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Connecticut’s Infrastructure Problems Require Private Sector Help
Public-private partnerships would help the state build new infrastructure and ensure infrastructure assets stay in good condition.
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Florida’s $36 Billion Problem
Florida's growing pension debt is particularly bad news for other state spending areas like education and transportation.
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Right Now, Infrastructure Policy Should Focus on Fixing and Maintaining What We Have
Congress should focus on maintaining and modernizing existing infrastructure under a “fix it first” strategy.
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Why Congress Should Expand the Use of Private Activity Bonds For Infrastructure
For megaprojects, $12 billion in private activity bonds led to $45 billion in infrastructure project activity over the past 15 years.
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How to Effectively Fund Infrastructure Projects in the United States
Open the door to hundreds of billions in private capital from investors like public pension funds. That will help build infrastructure back better.
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The Beltway, I-270 Toll Projects Protect Taxpayers In Ways the Purple Line Deal Did Not
Maryland legislation could cause private infrastructure funds to shift their focus—and much-needed money for transportation megaprojects— to other states.
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Rethinking Interstate Rest Areas
This policy brief suggests that a 21st-century Interstate system should have state-of-the-art service plazas in addition to new pavement, improved bridges, and redesigned and rebuilt interchanges in many urban areas.
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Surface Transportation News: Commercial Services on Interstate Highways, Mileage Fees, Urban Transit After COVID-19, and More
Plus: What we don’t know about per-mile highway charges, overblown concerns about impact of automation on trucking jobs, monorail projects proposed, and more.
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What Factors Impact Public Pension Reform?
This brief analyzes several different factors that impact the likelihood of state policymakers making changes to a pension plan.
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Cannabis Freedom Alliance Launches, Aims to Spur Federal Legalization of Marijuana
The new organization will advocate for federal marijuana policy that helps all Americans achieve their full potential and limit the number of barriers that inhibit innovation and entrepreneurship in a free and open market.
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Addressing the Retirement Risks Facing Today’s Public Workers
Most public retirement plans do not account for the many major financial risks that their members could face in retirement.
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The Texas Power Fiasco Shows Need to Find a Balance With Wind Power and Other Renewables
We have to stop pretending it’s all one way or the other, renewable or conventional, and strive to find the proper balance that keeps the system working and from failing its customers in deadly ways as it did in Texas.
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Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Could Offset Physician Shortage
Ample research suggests that loosening scope of practice restrictions can expand access to care and reduce costs without compromising on the quality of care.
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Do Public Workers Set Aside Additional Retirement Savings When Their Pension Plan’s Debt Grows?
A new study finds that public workers do not increase their personal savings when the fiscal health of their pension plan is in decline.
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How to Improve Access to Telehealth in Florida
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the value of flexibility and innovation in the health care sector.
