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  • The FDA Must Resist the Irrational Fear of Vaping
    The FDA Must Resist the Irrational Fear of Vaping

    The FDA must recognize that regulating too much can be just as lethal as regulating too little.

    By Guy Bentley
    August 7, 2018

  • The Texas Teacher Pension System Lowers Its Investment Return Assumption
    The Texas Teacher Pension System Lowers Its Investment Return Assumption

    By lowering its assumed rate of return, Texas TRS has taken an important step toward long-term solvency.

    By Marc Joffe
    August 1, 2018

  • Pension Reform Helps Improve Michigan’s Credit Rating
    Pension Reform Helps Improve Michigan’s Credit Rating

    Pension reform cited as one of the major reasons for the credit rating increase in Michigan.

    By Jen Sidorova
    July 31, 2018

  • Reflections on Michigan’s Ongoing Pension Reform Project
    Reflections on Michigan’s Ongoing Pension Reform Project

    The state of Michigan has continued its pattern of being a trend setter on pension reform.

    By Anthony Randazzo and Leonard Gilroy
    July 31, 2018

  • Mileage-Based User Fees Are a Promising Successor to the Gas Tax
    Mileage-Based User Fees Are a Promising Successor to the Gas Tax

    The United States needs a new funding policy to fund its surface transportation network.

    By Connor Kitchings and Baruch Feigenbaum
    July 30, 2018

  • Rethinking California’s Highways as Public Utilities
    Rethinking California’s Highways as Public Utilities

    It’s not hard to see that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way we fund and manage highways.

    By Robert Poole
    July 28, 2018

  • More Positive Signs for Colorado’s Pension
    More Positive Signs for Colorado’s Pension

    Early signs continue to support Reason Foundation’s analysis.

    By Zachary Christensen
    July 28, 2018

  • Trump’s Postal Task Force Can Solve USPS’s Financial Woes Through Initial Public Offering
    Trump’s Postal Task Force Can Solve USPS’s Financial Woes Through Initial Public Offering

    Opening up USPS to competition and capital investment through an IPO is a great way to save taxpayer money and encourage innovation.

    By Nicholas DeSimone
    July 27, 2018

  • Comments on FDA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Regulation of Premium Cigars
    Comments on FDA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Regulation of Premium Cigars

    Docket No. ID: FDA-2017-N-6107 Regulation of Premium Cigars

    By Guy Bentley
    July 25, 2018

  • GRS Dominates Public Pension Actuarial Consulting, followed by Milliman and Cavanaugh Macdonald
    GRS Dominates Public Pension Actuarial Consulting, followed by Milliman and Cavanaugh Macdonald

    A database of over 500 public pension plans reveals over $5 trillion in total liabilities and over $1.4 trillion in unfunded liabilities, the majority of which are overseen by a few actuarial firms.

    By Elizabeth Myers
    July 23, 2018

  • Comments on FDA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Flavored Tobacco Products
    Comments on FDA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Flavored Tobacco Products

    Docket No. ID: FDA-2017-N-6565 Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products

    By Guy Bentley
    July 19, 2018

  • Rent Control Laws Nearly Destroyed Parts of New York City. They Could Do the Same to California
    Rent Control Laws Nearly Destroyed Parts of New York City. They Could Do the Same to California

    New York’s rent controls created shortages and under-investment.

    By Marc Joffe
    July 17, 2018

  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court Could End Ill-Advised Soda Tax
    Pennsylvania Supreme Court Could End Ill-Advised Soda Tax

    If public education and other programs funded by the tax are truly important, they deserve a more reliable source of funding.

    By Allie Howell
    July 17, 2018

  • Philadelphia Wants to Tax Its Way to Affordable Housing
    Philadelphia Wants to Tax Its Way to Affordable Housing

    Taxing developers does not address the underlying issues plaguing the city: high construction costs and low incomes.

    By Allie Howell
    July 16, 2018

  • Comments on FDA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes
    Comments on FDA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes

    Docket No. FDA-2017-N-6189

    By Guy Bentley
    July 13, 2018

  • California Needs to Hurry up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game
    California Needs to Hurry up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game

    Other states are moving quickly.

    By Guy Bentley
    July 9, 2018

  • California Needs to Hurry Up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game
    California Needs to Hurry Up and Get in the Sports Gambling Game

    California should join the growing movement to legalize sports gambling

    By Guy Bentley
    July 9, 2018

  • It Will Hurt, but it is Time for California to Walk Away from High-Speed Rail Fiasco
    It Will Hurt, but it is Time for California to Walk Away from High-Speed Rail Fiasco

    Reality has failed to live up to the state’s promises.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum and Rebeca Castaneda
    July 6, 2018

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