Commentaries

Bringing the Endangered Species Act in to the 21st Century Through Increased Data Transparency

By Brian Seasholes
January 28, 2015

GAO Warns on Long-Term State, Local Fiscal Imbalance

By Leonard Gilroy
January 26, 2015

GAO Sounds Warning on State, Local Budgets (Again)

Report cites growing gap between revenue, spending through the year 2060

By Leonard Gilroy
January 26, 2015

Keystone XL Poses Very Little Danger to Whooping Crane

Wind turbines and transporting oil by rail are far more significant threats

By Brian Seasholes
January 23, 2015

Government Lobbying on Pension Rules Does Not Align with Public Interest

By Truong Bui
January 20, 2015

What Caused Increases in Public Pensions UAAL?

By Truong Bui
January 20, 2015

CalPERS Pension vs. Social Security Benefit

By Truong Bui
January 20, 2015

Unsustainable Risk Taking by Public Pensions

By Truong Bui
January 20, 2015

How to Fix California’s Infrastructure Crisis

More efficiency, better prioritization of projects, and public-private partnerships can help

By Adrian Moore
January 20, 2015

Why Millennials Should Care About Pension Reform

While state government retirees collect handsome guaranteed pensions, young taxpayers will foot the bill

By Lance Christensen
January 15, 2015

Millennials and Pensions ‘ Do They Know Public Pension Systems Need Reform?

By Lance Christensen
January 13, 2015

The Saga of the Gunnison Sage Grouse and Why it Matters

By Brian Seasholes
January 9, 2015

Southern California’s Half-Trillion Dollar Transportation Plan Won’t Ease Congestion

Plan plagued by questionable funding, vague goals unrelated to transportation

By Baruch Feigenbaum
January 6, 2015

EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Legal? Maybe. Effective and Equitable? Hardly.

Plan would likely increase costs, reduce reliability of electricity

By Tom Tanton
January 6, 2015

Will Missouri Replace I-70 with a 21st Century Interstate?

The crucially important need at this point is to reiterate the business case for replacing obsolete 60-year-old I-70 with a far better I-70 for the 21st century.

By Robert Poole
January 5, 2015

Report Highlights Need for States to do Their Own Endangered Species Research

By Brian Seasholes
January 5, 2015

Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #13 (December 2014 edition)

By Leonard Gilroy
December 31, 2014

New Reports on State, City Fiscal Conditions

Reports show states continuing slow fiscal recovery, many cities still under pressure

By Leonard Gilroy
December 31, 2014