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Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #33 (April 2018 edition)
Examining Puerto Rico's long-term fiscal plan, per-mile tolling, last-mile delivery services, and more.
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Driver’s License Suspension Reform: The Right Road For Michigan
Michigan should narrow the type of offenses that can result in a driver’s license suspension to traffic safety crimes and end its draconian fines and fees.
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Comparing the Safety Record of Delaware County’s Private Prison to Pennsylvania’s County-Run Prisons
The George W. Hill facility appears to operate much safer than an average in-house county prison.
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Does Occupational Licensing Really Improve Public Health and Safety?
Who benefits by limiting entry into a job field? Those already working in the field, as it shields them from competition.
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Los Angeles has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion — Again
L.A. tops the list for gridlock for the sixth straight year.
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Dallas Police and Fire Pension Reforms See Early Success
Dallas is demonstrating the value in passing reforms that focus on core issues of governance and supplementary pension accounts.
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As It Recovers, Puerto Rico Needs More People and More Economic Freedom
Puerto Rico remains mired in bankruptcy: to escape, it will have to attract foreign immigrants and provide opportunities for them.
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Reason Introduces Interactive Visualization of Colorado’s Unfunded Pension Liability
The visualization uses annual PERA reports to break down the sources of the system’s added unfunded liabilities over the past 20 years.
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Despite Poor Process, Kentucky Enacts Meaningful Pension Plan Design, Funding Policy Reforms
The bill constitutes a significant improvement overall, with meaningful risk reduction and better funding policy across Kentucky’s various retirement plans.
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Unreleased Report Shows Los Angeles Unified School District’s Unfunded Retiree Health Benefit Liability Nears $15 Billion
Compared to the previous biennial report, unfunded liabilities increased $1.4 billion. The actuarial report findings will impact the district's 2018 balance sheet.
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New York City Schools Should Continue Using Fair Student Funding
Fair Student Funding is set of best practices that can drive innovation, change, and accountability.
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Striking Teachers Are Right To Be Outraged, Wrong On the Solutions
A systematic, decades-long hiring glut of non-teaching staffing positions is taking too much money.
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Don’t Overreact to a Couple of Accidents, Self-Driving Cars Can Save Thousands of Lives
Driverless cars don’t need to be perfect in order to be dramatically better than human drivers.
