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Proposed Bill Offers Hope for Louisiana State Parks’ Severe Funding Challenges
Louisiana, a state which faces difficult finances, has absorbed $12 million of the department's cuts to its Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. Recent legislation offers a potential solution to Louisiana state parks' funding woes.
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How to Deal With High Toll Rates and Other Issues on Express Toll Lane Networks
Urban areas need to address these challenges or risk losing the large benefits of these toll lane networks.
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Indiana Can Serve as a Model for Private Infrastructure Investment
Critics are overstating the problems Indiana’s public-private partnership toll road deals have had and largely ignoring the benefits they’ve delivered.
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Southern California’s Transit Agencies Need to Evolve
By transitioning to service managers, transit agencies can match customers and service providers.
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Federal Fuel Economy Standards are Costly, Inefficient and Harm the Environment
New vehicles sold in the U.S. must comply with Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite studies showing that these standards are both costly and inefficient.
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As Local Governments Deal With Pension Crisis, Key Case Heads to State Supreme Court
California Supreme Court case on San Diego pension reforms will impact cities and counties across state.
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How the Race in Tobacco Innovation is a Win for Public Health
Heat Not Burn (HNB), a new line of nicotine-free products by Tobacco Companies, reach out to a new demographic of smokers who are health conscious.
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Proposed Pennsylvania DOC Contracting Tax Could Undermine, Not Help, Recidivism Reduction
Tax could divert resources from current efforts aimed at reducing recidivism, increase costs to taxpayers.
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To Equate Suncoast School for Innovative Studies’s Recent Decline With its Charter Status Would be Unfair
Despite a charter school coming in at a D rating, the Florida grading system is doing what it's supposed to do- keeping the education system accountable and pushing schools to be their best.