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As Debt Grows, New Mexico Pension Plan Considers Retirement Benefit Reductions for Teachers
Benefit cuts could be avoided if the state moves to fix the systematic issues plaguing the public pension plan.
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Why Increasing Education Spending Might Not Boost Teacher Pay
The United States already spends more on public education per student than almost any other developed nation in the world but does not make the top of the lists for teachers’ salaries.
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A New Challenge to U.S. Highway Public-Private Partnerships
A revenue-risk concession is a highway business, which has the kind of direct customer-provider relationship that you have with your cell-phone company and other service providers.
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South Dakota Officials Seek to Overturn Voter-Approved Marijuana Legalization
South Dakota should implement the new voter-approved marijuana laws with reasonable safeguards tailored to the needs of the state.
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Suburban Atlanta Voters Rejected a Tax Increase for Mass Transit, Again
Voters rejected a one percent sales tax increase for transit expansion for the second time in two years.
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On High-Speed Rail, Look at the Costs and Results Before You Leap
President-elect Joe Biden has talked about a “rail revolution” that would include large increases in funding for Amtrak and potentially coast-to-coast high-speed rail service.
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Surface Transportation News: Annual Highway Report Rankings, Concerns About Electric Vehicles, and More
Plus: Replacing obsolete interstate bridges, how to establish the safety of automated vehicles, trucks and mileage-based user fees, and more.
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Assessing the Results of the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program
This report offers a detailed review of the most recent attempt to boost passenger rail by funding high-speed rail projects and improving service in Amtrak corridors.
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The Negative Impacts of Massachusetts’ Flavored Tobacco Ban
Cigarette sales skyrocketed in neighboring states and the new black market will result in more overpolicing of minority communities.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: Pension Plans Should Avoid Social Investing Strategies, Analysis of Louisiana’s Pension Systems, and More
Plus: Census Bureau data on state pension contributions, how plans are downplaying bad investment returns, and more.
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The Striking Achievement Disparities Between Boys and Girls in the Education System
The current pandemic-related adjustments could be providing significantly different learning environments in which many boys can thrive.
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Some State Pension Plans Try to Downplay Poor Investment Returns
The only standard that matters to plan members and taxpayers is whether the public pension system is meeting its expected investment returns.
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Public Pension Funds Should Avoid Social Investing Strategies
Basing investment strategies on environmental, social, and governance factors would likely violate public pension fiduciary duties.
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How Public-Private Partnerships Can Help Truckers and Highways
Long-term toll concessions, like one proposed in Denver, are the trucking industry’s best hope for achieving its goal of a rebuilt and modernized Interstate highway system.
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Census Bureau Finds State and Local Pension Contributions Come Up Short
Only 76.1 percent of surveyed pension plans paid their full actuarially determined contribution in 2019, according to Census Bureau data.
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Aviation Policy News: How Competition Will Reshape U.S. Airlines, FAA’s New Space Launch Policy, and More
Plus: Progress on rural broadband, remote tower progress—and opposition—in Europe, electric VTOLs heading toward certification, and more.
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25th Annual Highway Report: Urban Arterial Pavement Condition
Overall, urban arterial pavement condition is in much worse condition than rural arterials, rural Interstates, or urban Interstates.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Wins Reason Foundation’s Savas Award
“His vision of free markets continues to guide federal communications policy and his advocacy of ‘the democratization of entrepreneurship’ ensures greater and faster online access for all.”
