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  • Suburban Atlanta Voters Rejected a Tax Increase for Mass Transit, Again
    Suburban Atlanta Voters Rejected a Tax Increase for Mass Transit, Again

    Voters rejected a one percent sales tax increase for transit expansion for the second time in two years.

    By Baruch Feigenbaum
    December 7, 2020

  • On High-Speed Rail, Look at the Costs and Results Before You Leap
    On High-Speed Rail, Look at the Costs and Results Before You Leap

    President-elect Joe Biden has talked about a “rail revolution” that would include large increases in funding for Amtrak and potentially coast-to-coast high-speed rail service.

    By Robert Poole
    December 4, 2020

  • The Negative Impacts of Massachusetts’ Flavored Tobacco Ban
    The Negative Impacts of Massachusetts’ Flavored Tobacco Ban

    Cigarette sales skyrocketed in neighboring states and the new black market will result in more overpolicing of minority communities.

    By Guy Bentley
    December 2, 2020

  • The Striking Achievement Disparities Between Boys and Girls in the Education System
    The Striking Achievement Disparities Between Boys and Girls in the Education System

    The current pandemic-related adjustments could be providing significantly different learning environments in which many boys can thrive.

    By Christian Barnard
    November 25, 2020

  • Some State Pension Plans Try to Downplay Poor Investment Returns
    Some State Pension Plans Try to Downplay Poor Investment Returns

    The only standard that matters to plan members and taxpayers is whether the public pension system is meeting its expected investment returns.

    By Steven Gassenberger
    November 24, 2020

  • Public Pension Funds Should Avoid Social Investing Strategies
    Public Pension Funds Should Avoid Social Investing Strategies

    Basing investment strategies on environmental, social, and governance factors would likely violate public pension fiduciary duties.

    By Alix Ollivier and Leonard Gilroy
    November 23, 2020

  • How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Truckers and Highways
    How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Truckers and Highways

    Long-term toll concessions, like one proposed in Denver, are the trucking industry’s best hope for achieving its goal of a rebuilt and modernized Interstate highway system.

    By Robert Poole
    November 23, 2020

  • Census Bureau Finds State and Local Pension Contributions Come Up Short
    Census Bureau Finds State and Local Pension Contributions Come Up Short

    Only 76.1 percent of surveyed pension plans paid their full actuarially determined contribution in 2019, according to Census Bureau data.

    By Marc Joffe and Jen Sidorova
    November 22, 2020

  • How California’s Flavored Tobacco Ban Will Hurt Communities and Budgets
    How California’s Flavored Tobacco Ban Will Hurt Communities and Budgets

    Prohibitions on flavored tobacco products can lead to over-policing in disadvantaged communities and hurt state and local budgets.

    By Jacob James Rich
    November 18, 2020

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