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A Historical Review of State Efforts and Authority To Regulate Cannabis
The history of cannabis regulation begins largely in California during the Gold Rush.
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Using Managed Lanes in Metro Areas to Fund the Reconstruction of Interstate Highways
Value-added tolling is the most realistic way to pay for the needed rebuilding of Interstate highways.
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Amicus Brief: Law Enforcement, Without a Warrant, Strip-Searched and Photographed a Four-Year-Old Girl at Her Preschool
Qualified immunity denies justice to victims of unconstitutional misconduct. It imposes cost-prohibitive burdens on civil-rights litigants. And it harms the very public officials it seeks to protect.
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Nicotine and Harm Reduction Newsletter – April 2019
The vapor industry was subjected to an onslaught of attacks on both the federal and state level in the first quarter of 2019.
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The Case for Toll-Financed Interstate Replacement
Addressing both the need to rebuild Interstates and the need to begin the transition from per-gallon fuel taxes to per-mile highway user charges.
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Surface Transportation Newsletter #186
The largest problems facing highways, how tolls can finance Interstate reconstruction, environmental benefits of truck-only lanes, and more.
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State and Local Governments Should Mimic the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act
The new law requires federal agencies to publish data online in machine-readable data formats.
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Public Employees Are Living Longer Than Previously Assumed, New Report Finds
This could mean higher costs of pre-funding benefits for many small to mid-sized public pension plans.
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How to Pay for the Road and Highway Projects Louisiana Needs
Public-private partnerships are especially well-suited to transportation megaprojects.
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To Succeed, Beto O’Rourke Needs a More Nuanced Perspective on the Opioid Crisis
O’Rourke touted the misguided standard narrative surrounding opioid use, but did introduce ideas that need more discussion.
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To Help Finance New Infrastructure, Puerto Rico Needs to Be More Transparent
Puerto Rico is still working its way out of the largest ever US municipal bankruptcy and needs to improve government financial transparency and reporting.
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E-Cigarettes Not In The Same Category As Cigarettes
Adult smokers have the right to know there are safer alternatives.
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Texas Supreme Court Grants Dallas Police and Fire Pension System a Legal Victory
This legal victory will help avoid further dents to the pension plan’s degraded solvency.
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Pension Reform Newsletter — March 2019
Protecting teachers' pensions in Texas, Kansas considers a costly change, and more.
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Texas Cities Take on More Pension Risk than the Rest of the Country
Taking more risks in asset allocation may pay off in some years, but also exposes pension funds to the possibility of major losses.
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California State Senator John M.W. Moorlach on Results-Oriented Government
Moorlach on how local and state governments can deal with unfunded pension liabilities, spending, debt, outsourcing and more.
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Can Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Save Fairfax County’s Pension Systems?
Investing public employee retirement assets into vehicles like the Blockchain Opportunities Fund is a risky response to pension systems that already assume high rates of investment returns and face unfunded liabilities.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, March 2019
Why school districts should prepare for the next recession, education savings account program clears first hurdle in Tennessee, and more.
