Commentaries

State Highway Financing Models: Availability Payments v. Revenue-Risk

For projects with serious toll potential, states should invest more money upfront to shift underlying revenue risks from taxpayers to private partners

By Robert Poole
November 7, 2014

Another Endangered Species Act Legal Victory for Landowners and Conservation

By Brian Seasholes
November 6, 2014

North Dakota in the Crosshairs of the Endangered Species Act

By Brian Seasholes
November 3, 2014

Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #12 (October 2014 edition)

By Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2014

School Services Contracting Continues Rise in Michigan

Two-thirds of Michigan school districts contract out food, custodial and/or transportation services

By Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2014

Report Finds Slow Recovery, Fiscal Headwinds for Cities

Despite tenuous recovery, pensions, healthcare, and infrastructure needs pose lingering fiscal challenges

By Leonard Gilroy
October 30, 2014

Innovators in Action (October 2014 edition): Evolving the Public-Private Partnership Model in Johns Creek, Georgia

By Leonard Gilroy
October 29, 2014

Evolving the Public-Private Partnership Model in Johns Creek, Georgia

Interview with Mike Bodker, Mayor, Johns Creek, Georgia

By Leonard Gilroy
October 29, 2014

Burdensome Regulations on Ridesharing Companies Won’t Ensure Road Safety

By Brian Deignan
October 27, 2014

Poor Financial Estimates Plague Orange County, CA Retirement System

The county needs to enact reforms or risk bankruptcy

By Anthony Randazzo
October 21, 2014

Map and State-based Conservation Plans Refute Popular Narrative that Sage Grouse Needs Endangered Species Act Protection

By Brian Seasholes
October 16, 2014

Pennsylvanias State Employees Retirement System: Does the Defined Benefit Plan Benefit Public Employees?

By Truong Bui
October 15, 2014

Connecticut’s Pension Problem: “Born Broke”

By Truong Bui
October 14, 2014

Interview: How to End the Public-Sector Pension Crisis

By Truong Bui
October 13, 2014

Podcast: Prospects for State Pension Reform

By Truong Bui
October 13, 2014

Plastic Bag Ban Hurts California’s Economy

Research demonstrates enormous direct and indirect costs to consumers

By Lance Christensen
October 13, 2014

Free Market Technology Improvements do More to Improve Driver Safety Than Government Advertising Campaigns

By Brian Deignan
October 10, 2014

‘Sage Grouse Success is Inextricably Linked to Ranching and Farming in the West,? according to the co-author of a groundbreaking new study.

By Brian Seasholes
October 9, 2014