Yearly Archives: 2025
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How government workforce reductions can impact public pension debt
Public pension plans need to lower their payroll growth assumptions or transition to a method that is less sensitive to payroll fluctuations.
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Pension Reform News: How to properly structure a cash balance plan for public workers
Plus: Recommendations for Mississippi's Public Employees Retirement System, evaluating Oklahoma's defined contribution options, and more.
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LAUSD celebrates mediocre test scores
If these test scores are the definition of a breakthrough success, LAUSD’s bar for student achievement isn't high enough.
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Georgia could create a safer online environment for kids by empowering parents
Balancing safety, parental empowerment, and constitutional rights would foster a safer and privacy-respecting digital environment for all.
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Funding Education Opportunity: How states are reacting to the new federal tax-credit scholarship
Plus: The D.C. scholarship program, and school choice news from Kentucky and Wyoming.
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Surface Transportation News: China’s high-speed rail boondoggle
Plus: Reason Foundation's surface transportation reauthorization proposals, a P3 option for deficient bridges, and more.
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3 top priorities for the surface transportation reauthorization bill
Road pricing, toll financing of major infrastructure, and devolution of some functions should be part of the transportation bill..
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Why New Mexico’s newborn state custody directive is a harmful misstep
Separating families based on flawed toxicology screening undermines family-centered solutions.
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Trump’s unchecked tariff power is undermining U.S. economy and freight stability
The easiest solution to this problem is for Congress to reassert its authority on trade, though it seems unwilling to do so—so far.
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Recommendations for the surface transportation reauthorization bill
Reason Foundation’s recommendations for the 2026 surface transportation reauthorization bill were submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Google avoids court-ordered breakup as AI revitalizes competition
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a Department of Justice proposal that would have forced Google to sell Chrome and Android.
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Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System post-Tier 5 funding stress test and recommendations
Lawmakers must take steps to adopt proper PERS funding policy and secure an affordable retirement benefit for Mississippi public workers into the future.
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Evaluating public employee defined contribution options in Oklahoma
Oklahoma's Pathfinder is a leading government-sponsored defined contribution plan, but further modernization is needed.
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Incentivizing US airport privatization
The changes needed to enable US airport P3 leases to compete on a level playing field with airport P3 or privatization activity in Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific.
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The Gold Standard In Public Retirement System Design Series
Best practices and recommendations to help states move into a more sustainable public pension model for employees and taxpayers.
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Best practices in cash balance plan design
A transition to a cash balance structure offers an opportunity to reset actuarial assumptions, enforce strict funding discipline, and improve stakeholder transparency.
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Funding Education Opportunity: Chronic absenteeism rates remain too high years after pandemic
Plus, school choice news from New Hampshire and North Carolina.
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Gen Z’s privacy preferences and the future of data privacy
Gen Z habits illuminate a broader truth about modern privacy: people want agency, adaptability, and meaningful control over their data.
