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Congress Has Opportunity to Reform our Low-Tech Air Traffic Control System
Every time you fly, your flight is guided by air traffic controllers. Although our air traffic control (ATC) system is the world’s busiest, it is no longer the world’s most-advanced nor the most efficient.
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A Vote to Modernize the Air Traffic Control System
America’s efforts to modernize its air traffic control system are over budget, behind schedule and far less advanced than in other countries.
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Trump’s Reversal on Public-Private Partnerships Is Bad News for California Roads
After taking office, Trump’s transportation team highlighted how public-private partnerships could help fund the proposed $1 trillion worth of infrastructure improvements. But Trump has reportedly changed his mind.
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California’s Bail System Is Unjust and Expensive
In California, you’ll be forced to sit in jail until you either plead guilty to the charges or you get acquitted after going to trial. Pre-trial justice systems should be based upon public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness.
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Self-Driving Cars Delivering Pizza in Other States Should Worry California
Cities and states that embrace them or put up the fewest barriers should reap the earliest and biggest economic rewards. California needs to re-evaluate its policies on self-driving cars.
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Congress Should Repeal Sports Gambling Ban, Let California Chart its Own Path
Southern California is now home to two NFL teams. But if you want to bet on those teams, you’ll have to go to Las Vegas.
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Michael Bloomberg Wasted $10 Million Trying to Convince Chicago-Area Cook County to Keep its Soda Tax
Residents of Cook County, Ill. are celebrating a much-needed win for consumer freedom with the Board of Commissioners opting to repeal the sweetened beverage tax in a landslide vote of 15-2.
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Why I’m Happy With My Move From California to Florida
Lower taxes and better services, how Florida does a better job for taxpayers.
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Perpetual Mismanagement Threatens Solvency of the Chicago Pension Systems
What we know so far about the Chicago pension crisis.
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The FDA Has a Golden Opportunity to Save Smokers’ Lives
Back in July, the Food and Drug Administration committed itself to a new strategy to tackling smoking.
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If President Trump Abandons Support for Public-Private Partnerships, He’ll Have Trouble Delivering on Infrastructure Promises
Public-private partnerships should play an important role in infrastructure investment, but reports say Trump has changed his position on using P3s to fund $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
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Time to Free Air Traffic Control from the Federal Bureaucracy
A major battle is under way to improve the air traffic control (ATC) system by removing it from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the national air safety regulator.