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  • Oregon Privatization Report Offers Bold Solutions to Pension Crisis
    Oregon Privatization Report Offers Bold Solutions to Pension Crisis

    Task force report lays the groundwork for a number of privatization measures that would benefit the state's economy.

    By Austill Stuart and Daniel Takash
    January 3, 2018

  • Contracting for Out-of-State Prison Beds: Vermont’s Experience with Public vs. Private Provision
    Contracting for Out-of-State Prison Beds: Vermont’s Experience with Public vs. Private Provision

    Inmate access, transparency challenges in intergovernmental agreement for Vermont prison beds

    By Austill Stuart
    December 22, 2017

  • Pension Funding Policies are Putting Colorado’s Credit Rating at Risk
    Pension Funding Policies are Putting Colorado’s Credit Rating at Risk

    By Zachary Christensen
    December 21, 2017

  • Congestion Pricing Improves Traffic Flow
    Congestion Pricing Improves Traffic Flow

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    December 18, 2017

  • Understanding the $40 Tolls to Use I-66 in the DC Area
    Understanding the $40 Tolls to Use I-66 in the DC Area

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    December 18, 2017

  • Louisiana Undercuts its Public Teachers, New Study Finds
    Louisiana Undercuts its Public Teachers, New Study Finds

    By Anil Niraula
    December 15, 2017

  • Are Pension Trusts the Answer to California Local Government Pension Problems
    Are Pension Trusts the Answer to California Local Government Pension Problems

    As California local governments face skyrocketing pension costs, some are looking at Section 115 Trusts as a way to pay down unfunded liabilities.

    By Marc Joffe
    December 14, 2017

  • Pension Contributions Crowding Out Public Services Across California
    Pension Contributions Crowding Out Public Services Across California

    By Truong Bui
    December 13, 2017

  • Carrier Deal Speaks Timeless Truth – Markets Cannot be Bought
    Carrier Deal Speaks Timeless Truth – Markets Cannot be Bought

    By Spence Purnell
    December 12, 2017

  • The Revival of Revenue-Risk Highway Public-Private Partnerships
    The Revival of Revenue-Risk Highway Public-Private Partnerships

    Two of the largest problems facing state governments are aging infrastructure needing significant investment and seriously under-funded public pension systems.

    By Robert Poole
    December 12, 2017

  • Shoot First, Tax Questions Later
    Shoot First, Tax Questions Later

    By Spence Purnell
    December 7, 2017

  • Struggling Ohio Pensions Seek Ways to Cut the Growing Costs
    Struggling Ohio Pensions Seek Ways to Cut the Growing Costs

    By Anil Niraula
    December 1, 2017

  • How Republican Tax Reform Could Cause You to Sit in More Traffic
    How Republican Tax Reform Could Cause You to Sit in More Traffic

    The House bill makes the mistake of killing tax-exempt private activity bonds for transportation projects. Killing these bonds will destabilize bond markets and derail infrastructure projects across the country.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    November 28, 2017

  • Michigan Municipalities Face a Retirement Benefit Crisis
    Michigan Municipalities Face a Retirement Benefit Crisis

    There is a serious need for Michigan to address its local OPEB and pension debt

    By Anthony Randazzo, Daniel Takash and Leonard Gilroy
    November 28, 2017

  • Avoiding Anti-Pension Dogmatism: The Benefits of Defined Benefit Plans
    Avoiding Anti-Pension Dogmatism: The Benefits of Defined Benefit Plans

    By Daniel Takash
    November 15, 2017

  • Evolution of State Pension Funded Ratios
    Evolution of State Pension Funded Ratios

    By Anthony Randazzo
    November 15, 2017

  • State Funded Ratios Over Time
    State Funded Ratios Over Time

    The evolution in funded ratios for state pension plans from 2001-16

    By Anthony Randazzo, Anil Niraula and Zachary Christensen
    November 15, 2017

  • Public-Private Partnerships and the Forthcoming Trump Infrastructure Plan
    Public-Private Partnerships and the Forthcoming Trump Infrastructure Plan

    Although the specifics of the White House infrastructure plan are still murky

    By Robert Poole
    November 6, 2017

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