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Airport Policy and Security News #103

Airline support for PFCs? Airport privatization on the rise in Europe

By Robert Poole
December 4, 2014

Margerum v. City of Buffalo

Court should avoid construing state law to allow broad disparate impact liability

December 4, 2014

The Endangered Species Act Set to Harm Another Imperiled Species

Punitive and expensive regulations deter conservation efforts

By Brian Seasholes
December 3, 2014

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project

The Court should find that disparate impact claims are not cognizable under the Fair Housing Act

December 2, 2014

The Anti-Environment Tax Rolls On: the State-Based Version

By Brian Seasholes
December 2, 2014

Fixing Highway Spending Incentives

We do need more investment in Americaâ??s highway system. But simply pumping more dollars into a flawed system will not generate the greatest bang for the buck.

By Robert Poole
December 2, 2014

Parents Increasingly Overprotective Despite Falling Crime Rates

We may end up hurting the children weâ??re trying to help

By Emily Ekins
December 1, 2014

Pension Debt: Omaha’s Billion Dollar Problem

By Anthony Randazzo, Truong Bui and Leonard Gilroy
November 24, 2014

In Recent Prairie Dog Case, the Federal Government Admits Something it Tries to Cover-Up

By Brian Seasholes
November 24, 2014

Pension Reform Newsletter – November 2014

November 2014 edition: mixed results for pension reform in midterms, update on state unfunded liabilities, the "transition costs" myth, and more

By Lance Christensen
November 21, 2014

Air Traffic Control Newsletter #118

Major ATC reforms urged at congressional hearing

By Robert Poole
November 20, 2014

Update on State Unfunded Liabilities

By Truong Bui
November 18, 2014

Tulsa Pension System Is Underestimating its Debt and Investment Risk by Millions

By Anthony Randazzo
November 17, 2014

Surface Transportation News #133

Is it futile to expand highways? New thinking on autonomous vehicles. Are taxpayers losing money on TIFIA loans?

By Robert Poole
November 13, 2014

The Hidden Costs of Wind Power in California

Wind generation developers, not consumers, should foot the bill

By Tom Tanton
November 12, 2014

Mercatus Center’s Robert Graboyes Wins 2014 Bastiat Prize

Donald Boudreaux and Roman Hardgrave of MRUniversity Win Reason Video Prize

November 11, 2014

Fundamentally Flawed Poll on Sage Grouse Conservation Gets Desired but Invalid Results

By Brian Seasholes
November 10, 2014

Induced Demand Concept Twisted to Promote Environmental Agenda

By Baruch Feigenbaum
November 10, 2014