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Public Pension Investment Performance Has Historically Fallen Short of Return Assumptions
Declining interest rates and market volatility over the last three decades have made it harder for public pension plan investment performance to match assumed rates of return - and plans have been slow to lower their assumptions.
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Watch Experts Discuss How Unintended Consequences of Vaping Bans Hurt Public Health
Vaping prohibitions also contribute to over-criminalization and the over-policing of minority communities in your city and state.
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Aviation Policy News: Airline Bailouts and Revenue Sources for Air Traffic Control During Pandemic
Plus: A supersonic project, satellite competition, high-altitude centers, and more.
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Beware of Over-Complexity in Pension Plan Reform Efforts
Promoting government inaction on public pension reform through the presentation of overly complex data is a strategy that needs to be recognized and rebuffed.
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Education Newsletter: School Finance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Plus: Families considering homeschooling have a variety of options and curriculum choices, targeting education funding to disadvantaged students, and more.
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Marijuana Legalization Could Address Criminal Justice Reform and State Revenue Concerns
Marijuana legalization not only presents the opportunity to generate additional state and local revenue but can also address much-needed criminal justice reform in states like North Carolina.
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Study: States Can Lease Toll Roads to Fund Other Infrastructure, Pay Off Debt
The study finds the middle-range of the net proceeds for these systems varies from $19 billion for the Illinois Tollway and $17 billion for the New Jersey Turnpike to just over $1 billion for the Kansas Turnpike.
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Why Governments Should Lease Their Toll Roads
The nine states studied here would have significant net proceeds from leasing their toll road systems via long-term public-private partnerships—even after paying off outstanding tax-exempt toll road bonds.
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Frequently Asked Questions: Why Should States Consider Leasing Their Toll Roads?
Why lease an asset? Won't toll rates go up? Isn't this a terrible time to consider leasing infrastructure?
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Cigarette Sales Increase as Vaping Bans Push People Back to Smoking
Many public health experts warned that banning vaping flavors would result in more adults smoking cigarettes.
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How the Ballot Language Used For California Initiatives Impacts Fairness
Simply abiding by all the legal requirements already on the books would help ensure we have honest and fair elections with results that reflect the will of the people.
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Portland’s Pension System Is Dependent on Property Values Rising
As long as the city enjoys robust property value appreciation and collects most of its tax levy, FDPR’s funding mechanism should remain sustainable.
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Amicus Brief: Bridge Aina Le‘a, LLC v. State of Hawaii Land Use Commission
This court should grant the petition for certiorari to safeguard the landowner’s fundamental right to a jury’s determination of the effect of the government’s taking and to reaffirm the Seventh Amendment guarantee of right to trial by jury.
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How Contracting Improves the Service Quality and Accountability of Mass Transit
Contracting deploys a robust set of tools to improve the service quality of mass transit systems.
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Despite Budget Deficit, Texas Must Stay Committed to Funding State Pension Plans
The state needs to maintain consistent payments to the retirement systems and adopt more risk-averse plan assumptions to protect worker benefits and prevent Texas taxpayers from being on the hook for more debt.
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Oregon Supreme Court Ruling Has Major Implications for Retirement Security and Hybrid Plan Design
The court's ruling has far-reaching implications for hybrid retirement systems like Oregon’s.
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Five Steps to Guide Transportation Spending and Planning During Coronavirus Pandemic
An approach to understanding and addressing the new challenges the coronavirus pandemic and recession bring to infrastructure funding and planning.
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The U.S. Supreme Court and the Contract Clause Today: Implications for Public Pension Reform
Who would benefit the most from a “conservative” reading of the Contract Clause? Public-employee unions.
