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New Hampshire bill would legalize marijuana but create a state-run monopoly to sell it
New Hampshire should legalize marijuana but the private sector is far more equipped to effectively serve consumers.
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Surface Transportation News: Most advanced toll lanes, DOT’s unserious supply chain proposal, and more
Plus: Mileage-based user fees study breaks new ground, the 15-minute city, and more.
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Alaska pension bill would bring major financial risk and unfunded liability growth
House Bill 55 would commit Alaska to unpredictable long-term costs for public safety workers' pensions so it is crucial to consider the costs over decades, not just a few years.
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Florida bill to expunge juvenile records headed to Gov. DeSantis’ desk, again
In response to Florida Gov. Ron Desantis' claims, the new state bill, House Bill 195, clearly excludes forcible felonies from being expunged.
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Current pension plans aren’t helping recruit and retain teachers
The data show that public pension offerings may be preventing public schools from providing teaching staff what they really want: higher salaries.
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The role of retirement plan design in recruiting workers to the public sector
Colleges and universities have recognized professors need portable retirement plans, but other public sector employers have been slow to adapt.
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BART ridership numbers and projections don’t justify second transbay tunnel
By 2032, BART ridership is projected to reach only 70% of pre-pandemic projections.
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As school choice gains traction, states also need to update their school-finance formulas
States need to update school-finance formulas that fail to fund all kids fairly, are too reliant on local taxes, and don’t easily accommodate student movement between schools.
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Fixing the plea bargaining process is an essential criminal justice reform
Plea bargaining is overused and abused, often to the detriment of justice.
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Keeping politics out of public pension investing
Policies directing public pension systems to make politically-motivated investments can undermine fund governance and increase financial risk to future generations.
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Latest Mobile River Bridge and Bayway plan raises a lot of questions
By rejecting the previous public-private partnership proposal, the Alabama Department of Transportation has placed a heavy burden on itself.
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Qualified immunity enables misconduct and prevents accountability
Qualified immunity is in profound disharmony with the core American value that no one is above the law.
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Testimony: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program was not a good use of taxpayer money
The Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program was excessive and poorly targeted.
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Forcing public pension plans to make political investing decisions could hurt taxpayers and retirees
State lawmakers shouldn’t force their environmental or social goals onto pension fund managers.
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Florida’s proposed data privacy law would hurt consumers and businesses
While trying to give consumers more control over their data, House Bill 9 violates several of the best practices for good consumer privacy laws.
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Working Paper: How shifting to a defined contribution retirement plan impacted teacher retention in Alaska
Using individual-level data for all Alaska teachers in the Teacher Retirement System before and after the retirement benefit change, we assess the effects of pension reform on teacher mobility out of employment with the Alaska K-12 system.
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Finding ways to finance the reconstruction of America’s bridges
The Mobile River Bridge in Alabama is just one of many major bridges that need to be replaced with modern facilities.
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Oregon moves ahead on legal psychedelic therapy rules
Many eyes will be fixed on Oregon over the next few years as it pioneers an approach to legal therapeutic psilocybin use that could become a model for other states.
