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Major Advisors Lower Their Long-Term Investment Return Outlooks, Curbing Public Pension Plans’ Enthusiasm
Public pension plans should use these market outlook updates to better gauge their long-term investment return assumptions and safeguard pension assets from the future market volatilities.
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Mapping Texas Pension Review Board Data
The Pension Review Board data shows that many local pension systems are severely underfunded.
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The Key School Finance Question: Are Dollars Allocated Based on Students?
The U.S. spends $634 billion annually on public education.
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Why D.C.’s Proposed $2-a-Pack Increase in Cigarette Taxes is Wrong
The proposal to increase the District’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack may be one of the few tax hikes that could command more friends than enemies, but the D.C. Council should think twice before adopting the policy.
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Washington’s Charter School Law Heads Back to State Supreme Court
In 2015, the Washington Supreme Court dealt a major blow to charter schools in the state when it ruled that charter schools are unconstitutional.
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Proposed Bay Area Toll Hike Is Unlikely to Deliver on Mass Transit Promises
Throwing money at public transportation infrastructure has been a poor bet in the United States for many years now.
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New Hampshire Education Savings Account Bill Passed By Committee, Heads to House
If passed, the program would join two existing programs aimed at expanding school choice in the state.
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Gov. Brown’s budget increases education spending, again, but more school choice is needed
In his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown once again accelerated California’s spending on K-12 education.
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Florida’s School Choice Programs Fight Off Legal Changes and Continue to Grow
The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship serves nearly 107,000 students and 48 percent of Florida families are eligible to participate.
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Gov. Brown’s Budget Increases Education Spending, Again, but More School Choice is Needed
Control and choice need to be given to parents — so they can determine how education funding for their children is spent and choose the schools that are best for their kids.
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Indiana’s School Choice Reforms Have Been Effective and Popular
A survey finds 86 percent of parents with kids participating in the Indiana voucher program reported high to moderate levels of satisfaction.
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Landmark E-Cigarette Report Explodes Myth that Vaping Is as Toxic as Smoking
A new report on the public health consequences of e-cigarettes finds there is conclusive evidence that e-cigarettes are less dangerous than regular cigarettes, and smokers who switch to vaping will reduce their exposure to lethal toxicants and carcinogens.
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Mississippi Legislature May Expand School Choice in 2018
An expansion of the state’s education savings account program is being proposed.
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City’s Pensions Cloud Sunny Budget
U.S. Census Bureau estimates say Fort Myers’ population has grown 24% since 2010 and now exceeds 77,000. And yet, the city is not able to fully fund basic services.
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Celebrating National School Choice Week
The annual effort to highlight the importance of school choice is here.
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Sarasota, Florida, Is Selling Unneeded Government Real Estate
These properties will no longer languish on the government rolls, requiring taxpayer-funded maintenance.
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Katherine Mangu-Ward Named Editor in Chief of Reason’s Print, Digital and Video Journalism
Nick Gillespie becomes editor at large at Reason.
