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Pension Reform Newsletter — November 2018
Michigan looks to bolster retirement security for police, privatization doesn’t orphan public pensions, and more.
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New Research Examines Why Public Pension Funding Gaps Are Widening
The financial gap between poorly- and well-funded public pension plans is growing.
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Will Drug Cartels Miss Jeff Sessions?
The last thing cartels want is less drug enforcement.
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How to Make Legal Pot Work for Michigan
Michigan voters took a great step toward ending the failed war on drugs.
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Stop Trying to Claim Charter Schools ‘Steal’ Money from Traditional Public Schools
Charters shouldn’t be blamed for “stealing” public schools’ funding when parents are just choosing what’s best for their kids.
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Ballot Measure That Would Have Expanded Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Program Defeated
Proposition 305 would have extended eligibility for the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Program to all K-12 students in the state over the next four years.
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Privatization Doesn’t Orphan Public Pension Systems
Members leaving a pension plan add nothing to a plan’s unfunded liabilities since no additional pension “liability” can accrue for work not undertaken.
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Public-Private Resources Address Big Homelessness Problem With Tiny Solution
State and local governments are using tiny homes to serve low income and homeless populations.
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Changing Course: Driver’s License Suspension in Florida
Why the state should stop suspending licenses for offenses that are unrelated to traffic safety.
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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.
