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Examining the Good and Bad in Oregon’s Patchwork Reforms to State Pensions
While the changes should help reduce costs to employers in the short-term, they come at the price of higher overall costs in the long-term.
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New Mexico Holds Public Hearings to Gauge Remedies for Persistent Public Pension Woes
Tackling public pension problems sooner than later will make a difference.
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California’s Proposed Opioid Tax Would Hurt Patients
Cancer patients, wounded veterans, and many others suffering from incurable pain would consistently be paying the state’s opioid tax.
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San Francisco Protects Cigarettes To Own The Vapers
In San Francisco, vaping is public enemy number one.
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Dear Fellow Health Plan Members And Medical Patients, I’m Sorry
Incentive problems plague the health care system. Market-based reforms are needed.
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To Ensure Equitable Funding for Low-Income Students, Fixing Title I Isn’t Good Enough — It Needs to Be Rebuilt From Scratch
Title I developed a dizzyingly complex funding mechanism that poses serious equity concerns for America’s poor children.
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Why States With Legalized Marijuana Should Allow Marijuana Lounges
There is an increasing need and consumer demand for lounges where marijuana products can be consumed.
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Paying More Attention to Where and How Education Funding Is Spent
The achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged U.S. students has remained unchanged for nearly 50 years.
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California Can Improve the Effectiveness of its Education Spending
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget plan now calls for $101.8 billion in education spending.
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What If Vouchers Came With More Freedom for Public School Leaders? Our Research Shows They Still Wouldn’t Go Along
Although there may be merit in such policy, deregulating public schools will not increase their leaders’ support for private school vouchers in California.
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The Debate Over Pension Debt and Government Spending in Kansas
KPERS may be substantially overestimating the value of its assets and underestimating its current pension debt.
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Sweeney Proposal Would Help Secure New Jersey Pensions
Despite criticism from some unions, the reform proposal would ensure that retirement promises made to public workers are kept.
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Education Professors Ignore the Evidence On School Choice
How could anyone get these findings so wrong?
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Public Pensions Left Out of Louisiana Debt Conversation
Acknowledging that obligation and the systemic issues that put that obligation at risk is the first step to addressing the entire debt issue for the betterment of all Louisianans, present and future.
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Pair of Bills Would Modernize North Carolina’s Alcohol Laws
Most southern states have abandoned their initial post-Prohibition regulatory regimes.
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New Risk Measures in Effect for Defined Benefit Plans
ASOP No. 51 is meant to help pension plan sponsors better understand and manage pension risk.
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California Teachers May Need Help to Avoid Retirement Savings Traps
High expense variable annuities crimp 403(b) plan investment returns. School employees should be encouraged to choose lower cost alternatives.
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Richmond, California’s Finances Remain Shaky
The city’s weak cash position leaves it less able to address contingencies, like those that might arise from a recession.
