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Surface Transportation News: Dealing with ‘double taxation’ on tolled Interstates, the supply chain mess, and more
Plus: Trucking study urges EVs to pay by the kilowatt-hour, assessing the future of urban-area parking, and more.
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Amidst great investment returns, public pension systems should reassess plan designs
The defined benefit plan long favored by public retirement systems falls short of meeting the retirement security needs for too many state and local government employees, particularly younger, newer employees.
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Georgia’s pension plans pose financial risks to public employees, taxpayers
Without reform, payments on Georgia's pension debt will continue to take funds away from other public priorities like K-12 education and infrastructure.
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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.
