Below is a roundup of recent articles on privatization, covering highlights from the last two weeks:
- “Finance Coalition Touts Private Stimulus,” Wall Street Journal
- “DHR defends mental care plan,” Atlanta Journal Constitution
- “Lawmakers sharply question plan to privatize mental hospitals,” Atlanta Journal Constitution
- “Cuts run deep in Perdue’s budget proposal,” Macon Telegraph
- “First, chart SPA course change,” Charleston Post Courier
- “Asset privatization talk heats up,” Crain’s Cleveland Business
- “Pol wants free market brought to bear on workers’ comp monopoly,” Columbus Business First
- “Gov. wants to privatize Pike service plazas,” Boston Herald
- “Budget woes prompt states to rethink prison policy,” The Associated Press
- “A higher tax on liquor, but is the state a retailer?,” Seattle Times
- “Liquor Sales: Add the stores,” Seattle Post Intelligencer
- “Virginia state liquor monopoly to continue,” Warren County Report
- “Outsourced cities consider options during recession,” Atlanta Journal Constitution
- “American Water lauded for Phoenix plant,” Philadelphia Inquirer
- “Charlotte studies privatization,” Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- “Tulsa: Lawmaker pushes for private prison use in Oklahoma,” NewsOK.com
- “Milwaukee County call center County panel rejects call center privatization,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- “School budget woes prompt look at privatization plan,” Mirror
- “Somerville, Raritan Borough consider public-works consolidation,” Scarlet Scuttlebutt
- “Regional wastewater plan rejected by council,” Bethany Beach Wave
- “Big Chino money matters top Prescott council agenda,” Prescott Daily Courier
Previous roundups are here and here. “ Reason’s Annual Privatization Report 2008 “ Reason’s Privatization Research and Commentary