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Online retail sales haven’t grown as fast as you may think, report says
Census data reveal online sales still only make up about 15% of total retail sales.
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K-12 open enrollment is breaking down barriers in Florida
Open enrollment ends the monopolies school districts maintain through residential assignment.
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Oklahoma’s pension reforms have led the state employees’ plan to full funding
The Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System was only 66% funded in 2010. This month the plan reported it is 99.5% funded. How did they do it?
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Fuel tax rebates for newly tolled Interstates: A quantitative assessment
The purpose of this policy study is to assess the feasibility of providing fuel tax rebates for miles driven on reconstructed Interstates financed by toll revenues.
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States can help public school students succeed by expanding open enrollment policies
The quality of a student's public education often depends on where their parents can afford to live or purchase a home.
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Reasons to be skeptical of the potential revenues from the proposed billionaire tax
The short-lived measure is illustrative of a process issue that can drive up deficit spending.
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Apple App Store case gives a glimpse of future problems if Congress overregulates tech
Federal tech regulations are likely to be out of date or redundant by the time they are implemented.
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Testimony: Comments on the supplemental draft environmental impact statement for the Maryland I-495 and I-270 managed lane project
Due to a change in project scope, MDOT and FHWA needed to provide a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the I-270 and I-495 Managed Lanes Project.
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The US national debt is a threat to the nation’s economic future
The ratio of publicly held federal debt is expected to hit 202% in the next 30 years.
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Vanpools: The forgotten mode of mass transit
Vanpools are a high-quality, low-cost mass transit option.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: State pension plans change investment return assumptions, how to improve Florida’s retirement plan, and more
Plus: Historical analysis of state pension plan funded ratios and comparisons between public and private sector teacher retirement benefits.
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Medical marijuana users have Second Amendment rights, deserve the right to self-defense
Due to federal drug laws, medical marijuana patients are losing their Second Amendment gun rights.
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The pandemic is increasing the need to reform education funding and teacher pension systems
Long-term losses in enrollment can have grave financial ramifications for school districts.
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A primer on carbon taxes
Examining claims that replacing existing regulations, subsidies, and tax expenditures with a carbon tax would more cost-effectively achieve emissions-reductions goals.
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Sen. Manchin’s proposed reforms to the child tax credit would be a step back in fighting poverty
History shows that work requirements for cash assistance to poor Americans often work much better as political sloganeering than as real programs.
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Proposed electric vehicles tax credit prioritizes labor unions over carbon reduction goals
By trying to push buyers to union-assembled cars, Congress risks slowing the shift to electric vehicles and undercutting the carbon reduction goals it is trying to achieve.
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Catholic schools get shortchanged by California and school districts
Federal law says that private schools serving disadvantaged students should receive some federal education funding, but they don’t always get it.
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Privatization and Government Reform News: Federal COVID-19 relief mostly unspent, promise for worker freedom, and more
Plus: Greater competition in alcohol distribution, Army base water privatization deal, and more.
