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Newsday’s Lane Filler and The Times’ Ross Clark Win Reason Foundation
Wired co-founders Louis Rossetto and Jane Metcalfe receive the Lanny Friedlander Prize
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Payday Lending: Protecting or Harming Consumers?
Many criticisms of payday lending are based on myths. The evidence shows payday lending offers benefits to consumers
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Lessons in Municipal Broadband from Lafayette, Louisiana
Broadband isn't a monopoly-based infrastructure utility; it's an extremely competitive service business
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Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter #1
October 2013 edition: State/local budgets, social impact bonds, private lottery management, pension reform, and more
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Private Sector Marketing Could Boost California’s Lottery Revenues
Gov. Brown should look to follow Gov. Chris Christie, Illinois and Indiana
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Advancing Pension Reform in San José
Interview with Pete Constant, San José, (CA) City Councilman
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Privatization and the Constitutional Delegation of Coercive Power in Germany
German Supreme Court upholds a (more-or-less) private delegation of the use of force
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Austin Report Finds a High Cost to Insourcing City Services
Bringing outsourced contracts back in-house would cost taxpayers millions, add hundreds to city payroll
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Social Impact Bond Initiatives Gaining Traction in U.S.
Using private sector funding to advance new, performance-based social service delivery models
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Reports Suggest Serious State and Local Fiscal Challenges Ahead
Despite some signs of a slow economic recovery, states and cities pressured by healthcare, other costs
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How to Reform Sentencing Laws and Safely Reduce Louisiana
New study shows how repealing mandatory minimum sentences and amending the habitual offender law can benefit Louisiana
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Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana
How to safely reduce Louisiana's nonviolent prison population, implement fairer sentencing and reduce corrections spending
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Air Traffic Control Newsletter #107
GAO on dire FAA budget prospects, UAS tidal wave may hit ATC, Fees for ATC
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Detroit Seeking to Privatize Trash Collection
Beleaguered city seeking $15 million in annual savings
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If at First You Don’t Secede . . .
Northern California, Southern Oregon Counties Revive Idea of Forming State of Jefferson