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  • Fines and fees: Consequences and opportunities for reform
    Fines and fees: Consequences and opportunities for reform

    The use of fines and fees to directly fund courts, law enforcement agencies, or other government activities can result in undesirable conflicts of interest.

    Policy Brief by Vittorio Nastasi and Caroline Greer January 31, 2023

  • Public education funding without boundaries: How to get K-12 dollars to follow open enrollment students
    Public education funding without boundaries: How to get K-12 dollars to follow open enrollment students

    How to ensure state and local education funds flow seamlessly across district boundaries.

    Policy Brief by Aaron Garth Smith, Christian Barnard and Jordan Campbell January 24, 2023

  • Designing an optimized retirement plan for today’s state and local government employees
    Designing an optimized retirement plan for today’s state and local government employees

    This study presents a new retirement plan design, the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan, or PRO Plan, which is built on a defined-contribution foundation but designed to operate more like a traditional pension.

    Policy Study by Richard Hiller, Rod Crane and Anil Niraula January 12, 2023

  • Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan
    Frequently asked questions about the Personal Retirement Optimization Plan

    The Personal Retirement Optimization Plan (or PRO Plan) is a new framework for public worker retirement benefits that delivers post-employment security in a cost-effective way.

    FAQ by Zachary Christensen, Rod Crane and Richard Hiller January 12, 2023

  • Freight rail deregulation: Past experience and future reforms
    Freight rail deregulation: Past experience and future reforms

    Advancing the public interest demands that regulators consider the unique characteristics of the industry in question and its role in the broader economy over the long-run.

    Policy Brief by Marc Scribner December 13, 2022

  • How states can implement highway public-private partnerships
    How states can implement highway public-private partnerships

    With declining fuel tax revenue, growing miles traveled, and aging infrastructure, states can no longer depend on government funding for major highways.

    How-to-Guide by Baruch Feigenbaum December 9, 2022

  • Public schools without boundaries: Ranking every state’s K-12 open enrollment policies
    Public schools without boundaries: Ranking every state’s K-12 open enrollment policies

    Only 11 states have mandatory open enrollment laws that allow students to easily transfer to other public schools and 26 states allow public schools to charge tuition to public school transfer students.

    Policy Brief by Jude Schwalbach November 3, 2022

  • How text message reminders can help reduce technical parole and probation violations
    How text message reminders can help reduce technical parole and probation violations

    This report's findings suggest that sending text message reminders for scheduled appointments could reduce canceled and missed parole and probation appointments by as much as 21% and 29%, respectively.

    Policy Brief by Vittorio Nastasi, Charise Hastings, Michael Ostermann and Jordan M. Hyatt November 3, 2022

  • How state reforms changed federal enforcement of marijuana prohibition
    How state reforms changed federal enforcement of marijuana prohibition

    While formal federal marijuana law has persisted unchanged amid state-level reforms, federal marijuana enforcement on the ground has changed dramatically.

    Policy Brief by Douglas Berman and Alex Fraga September 22, 2022

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