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Rhode Island Supreme Court Upholds Pension Benefit Cuts in Cranston
The state Supreme Court's ruling may set a precedent for fiscally distressed local governments grappling with unfunded pension liabilities.
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States Using Cost-Benefit Analysis Have More Efficient Transportation Systems
Unfortunately, a recent survey of state departments of transportation officials found that only five or six states systematically use cost-benefit analysis to evaluate transportation projects.
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Public Health Officials Should Support E-Cigarettes In Effort to Make Conventional Cigarettes Obsolete
Public Health England concluded that e-cigarettes are about 95 percent safer than conventional cigarettes.
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Priced Express Lanes Are a Proven Way to Reduce Highway Congestion
Orange County was the site of the world’s first priced express lanes in 1995. With sensible planning, it could also be first in the nation with a seamless network of priced express lanes.
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Infographic: How Indiana’s School Finance System Works
Indiana should reduce reliance on local revenues and move funding to a state formula so charter schools and districts are funded on an equal footing.
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Sen. Warren Chose Private School For Her Son, But Aims to Limit School Choice Programs
Sen. Warren’s radically anti-choice education plan would ban for-profit charter schools, end federal funding for new charters and make it more difficult to open them.
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The CDC Botched Its Vaping Investigation And Helped Spark A National Panic
Instead of conducting a reasonable investigation and giving consumers useful advice, CDC has been deliberately ambiguous and helped prompt a national panic.
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Infographic: How South Carolina’s School Finance System Works
A better alternative would be to give local leaders autonomy over how education dollars are spent.
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A Vaping Ban Would Be Bad Policy and Bad Politics
A full flavor prohibition is both unnecessary and unlikely to solve the teen vaping problem.