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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.
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If Southern California Cities Start Public Banks, Taxpayers Should Prepare for Massive Bailouts
Should cities and counties start their own government-owned banks?
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The Opioid Fix That Wasn’t
If the Trump administration wants to make meaningful change, there are plenty of actions it can take that don’t waste taxpayer resources.
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City Budgets Bend Under Growing Pension Costs and Dwindling Revenues
Mounting pension debt costs diverts millions of tax dollars from public services each year.
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Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Newsletter, October 2018
The health effects of cannabis, the DEA may be blame for the opioid crisis, a study calls for more Kratom research, and more.
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Amicus Brief: St. Bernard Parish Government v. United States
This Court should grant the landowners’ petition for certiorari because Judge Dyk’s opinion for the Federal Circuit panel adopted two novel exclusionary rules that are contrary to this Court’s Takings Clause jurisprudence.
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Amicus Brief: Prison Legal News v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Florida’s censorship of Prison Legal News amounts to an impermissible effort to imprison not only the body but also the mind.
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Air Traffic Control Newsletter #158
Some progress on GPS-based landing systems, new thinking on drone traffic management, FAA reauthorization, and more.
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How to Make Highways and Airports Pay
State and local governments are sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars in aging but revenue-generating infrastructure assets.
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A Constitutional Right to Education Would Be a Win for School Choice
A federally recognized right to education could give further recourse to parents and reformers who just want what is best for their kids.
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Critique of Maryland Congestion-Relief Plan Rests on Very Bad Logic
It’s time Maryland got serious about tapping the private sector for better highways.
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Voters Should be Leery of Approving More State Borrowing
The first rule for getting out of a hole is to stop digging.
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Worries About Deficits Go Out the Window
Politicians have stopped talking about the federal government's fiscal predicament even though it is getting worse under the Trump administration and Republican Congress.
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Are New Jersey Pensioners Funding a Pro-Trump Tabloid in Chase for Returns?
Investing with the private equity fund that owns the National Enquirer may not be the most prudent choice for Garden State public employees, retirees and taxpayers.
