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Study: Asset Recycling Could Generate Up to $885 Billion for US Infrastructure Investment
Report details how to improve nation’s aging roads and bridges, airports, seaports, and wastewater facilities while also generating hundreds of billions for currently unfunded infrastructure projects.
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Estimated Values Of Selected U.S. State and Local Infrastructure Assets
There are numerous opportunities for asset recycling by U.S. cities, counties and states.
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Using Asset Recycling To Rebuild America’s Infrastructure
Study finds $720 billion to $885 billion could be generated for infrastructure investment by public-private partnership leases for existing U.S. infrastructure.
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Airport Policy News #126
Why might airport owners opt for long-term P3 leases? Plus asset recycling, runways at JFK and reauthorizing TSA.
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Surface Transportation News #181
Does Democrats taking the House mean there's renewed talk of a national infrastructure bill? Plus, asset recycling, hyperloop and electric trucks.
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SEC Commissioner Endorses Efforts to Make Municipal Finance Documents More Transparent
It is time to convert tens of thousands of government annual financial statements into machine-readable form using XBRL.
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E-Cigarette Flavors are Good for Public Health. Why is the FDA Cracking Down on Them?
The FDA's actions point toward further increasing the burden on e-cigarettes, while failing to embrace their full potential to save lives.
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California Voters Take Free Market Positions On Some Key Ballot Measures
As for the potentially positive long-term political and policy implications, it seems many Californians remain open to economically rational public policies.
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A Question of Taste: The Public Health Case for E-Cigarette Flavors
Any policy that harms the exclusive makers of reduced-risk products such as e-cigarettes more than the makers of traditional cigarettes is not in the interests of public health.
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How to Meet Southern California’s Large and Expensive Infrastructure Needs
California’s infrastructure needs are large and expensive enough that it will take novel ideas to address them
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Improving the Solvency of the Michigan State Police Retirement System
Testimony on Michigan House Bill 6475 to the Michigan House Financial Liability Reform Committee.
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Frank Baxter Wins the 2018 Savas Award for Public-Private Partnerships
Baxter and Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools have helped thousands of Southern California students improve their lives.
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Pension Reform Newsletter — October 2018
Local struggles with growing pension costs, New Jersey pension funding pro-Trump tabloid, and more.
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Don’t Let CalPERS’ CEO Scandal Divert Attention From the System’s Accomplishments
The largest pension fund in the country is facing a scandal over apparently false claims its CEO made on her employment application.
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Reviewing Recent Research on How Pension Reform Affects Public Sector Recruitment and Retention
There is a lack of any robust empirical evidence to support such a claim, as evidenced by a review of recent articles that discuss the consequences of retirement benefit changes for public service recruitment and retention.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, October 2018
A constitutional right to education would be a win for school choice, Texas' system of great schools promotes school-level autonomy, and more.
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Common Sense Should Prevail in Proposition 11 Battle Over EMT Breaks
Proposition 11 would allow crews to be on call while on breaks.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 35, October 2018 Edition)
Pittsburgh considers private utility bid for water system, Florida county rejects library privatization, D.C. Metro privatizes bus garage, and more.
