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Los Angeles Metro’s Long-Term Plan Doesn’t Effectively Improve Transportation or Plan for Future
In 2019, fewer than 5 percent of LA commuters used mass transit. Yet, Metro's plan spends $80 billion on new transit capital construction.
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Removing Restrictions of Nurse Practitioners Could Expand Access to Health Care
More states should allow nurse practitioners to practice independently and to the full extent of their training.
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Why Low Interest Rates Are Bad News for Public Pension Plans
The impact low interest rates have on state public pension plans struggling to meet overly optimistic assumed rates of return.
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Montana Should Prioritize Recidivism Reduction Programs in Prison Contracts
Awarding funding to contracted correctional facilities based on recidivism-reduction efforts would lead to long-term cost savings.
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The Implications of California Governor’s Plan to Eliminate Gasoline-Powered Cars
A rapid move away from gasoline-powered cars raises many practical concerns, including how the state would pay for road maintenance.
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Transit Agencies Have At Least $49 Billion in Retirement Debt And Shouldn’t Be Bailed Out
A review of 30 large transit operators shows they have aggregate unfunded pension liabilities of $31 billion and other post-employment benefits liabilities of $18 billion.
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As Policing Changes, So Should Their Retirement Plans
It is critical that public safety retirement plans are designed to meet today's career mobility realities.
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Federal Public-Private Partnership Legislation: A Modest Proposal For Transportation Projects
There is a case for bipartisan agreement on policy changes that cost the government nothing but would increase the extent to which private capital is invited to invest in rebuilding America’s aging infrastructure.
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Watch Experts Evaluate the Various Approaches to Marijuana Taxation
A panel discussion on what states have done right and wrong as they've legalized and taxed marijuana.
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Teachers and Families Could Benefit From School Choice Reforms
School choice reforms could raise teacher pay, provide a check on top-down curriculum requirements and standardized testing, and give power back to educators and families.
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California’s Ongoing Battle Against Uber and Lyft Hurts Customers and Drivers
Even during a pandemic and recession, the state continues to defend Assembly Bill 5.
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Austin Cuts Police Budget But Its Public Pension Debt Keeps Growing
The Austin Police Retirement System's total unfunded liabilities reached $582 million in 2018.
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Congress Gets Surface Transportation Extension, But Now What?
Congress needs to eliminate the federal barriers that stand between states and 21st-century surface transportation infrastructure.
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The Federal Budget Process Needs Structural Change
To restore fiscal sustainability while making needed investments, like rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, the federal government needs to consider structural budget changes.
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“Nice White Parents” Podcast Series Highlights Real Public K-12 Failures—But Lets Government Off the Hook
While the podcast exposes concerning racial inequalities it fails to hold accountable the major culprits behind the unfair education system.
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Would Leasing a Toll Road Contradict the Users-Pay Principle?
Under the toll road leases that exist worldwide today, customers are protected from outsize rate increases, and their toll payments are used, properly, for the capital and operating costs of the toll road.
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Ending the US Postal Service’s Monopolies Would Better Serve Citizens
Most of the USPS' work can now be more efficiently handled by private competitors.
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Congress Needs to Get Serious About Enabling Tolling So States Can Rebuild Highways
Congress should unlock an important funding option that can be implemented with some common-sense guardrails to protect taxpayers.
