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's Amendment 64 Task Force, which is providing guidance on implementing recreational marijuana legalization. He conducts research on public finance, public-private partnerships, privatization, public safety, criminal justice and regulatory policy issues.
Harris has appeared on various television and radio outlets, such as National Public Radio, HuffPost Live, Al Jazeera, Voice of Russia and Colorado Public Television. His writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, The Sacramento Bee, The Orange County Register, Real Clear Markets, reason.com, and other print and online outlets. He also serves as co-editor of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report (reason.org/apr) and Innovators in Action (reason.org/innovators) publications.
Prior to joining Reason Foundation, Harris worked at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation. He earned a BA in Economics from Pepperdine University, where he worked as a research assistant to Dr. Luisa Blanco at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy.
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- Developments in Local Government Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines local government privatization trends
Harris Kenny, Adam Summers and Steven Titch
May 6, 2013 - State and Local Correctional Healthcare Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Mayor Rahm Emanuel Establishes Chicago Infrastructure Trust
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines criminal justice and corrections trends
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Alexander Volokh and Andrew Livingston
May 6, 2013 - Colorado, Washington State Vote to Tax and Regulate Recreational Marijuana for Adults
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Harris Kenny and Andrew Livingston
May 6, 2013 - Public-Private Partnerships for Parking Assets
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Yonkers, New York Pursuing Innovative School Partnership Approach
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - City of Austin Releases Surprising Outsourcing Study
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Georgia Contract Cities Continue to Evolve
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Finding New Ways to Provide Parks and Recreation Amenities
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Water and Wastewater Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Solid Waste Collection Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Non-Profit Partnerships for Animal Shelters Grow
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Local Government Privatization News and Notes
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Local Government Privatization
Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - State and International Corrections Privatization Update
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
May 6, 2013 - Discussing Prison Privatization on HuffPost Live (VIDEO)
Harris Kenny
February 8, 2013, 1:20am - Taxing and Regulating Recreational Marijuana in CO, WA (AUDIO)
Harris Kenny
February 6, 2013, 12:57pm - Better Service. Better Price.
How privatization can streamline government, improve services, and reduce costs for Kansas taxpayers
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny and Todd Davidson
January 28, 2013 - Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks through Public-Private Partnerships
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
January 9, 2013, 8:00pm - Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships
Defining and applying the park operation public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny and Julian Morris
January 8, 2013 - Using Innovative Policy Tools to Rebuild Colorado's Infrastructure
Interview with Michael Cheroutes, Director, and Nick Farber, Enterprise Specialist, of the Colorado Department of Transportation's High Performance Transportation Enterprise
Harris Kenny
January 2, 2013 - [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 - Legislature Has the Chance to Set a Standard on 64
It is in policymakers' best interests to get this right—even if they didn’t support the initiative in the first place.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 28, 2012 - 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 - Why Colorado’s Marijuana Legalization Initiative Could Be In Vain
State policymakers need to develop sensible marijuana regulations, not destructive ones.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
December 14, 2012 - A Public-Private Partnership Could Help the ABQ BioPark Zoo
Finding Ways to Address Budget Deficits and Deferred Maintenance
Katie Furtick and Harris Kenny
November 19, 2012 - Questions Remain About Amendment 64's Tax Component
Harris Kenny
November 10, 2012, 8:00am - Understanding Correctional Privatization in Florida
Harris Kenny
October 9, 2012, 8:33pm - Correctional Privatization Improving Outcomes in Florida
Letter to the Editor Submitted to The Palm Beach Post
Harris Kenny
October 9, 2012 - 21st Century Schools Require 21st Century Finance
Policymakers can improve - if not reinvent - the American education system.
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
September 28, 2012 - 21st Century Schools Require 21st Century Finance
Harris Kenny
September 20, 2012, 2:04pm - To Avoid Massive Tax Hikes, Privatize State Lotteries
An innovative new lottery privatization model is emerging.
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
August 30, 2012 - Innovators in Action: Transforming Education in Douglas County, Colorado
Harris Kenny
August 29, 2012, 11:00am - Transforming Education at the Local Level: Douglas County Leading the Way
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Fagen, Superintendent of Douglas County School District (Colorado)
Harris Kenny
August 29, 2012 - To Avoid Massive Tax Hikes, Privatize State Lotteries
Harris Kenny
August 23, 2012, 11:59pm - California Is Ground Zero for Muni Bankruptcies
When will lawmakers start rethinking how municipalities should operate?
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
July 26, 2012 - Big City Democrats Are Embracing Privatization
Heavyweights like Chicago's Rahm Emanuel are going around public agencies and unions to improve schools, roads, parks and more
Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
July 12, 2012 - Stockton Begins Legal Battle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Today
Harris Kenny
July 6, 2012, 12:53pm - Mammoth Lakes, California Files for Bankruptcy
Harris Kenny
July 5, 2012, 2:56pm - 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 - Private Sector, Local Governments Find Investment Opportunities in Municipal Parking Assets
Chicago, Indianapolis unlock value trapped in a neglected treasure
Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy
June 22, 2012 - 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 - Union-Propagated Red Herrings Continue to Mar Corrections Research
Meaningful reform requires an all-of-the-above strategy, including privatization.
Harris Kenny
June 13, 2012
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- Why is the CDC Being Anti-Science on State Liquor Privatization? (5/14)
- Louisiana Republicans Introduce Bills to Replicate Massachusetts's Pro-Union, Anti-Privatization “Pacheco Law” (5/9)
- 40th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws: Time to Re-think Sentencing Policy (5/8)
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