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Fuel Economy Standards Hurt Consumers and the Economy
Mileage-based user fees are better suited to address the pollution associated with vehicle use.
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UC Berkeley Study: Public Pension Costs Crowding Out Other Municipal Spending Priorities
Average city pension contributions increased 69 percent in real dollars over 10 years.
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California’s High Taxes and Regulation Mean Black Market for Marijuana is Still Appealing
Successful legalization of cannabis in California would crush black markets.
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Beware of Politicians Claiming Transit Projects Will Deliver Traffic Congestion Relief
The biggest reason transit does not reduce congestion is induced demand.
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Transit Agencies Can Generate Revenue By Selling Naming Rights
A city looking to sell transit naming rights can include lawful stipulations preventing companies from certain types of industries from engaging in the bidding process, but may run into free speech concerns.
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Marijuana Legalization Can Help Solve the Opioid Problem
Marijuana legalization is chipping away at the social and personal harms of dangerous drug use more effectively and vastly less expensively than the failed War on Drugs.
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Replacing Per-Gallon Taxes With Per-Mile Charges Is the Best Path Forward
The transition from per-gallon to per-mile will be a major shift in transportation funding.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Has Good News and Bad News for California’s Highways
California ranks 42nd in the nation in overall highway conditions and cost-effectiveness, with poor rankings in urban traffic congestion and pavement condition.
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The Feds Ignore Facts in Crusade Against Smoking, and it’s Harmful to Consumers
FDA Commissioner Gottlieb is making headlines on slashing nicotine in cigarettes and regulating flavored tobacco products.
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Florida Says No to Power
Voters should demand the state open its electricity market to competition.
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Florida Passes First in the Nation Data Reporting Standards to Improve Local Government Financial Transparency
A new Florida law promises to greatly ease the task of gathering and analyzing local municipal finance statistics, including data on pension and other post-employment benefits.
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How Reducing Red Tape Improves Infrastructure
The streamlining of permit processes may not be as glitzy as big ribbon-cutting ceremonies, but it would be a major step in fast-tracking important projects and improving the nation’s infrastructure.
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How to Help the 18,000 Californians Who Need Kidney Transplants
Californians should aim to save thousands of lives by ending the kidney shortage, not just reducing the costs of dialysis.
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Florida’s Failed Business Incentives Offer a Cautionary Tale Of Gambling With Taxpayers’ Money
Despite spending more than their counterparts on job creation tax credits, the incentive-heavy counties realized no appreciable long-term gains in either gross or net job creation.
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The Uber Crash In Arizona and the Safety Potential of Self-Driving Cars
It would be an epic tragedy for us to accept 30,000-40,000 deaths caused by human drivers every year and reject driverless vehicles if they can’t promise zero deaths.
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S&P Global Ratings Lowers Credit Outlook for Cook County, Citing Unfunded Pension Liabilities
Cook County’s pension crisis is an explicit example of how pension underfunding can affect credit outlooks and ratings.
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New Jersey and the Rate of Return Rollback
A pension fund’s assumed rate of return is meant to represent the most accurate average long-term return on assets, but sometimes political factors are put ahead of accurate financial projections.
