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A Not-So-Simulative COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
The costly, ill-timed and poorly targeted COVID relief measure now in Congress is unlikely to achieve its goals.
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Analysis of Texas School District Open Enrollment Data
Three percent of Texas students transferred to a traditional public school outside of their assigned school district in the 2018-2019 school year.
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New York State’s Other Post-Employment Benefit Problem
New York's public sector entities have more than $300 billion of unfunded other post-employment benefit liabilities.
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Debatable Ideas: Examining Key Transportation Issues, Myths and Misconceptions
In this series, Reason's transportation policy analysts examine key infrastructure issues, including common myths and misconceptions found in today's policy debates.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Show the Need for Funding Students, Not Systems
Parents across the country are increasingly tired of fights between school-district leaders and teachers’ unions over whether classrooms should open for in-person instruction.
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How State Policies Are Worsening The U.S. Doctor Shortage
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the ways in which state policies that restrict out-of-state doctors from practicing within their borders hurt the nation's healthcare system.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: New Analysis of Other Post Employment Benefit Debt, Florida Considers Pension Reform, and More
Plus: Nebraska legislature looks at stress testing to help municipal pension plans, why paying down unfunded liabilities makes sense for taxpayers, and more.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter: Funding Infrastructure, Retiree Health Care Liabilities, and More
Plus: State revenue figures exceed expectations during pandemic, executive order on private prisons, Mississippi privatization bills, and more.
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Do Texas Charter Schools Receive More Funding Than the State’s School Districts?
Charter schools receive about $813 less per pupil on average than traditional public schools, a discrepancy that is driven by facilities funding.
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The Relationship Between Public Pension Investments and Declining Bond Yields
As interest rates from fixed-income investments like corporate and government bonds decline, public pension plans have shifted assets away from these investment types.
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Montana Public Employee Retirement System (MPERS) Pension Solvency Analysis
The Montana Public Employee Retirement System public pension plan is only 74 percent funded.
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Express Bus and Express Lanes System for the San Francisco Bay Area
This study examines how a new approach to bus transit could assist in improving mobility in the region.
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Analysis of New Mexico House Bill 12: The Cannabis Regulation Act
Recently proposed legislation in New Mexico represents the most streamlined legislative proposal for marijuana legalization in the state to date.
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Testimony: Michigan Can Improve Pension Systems’ Assumptions, Funding Methods
Package of bills would improve the financial sustainability of the state's pension funds, while keeping the promises the state has made to its employees and retirees.
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Do Lower Speed Limits Make Roadways Safer?
Part four of Reason's Debatable Ideas series examines the best practices for setting speed limits, especially on urban arterials.
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House COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Has Big Differences In Per Capita Money Going to States
The allocation formula used by the legislation benefits low population states and those that had high unemployment rates at the end of last year.
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Help Solve Transit Deserts by Investing in Bus Service
Using the cost-per-trip metric would help reward transit agencies with high ridership and low costs, which should be a goal of any government program.
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Oregon Decriminalizes Drugs, Replaces Arrests With Health Care
Oregon is hoping to duplicate Portugal's dramatic success with drug decriminalization.
