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Pension Reform Newsletter — September 2019
Analysis of proposed New Mexico PERA reforms, four things Florida’s pension system needs to fix, the impact of negative interest rates, and more.
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How the Most Economically Disadvantaged Families Choose Schools
New research on school choice shows that even the least advantaged find superior schools for their kids and get better results.
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Auditors Recommend Arizona’s Largest Pension Plan Consider Reducing Its Investment Return Assumption
Modeling suggests ASRS is not going to meet its assumed rate of return on investments.
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Municipalities Use Public-Private Partnerships to Replace Aging Water Systems
Private sector expertise is going to be needed to play a key role in replacing and expanding America’s water infrastructure while keeping rates affordable for customers.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 38, September 2019 Edition)
Paying for water and wastewater projects, Denver’s hasty halfway houses decision, and more.
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California Highway Patrol Officers Temporarily Forgo Pay Hikes to Help Fund Pension Liabilities
It's an important moment: a California public employee union displayed a willingness to help the state address its pension funding gap.
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Analysis of the New Mexico PERA Pension Solvency Task Force’s Preliminary Recommendations
The changes are significant and positive steps for PERA, but leave some systemic challenges—namely actuarial methods and assumptions—unaddressed.
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Massachusetts Gov. Baker’s Ban of All E-Cigarettes Is Bad For Public Health
Every credible scientific investigation has found vaping nicotine to be dramatically safer than smoking.
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Why Are Sewage Spills Just Accepted in Florida?
In Florida, sewage backups and spills are weekly events and don’t rate any particular attention by our elected leaders.
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Give Principals Authority They Need to Align School Spending With Student Priorities
Empowering school leaders to decide how resources are prioritized at their schools can help bring parents into the process, better support teachers and, most importantly, deliver the high-quality education that all of Providence’s students deserve.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Heated Tobacco Products
On the balance of the available evidence, the dangers of impeding IQOS as a tool to help smokers quit far outstrips any possible threat it could pose to public health.
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Aviation Policy News #168
Climate change and major environmental challenges to aviation, a political attempt to micromanage airline maintenance, and more.
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California’s Contractor Law Manages to Be Bad for Workers, Customers and Companies
California risks killing off the new economy by dragging it back to an obsolete approach to work that fits poorly with today’s technology-based jobs.
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Ending Halfway House and Corrections Contracts Without a Backup Plan Is a Bad Deal For All
The Denver City Council’s focus should be on helping people get the skills and training they need to successfully re-enter society and stay out of jail rather than its focus on whose name is on the facilities.
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Amicus Brief: Valent v. Commissioner of Social Security
The Supreme Court should take this case to resolve the question of what tools the lower courts must employ in a search for the meaning of a statute.
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Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Newsletter, September 2019
Harm reduction beats the drug war as a response to addiction, a new study finds that crime rates drop in neighborhoods where dispensaries have opened, and more.
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Amicus Brief: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
The Supreme Court should act to protect religiously neutral student-aid programs from lower court rulings and state government actions that run afoul of the federal constitution.
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How a State Could Transition From Per-Gallon Gas Taxes to Per-Mile Charges
Examining how a state-led transition from per-gallon fuel taxes to per-mile charges (MBUFs) could come about.
