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Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market
Public employers should adopt plans that best meet the realistic career patterns of employees and prospective employees.
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Michigan takes step toward local government transparency
Michigan is now the second state to adopt machine-readable local government financial reporting legislation.
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California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money
Even though there are fewer kids in public schools, the state’s education spending continues to go up.
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Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities
The superior and more cost effective approach for lower traffic fatalities lies in data-gathering, local partnerships, community education, and re-engineering when necessary.
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What the movement to break up big tech gets wrong about our digital economy
The uncertainty, fast-moving innovation, and large pool of ideas that characterize online platforms make new competition inevitable.
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Dealing with public opposition to new tolls
The current 20th-century funding system disguises the real cost of building and operating major highways and bridges.
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Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats
In most states, where you live determines where you can go to school.
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The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation
If the FDA is truly interested in promoting smoking cessation and saving lives, there are more effective ways to do this than a prohibition.
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As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds
The race for higher yields and the increased volatility that comes with it can threaten the fiscal health of public pension plans.
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Congressional bipartisanship shouldn’t lack fiscal responsibility
Today’s bipartisan action makes the debt challenges we’re imposing on our children and grandchildren even worse.
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California’s unfunded pension liabilities will burden state and local governments
CalPERS now has approximately $611 billion in pension debt and is 72% funded.
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What Congress needs to know about drone airspace integration
Congress should pay close attention to ongoing activities in the drone industry and at FAA.
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Social media companies and Section 230 are not to blame for Jan. 6 riot
Section 230 helps protect free speech online.
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Wisconsin’s open enrollment policy success is a model for states looking to increase educational opportunities
Wisconsin's public school open enrollment program has grown from serving less than 3,000 students in the 1998-99 school year to 70,428 students in the 2020-21 school year.
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Amtrak’s Gulf Coast line proposal would make taxpayers prop up a financially unsustainable service
Policymakers should look to rail alternatives that require no (or smaller) per-passenger subsidies and less interference with freight rail.
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Regulations keep homeownership out of reach for young Americans
Housing policy reforms are urgently needed to place homeownership back within the reach of younger adults.
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Reformed pensions in Arizona, Michigan receiving supplemental funding to pay down debt faster
Arizona and Michigan’s recent treatment of funding for pension systems is an example of the value of comprehensive pension reform.
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Examining the populations best served by defined benefit and defined contribution plans
The claim that a defined benefit plan is more efficient than a defined contribution plan, purely on a basis of cost, overlooks a larger and more meaningful perspective regarding benefit distribution.
