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Retirement plans’ impact on recruiting and retention in the public market
Public employers should adopt plans that best meet the realistic career patterns of employees and prospective employees.
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Snitko v. United States
Reason respectfully urges the Court to permit the public filing of the deposition transcripts and reject any effort to hide them from the media or the public.
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Michigan takes step toward local government transparency
Michigan is now the second state to adopt machine-readable local government financial reporting legislation.
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California’s public schools are losing kids while getting more money
Even though there are fewer kids in public schools, the state’s education spending continues to go up.
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Vision Zero programs are not an effective way to reduce traffic fatalities in U.S. cities
The superior and more cost effective approach for lower traffic fatalities lies in data-gathering, local partnerships, community education, and re-engineering when necessary.
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What the movement to break up big tech gets wrong about our digital economy
The uncertainty, fast-moving innovation, and large pool of ideas that characterize online platforms make new competition inevitable.
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Dealing with public opposition to new tolls
The current 20th-century funding system disguises the real cost of building and operating major highways and bridges.
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Top-performing public schools are rejecting students even though they have open seats
In most states, where you live determines where you can go to school.
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The FDA’s deadly menthol miscalculation
If the FDA is truly interested in promoting smoking cessation and saving lives, there are more effective ways to do this than a prohibition.
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As public pension plans take risks, SEC wants more transparency from private equity funds
The race for higher yields and the increased volatility that comes with it can threaten the fiscal health of public pension plans.
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Arizona State Senator Sine Kerr on transforming student transportation policy
Arizona's new student transportation law will remove unnecessary busing regulations to help families and schools across the state.
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Congressional bipartisanship shouldn’t lack fiscal responsibility
Today’s bipartisan action makes the debt challenges we’re imposing on our children and grandchildren even worse.
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California’s unfunded pension liabilities will burden state and local governments
CalPERS now has approximately $611 billion in pension debt and is 72% funded.
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Privatization and Government Reform News: Trends in aviation, Arizona water P3s, and more
Plus: Michigan budget issues, government failures in Flint, and more.
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Aviation Policy News: Air travel chaos, global airport privatization recovery, and more
Plus: Remote digital towers going global, hydrogen or sustainable aviation fuels, and more.
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What Congress needs to know about drone airspace integration
Congress should pay close attention to ongoing activities in the drone industry and at FAA.
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Converting high occupancy vehicle lanes to high occupancy toll lanes or express toll lanes
This brief examines why and how high-occupancy vehicle lanes are converted, how much the conversions cost, and how high-occupancy toll and express toll lanes have performed.
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Social media companies and Section 230 are not to blame for Jan. 6 riot
Section 230 helps protect free speech online.