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Maryland Tolling Project Faces Challenges From Environmental Opponents
Opponents of Maryland's I-270/I-495 managed lanes project are filing lawsuits designed to derail the public-private partnership.
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Testimony: North Dakota Should Fix the State’s Inadequate Public Pension Funding Policy
The North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System can attribute over $585 million of the plan's $1.4 billion in debt to the systematic underfunding of the public pension system.
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A Vision For Better School Funding in Arkansas
Arkansas should streamline education dollars into a weighted student formula and ensure that school operational decisions are left in the hands of local leaders.
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How to Improve Special Education Funding in Arkansas
Arkansas' education funding model creates disparities between the resources school districts receive and the actual needs of special education students.
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FAA Should Encourage Private Investment to Improve Spaceports
How to better facilitate and promote private investment in space transportation infrastructure.
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How the Federal Reserve’s Actions and Low Interest Rates Impact Public and Private Retirement Savings
Policymakers should give more consideration to the adverse impacts that repressive interest rate policies have on both public and personal retirement savings.
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COVID-19’s Lasting Impact on Housing, Commuting and Climate Change
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing Californians and policymakers to adapt to accelerating trends that were already underway.
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Biden’s USDOT Is Positioned to Advance Sound Automated Vehicle Policy
Automated vehicles have the potential to dramatically improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for Americans.
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The Failures of Flavored Tobacco Bans
Massachusetts is learning how ineffective its ban on all flavored tobacco products has been.
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Social Media Companies Have the Right to Ban Users
Twitter and Facebook are free to ban whomever they want, even the president, and it should stay that way.
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Rhode Island Gov. Raimondo, Biden’s Pick for Commerce Secretary, Is a Pioneer of Public Pension Reform
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo's selection shows that addressing difficult pension challenges can be a benefit, not a liability, to one’s political career.
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Drug Policy Newsletter: Federal Marijuana Reform, Expunging Cannabis Convictions, and More
Plus: How state and local marijuana market regulations often lead to corruption, states fighting voter-approved marijuana legalization, and more.
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The Problem with Arizona’s School Finance System
The state's education funds often favor school districts with more property wealth and less poverty.
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Arizona School Finance Dashboard
This interactive data portal displays how Arizona's K-12 school district student demographics compare to school district revenues.
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Florida’s Response to COVID-19 Shows How It Could Address the Looming Physician Shortage
Lawmakers should consider permanent reforms to allow out-of-state health care professionals to more easily practice in Florida and embrace the potential of technological innovations.
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North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System Pension Solvency Analysis
The public pension plan has only 68 percent of the assets needed to fully fund the system in the long-term.
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Surface Transportation News: Claims of Highway Boondoggles, Federal Transit Policy, and More
Plus: President-elect Biden may face a truck vs. rail dilemma, toll road traffic recovery estimates, and more.
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Contribution Increases Could Help New Mexico’s Teacher Pension Plan, But More Changes Are Necessary
Recently proposed changes would improve the pension plan's funded status, but still fall far short of helping the plan reach full funding.
