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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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Another congressional hearing, but few improvements at WMATA
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board is fundamentally flawed.
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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.
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Privatization and Government Reform News: Telehealth laws, impact fees, and more
Plus, reforming underperforming schools, water outsourcing, private student housing, and more.
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Aviation Policy News: Remote towers going mainstream in Europe, handicapping the eVTOL race, and more
Plus: Why 2022 could be a banner year for U.S. airport P3 projects, the EU airport slot system is under fire, and more.
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Recalibrating expectations for the true potential of automated vehicles
We will be dealing with a large amount of uncertainty about both AV technology and policy for some time.
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Pension Reform Newsletter: State pension bills, improving transparency, ESG investing, and more
America's 75 largest cities reported $357 billion in total debt in 2020.
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How public pension plans can use last year’s investment returns to reduce debt and future risk
Lowering investment return rate assumptions can help reduce the risks of future shortfalls and ensure proper funding of retirement benefits for teachers and other public workers.
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Testimony: Hawaii should rethink vaping prohibitions
HB 1570, while well-intentioned, could result in significant negative public health impacts.
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Public pension plans need to consider the risks and drawbacks of environmental, social and governance investing
ESG investing may be at odds with public pension systems' responsibility to safeguard public employees' retirement benefits at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers.
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The SEC’s proposed exchange rule change would stifle innovation and technology growth
The ramifications of so many changes are likely not well understood by all parties involved and could alter the market in unpredictable or unhealthy ways.
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South Carolina’s proposed education funding reform would benefit students and taxpayers
Gov. McMaster’s 2022 budget outlines a plan to simplify how the $5.4 billion in state education funding is spent.
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Fearmongering about crack pipes aims to undermine effective harm reduction policies and safe injection sites
Based on actual data, it’s difficult to argue against the effectiveness of supervised injection sites and other harm reduction approaches as the preferred method for combating drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths.
