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Florida Needs a New Approach to the Opioid Problem
Lawsuit scapegoating doctors, pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies is neither accurate nor sensible.
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Amicus Brief: Backpage.com Is Presumptively Protected by the First Amendment
The government’s unconstitutional seizure of assets and proceeds from Backpage.com and weekly newspapers is an attempt to erode the First Amendment’s carefully erected bulwarks around free expression.
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Analysis of Georgia House Bill 109 and Its Impacts on Georgia TRS Solvency
How the bill would alter the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia's key indicators, such as normal cost, actuarially accrued liability, and employer contribution rate projections over the next 20 years.
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Colorado Publishes New Report Examining Health Effects of Legalized Marijuana
Study finds virtually none of the public health fears about legalizing marijuana have materialized in the state.
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Surface Transportation Newsletter #184
Price caps are harming managed lane performance, continued innovation in intercity bus service , and more.
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Don’t Look at $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage Out of Context
Before raising the minimum wage, Florida should examine the possible unintended consequences.
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California Overstates Bullet Train’s Climate Benefits
California's high-speed rail system would provide little or no reduction in overall greenhouse-gas emissions
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Pennsylvania Commission’s Recommendations For the State’s $60 Billion Pension Debt
"Without full annual funding, none of the following recommendations will be sufficient to ensure the availability of retirement benefits for future generations of public servants."
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Underfunded Pensions Heighten Risk of Service Insolvency for Local Governments in Illinois
Many local governments in the state face severe legacy cost pressures, but Chicago appears to be in a league of its own.
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Ranking U.S. Metropolitan Areas on the Economic Freedom Index
Amongst America’s largest metro areas, Houston, Jacksonville, Tampa, Richmond and Dallas-Fort Worth have the most economic freedom. Riverside, Rochester, Buffalo, New York and Cleveland have the least.
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Aviation Policy Newsletter #160
The Federal Shutdown's Impacts On Air Traffic Control
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Pension Reform Newsletter — January 2019
Fort Worth proposes pension reform, examining divestment activism in pension policy, and more.
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Washington’s HB 1521 Risks Reducing Competition and the Quality of Services Provided to Taxpayers
The bill contains provisions that would undo the progress Washington’s competitive sourcing program has made.
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California’s Other Fiscal Time Bomb; $187 Billion in OPEB Liabilities
California’s state and local agencies have $187 billion in unfunded retiree health care and other benefit liabilities.
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A Common Sense Approach to Marijuana-Impaired Driving
Identifying policies that protect public safety without penalizing legal marijuana users who are sober at the time they drive.
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Social Change Is Outside the Role of Public Pensions
Public pension plans can’t afford to undermine their fiduciary responsibilities in favor of making social or political statements.
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Residency Requirements for Marijuana Licensure
It is not clear that residency requirements reduce marijuana diversion or trafficking.
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Fitch Downgrades San Antonio Over Fiscal Inflexibility
The city was recently slapped with its first credit downgrade in a decade.
