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Fixing the plea bargaining process is an essential criminal justice reform
Plea bargaining is overused and abused, often to the detriment of justice.
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Latest Mobile River Bridge and Bayway plan raises a lot of questions
By rejecting the previous public-private partnership proposal, the Alabama Department of Transportation has placed a heavy burden on itself.
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Qualified immunity enables misconduct and prevents accountability
Qualified immunity is in profound disharmony with the core American value that no one is above the law.
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Forcing public pension plans to make political investing decisions could hurt taxpayers and retirees
State lawmakers shouldn’t force their environmental or social goals onto pension fund managers.
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Florida’s proposed data privacy law would hurt consumers and businesses
While trying to give consumers more control over their data, House Bill 9 violates several of the best practices for good consumer privacy laws.
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Finding ways to finance the reconstruction of America’s bridges
The Mobile River Bridge in Alabama is just one of many major bridges that need to be replaced with modern facilities.
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Another congressional hearing, but few improvements at WMATA
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board is fundamentally flawed.
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Oregon moves ahead on legal psychedelic therapy rules
Many eyes will be fixed on Oregon over the next few years as it pioneers an approach to legal therapeutic psilocybin use that could become a model for other states.
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Recalibrating expectations for the true potential of automated vehicles
We will be dealing with a large amount of uncertainty about both AV technology and policy for some time.
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How public pension plans can use last year’s investment returns to reduce debt and future risk
Lowering investment return rate assumptions can help reduce the risks of future shortfalls and ensure proper funding of retirement benefits for teachers and other public workers.
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Public pension plans need to consider the risks and drawbacks of environmental, social and governance investing
ESG investing may be at odds with public pension systems' responsibility to safeguard public employees' retirement benefits at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers.
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The SEC’s proposed exchange rule change would stifle innovation and technology growth
The ramifications of so many changes are likely not well understood by all parties involved and could alter the market in unpredictable or unhealthy ways.
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South Carolina’s proposed education funding reform would benefit students and taxpayers
Gov. McMaster’s 2022 budget outlines a plan to simplify how the $5.4 billion in state education funding is spent.
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Fearmongering about crack pipes aims to undermine effective harm reduction policies and safe injection sites
Based on actual data, it’s difficult to argue against the effectiveness of supervised injection sites and other harm reduction approaches as the preferred method for combating drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths.
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Courts allow border agents to freely search Americans’ cell phones
“Americans’ rights shouldn’t evaporate when we’re near the border,” said Sen. Ron Wyden.
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Arizona’s kids need expanded transportation options to get to the schools of their choice
Some of Arizona’s highest-quality schools are unable to offer student transportation thanks to outdated state laws.
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Laserweeding could eventually eliminate the need for many chemical herbicides
Technological advancements could largely negate the future need for chemical herbicides.
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Despite historic 2021 returns, many public pension plans are wisely preparing for lower investment returns
Public pension plans also need to resist the temptation to use last year's one-off, one-year investment return windfalls to fund new benefits like higher cost-of-living adjustments.
