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As more states legalize marijuana, the Department of Transportation looks to change drug testing policies
Drug tests for marijuana use continue to reflect a bygone zero-tolerance approach and fail to reliably detect on-duty use and intoxication.
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Open enrollment would help South Carolina’s students
Adopting strong open enrollment policies would be a boon to South Carolina families whose education options would no longer depend on where they can afford to live.
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155 local governments across the U.S. lost a total of $61 million operating public golf courses in 2020
In a review of 221 public golf courses, 155 lost money, including five that lost more than $2 million in 2020.
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As student enrollment declines, California’s school districts should right-size their spending
Instead of waiting for the next economic downturn to force them to make spending cuts, school districts should use this moment to right-size benefits and reduce non-instructional expenses.
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California complicates state’s struggling legal marijuana system with more rules
The changes would make it even more costly and burdensome for cannabis industry businesses to operate in California’s legal marijuana market.
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Social media companies are free to make bad decisions
Social media companies are free to set their terms of service and moderate content as they choose. But this doesn’t mean their policies are smart.
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Inflation could significantly raise costs for some public pension systems
Most public retirement systems have established policies to limit annual cost spikes from cost-of-living adjustments during inflationary periods.
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Growing agreement that government regulations are driving up the costs of vital infrastructure
We may have an unprecedented opportunity to reform the National Environmental Policy Act.
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The Great Resignation highlights the need for public pension plans to adapt to today’s mobile workforce
Governments should consider modernizing their retirement plans and options for workers who don’t intend to stay in one position or with one employer for multiple decades.
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Biden doubles down on Title I funding increase in 2023 budget proposal despite program’s poor record
The administration wants to double the funding for a federal program that has failed in its aim to close achievement gaps between low-income and higher-income students.
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Colorado’s proposed flavored tobacco ban would worsen public health and criminal justice inequities
A ban on flavored tobacco products would likely lead to the growth of illicit tobacco markets and more policing in minority communities.
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A chance to enter a new era of financial transparency and awareness for public pension plans
Nearly every group of Americans should appreciate the new required public pension disclosure.
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The real danger of mandatory reciprocal switching is freight rail stagnation
The Surface Transportation Board should not amend its reciprocal switching regulations until it can credibly show that the benefits would exceed the costs.
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Class action lawsuits against CUSIP could improve government transparency
In the case of CUSIP numbers, a strong intellectual property claim hinders our ability to monitor state and local debt.
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Why Nashville would get a smaller funding increase than other urban school districts in Tennessee’s education finance reform
A central goal of Gov. Bill Lee's education funding reform is to reduce unfair funding gaps between school districts, so they can’t all receive an equal funding boost.
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California drivers pay nation’s highest gas taxes for roads and bridges in poor condition
In addition to the 18.4 cents a gallon federal fuel tax, California’s drivers pay 51.1 cents per gallon in state gas taxes, plus state and local sales taxes.
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Deferred retirement option plans expose public pensions to unique risks
When looking into public pension plans that offer a DROP, a clear trend emerges: poorly funded plans and a swamp of unfunded liabilities.
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Report finds ‘oversights’ and ‘lack of transparency’ led to Pennsylvania pension system error
The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) is increasingly dependent on highly specialized and expensive consultants to meet its fiduciary responsibilities.
