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Congress Gets Surface Transportation Extension, But Now What?
Congress needs to eliminate the federal barriers that stand between states and 21st-century surface transportation infrastructure.
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Reimagining Transportation Policy During and After COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is going to prompt changes to America’s transportation systems and policies.
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The Federal Budget Process Needs Structural Change
To restore fiscal sustainability while making needed investments, like rebuilding the nation's infrastructure, the federal government needs to consider structural budget changes.
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“Nice White Parents” Podcast Series Highlights Real Public K-12 Failures—But Lets Government Off the Hook
While the podcast exposes concerning racial inequalities it fails to hold accountable the major culprits behind the unfair education system.
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Would Leasing a Toll Road Contradict the Users-Pay Principle?
Under the toll road leases that exist worldwide today, customers are protected from outsize rate increases, and their toll payments are used, properly, for the capital and operating costs of the toll road.
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Ending the US Postal Service’s Monopolies Would Better Serve Citizens
Most of the USPS' work can now be more efficiently handled by private competitors.
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Congress Needs to Get Serious About Enabling Tolling So States Can Rebuild Highways
Congress should unlock an important funding option that can be implemented with some common-sense guardrails to protect taxpayers.
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Historically Low 10-Year Treasury Yields Show Ongoing Challenges for Public Pensions
The all-time low 10-year Treasury rate yield is the latest reminder of the “new normal” in institutional investing.
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Pennsylvania Should Fund Students, Not School Districts
Education funding is intended to help children learn, not to protect a government monopoly.
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North Carolina Teachers & State Employees Retirement System Solvency Analysis
Investment performance falling short of return assumptions has been the largest contributor to the public pension plan's growing debt, adding $7.6 billion in unfunded liabilities since 2008.
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How Union Power Impacted School Districts’ COVID-19 Reopening Plans
School districts have the power to choose their own reopening plans. Let’s give families a choice, too.
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Surface Transportation News: Toll Roads Study, How the Pandemic Changes Infrastructure Planning, and More
Plus: Electric vehicles’ battery problems, dedicated lanes for autonomous vehicles, and more.
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USPS Needs Policy Change, Not a Bailout, to Fix Pension Problems and Debt
The United States Postal Service has amassed $120 billion in unfunded pension and other post-employment benefits liabilities.
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What the U.S. Can Learn From Australia On School Choice
America needs to move toward an education system that gives parents and students choices and funds students directly.
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How the FDA Is Saving the Cigarette
The traditional cigarette will receive the greatest boost it has gotten in many years thanks to federal law and a federal agency that is supposed to be focused on the protection of public health.
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Three Things Policymakers Can Do to Improve School Finance Systems Right Now
There are practical and prudent steps policymakers can take to help schools support kids in the coming school year.
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Evaluating the Actuarial Soundness of Texas’ Largest Public Pension Plans
Reforms would move the state towards more sustainable and responsible retirement systems that better protect Texas' teachers, public employees and taxpayers.
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Private Sector Water Management Solutions Help Governments Deliver Affordability and Reliability
Governments are usually ill-equipped to manage the changes and risks associated with operating and maintaining water systems by themselves.
