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Many Georgia Teachers Missing Out on Retirement Benefits, New Analysis Finds
The uneven nature of pension benefit accruals along with weak retention rates should signal to policymakers that they need to better tailor plan designs to the needs of public workers.
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Gov. Newsom Scales Back California High-Speed Rail Project
The decision is a victory for fiscal responsibility and commonsense transportation policy.
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The FDA Is Hurtling Toward a Historic Mistake on E-Cigarettes
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is threatening "unprecedented" action against America's most popular tool to quit smoking.
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Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Newsletter, February 2019
Some California lawmakers are acknowledging that high tax levels and too much red tape are stunting the legal marijuana market’s growth.
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Florida Needs a New Approach to the Opioid Problem
Lawsuit scapegoating doctors, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies is neither accurate nor sensible.
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Amicus Brief: Backpage.com Is Presumptively Protected by the First Amendment
The government’s unconstitutional seizure of assets and proceeds from Backpage.com and weekly newspapers is an attempt to erode the First Amendment’s carefully erected bulwarks around free expression.
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Analysis of Georgia House Bill 109 and Its Impacts on Georgia TRS Solvency
How the bill would alter the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia's key indicators, such as normal cost, actuarially accrued liability, and employer contribution rate projections over the next 20 years.
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Colorado Publishes New Report Examining Health Effects of Legalized Marijuana
Study finds virtually none of the public health fears about legalizing marijuana have materialized in the state.
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Surface Transportation Newsletter #184
Price caps are harming managed lane performance, continued innovation in intercity bus service , and more.
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Don’t Look at $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Out of Context
Before raising the minimum wage, Florida should examine the possible unintended consequences.
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California Overstates Bullet Train’s Climate Benefits
California's high-speed rail system would provide little or no reduction in overall greenhouse-gas emissions
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Pennsylvania Commission’s Recommendations For the State’s $60 Billion Pension Debt
"Without full annual funding, none of the following recommendations will be sufficient to ensure the availability of retirement benefits for future generations of public servants."
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Underfunded Pensions Heighten Risk of Service Insolvency for Local Governments in Illinois
Many local governments in the state face severe legacy cost pressures, but Chicago appears to be in a league of its own.
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Ranking U.S. Metropolitan Areas on the Economic Freedom Index
Amongst America’s largest metro areas, Houston, Jacksonville, Tampa, Richmond and Dallas-Fort Worth have the most economic freedom. Riverside, Rochester, Buffalo, New York and Cleveland have the least.
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Aviation Policy Newsletter #160
The Federal Shutdown's Impacts On Air Traffic Control
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Pension Reform Newsletter — January 2019
Fort Worth proposes pension reform, examining divestment activism in pension policy, and more.
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Washington’s HB 1521 Risks Reducing Competition and the Quality of Services Provided to Taxpayers
The bill contains provisions that would undo the progress Washington’s competitive sourcing program has made.
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California’s Other Fiscal Time Bomb; $187 Billion in OPEB Liabilities
California’s state and local agencies have $187 billion in unfunded retiree health care and other benefit liabilities.
