Commentaries

Washington State Legislature Rejects Anti-Privatization Bill

Legislation would have created barriers to competitive contracting

By Leonard Gilroy
March 31, 2014

Detroit Seeking Private Partners for Water/Wastewater System

Operations & maintenance contract, long-term concession among options being explored

By Leonard Gilroy
March 31, 2014

Privatized Parking a Win-Win in Indianapolis

Efficiency, operational improvements enhancing revenue to the city

By Leonard Gilroy
March 31, 2014

Landowners Are the Key to Prairie Chicken Conservation

The successful approach is incentives-based, not top-down

By Brian Seasholes
March 28, 2014

Open Letter Challenges Autodealer Rent Seeking in New Jersey

By Anthony Randazzo
March 26, 2014

Innovators in Action (March 2014 edition): Turning Pontiac, Michigan into a Contract City to Solve Financial Emergency

By Leonard Gilroy
March 25, 2014

From Traditional to Contract City: Navigating Financial Distress in Pontiac

Interview with Louis Schimmel, former Emergency Manager, City of Pontiac, Michigan

By Leonard Gilroy and Michael LaFaive
March 25, 2014

Propping Up Unions at Taxpayers’ Expense

Charter cities challenge California's attempt to take away their fiscal autonomy

By Leonard Gilroy
March 24, 2014

Latest Round of TIGER Grants Continues Funding of Questionable Projects

By Baruch Feigenbaum and Michelangelo Landgrave
March 22, 2014

Some Good News on Highways and Bridges

By Robert Poole
March 21, 2014

Concerned About School Violence? Budgetary Autonomy is the Answer, Not Prescriptive Ratios

By Ethan Roberts
March 21, 2014

Federal Education Funds Should Enable School Choice and Follow the Child

By Katie Furtick
March 20, 2014

PreCheck Becoming More Risk-Based

By Robert Poole
March 20, 2014

More School Districts Move toward “Recovery-style” Model for Greater School Autonomy

By Ethan Roberts
March 18, 2014

Proposed WA & NJ E-Cigarette Taxes Would Perpetuate Smoking

By Leonard Gilroy
March 12, 2014

Washington State and New Jersey Legislatures Consider Massive Taxes on E-Cigarettes That Would Perpetuate Smoking

Punitive taxes would discourage smokers from switching to a safer alternative, harming public health

By Leonard Gilroy
March 11, 2014

California 2014 High Speed Rail Business Plan Is Off Track

By Michelangelo Landgrave
March 6, 2014

The Intentionally Unrealistic FY2015 Budget

By Anthony Randazzo
March 4, 2014