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  • 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 express toll lanes benefit drivers
    How express toll lanes benefit drivers

    Today, 60 express toll lane projects across the country are providing commuters with faster and more reliable alternative to congested highway lanes.

    Backgrounder by Robert Poole and Baruch Feigenbaum December 12, 2022

  • HOV lanes have failed to reduce traffic congestion or emissions
    HOV lanes have failed to reduce traffic congestion or emissions

    Carpooling plummeted from 19.7% of commuters in 1980 to only 8.9% in 2019.

    Backgrounder by Baruch Feigenbaum and Robert Poole December 12, 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

  • Steps to protect public finance from ESG activism
    Steps to protect public finance from ESG activism

    Public pension systems are particularly exposed to the risks associated with ESG and politically-driven investing strategies.

    Backgrounder by Pension Integrity Project November 18, 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.

    Public Schools Without Boundaries 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

  • Abolishing Oklahoma’s death penalty would be good for justice and for taxpayers
    Abolishing Oklahoma’s death penalty would be good for justice and for taxpayers

    Since 1981, 10 people in Oklahoma have been exonerated while on death row awaiting execution.

    Backgrounder by Vittorio Nastasi October 6, 2022

  • Abolishing Ohio’s death penalty would be good for justice and for taxpayers
    Abolishing Ohio’s death penalty would be good for justice and for taxpayers

    Since 1979, 11 people in Ohio have been exonerated while on death row awaiting execution.

    Backgrounder by Vittorio Nastasi September 23, 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

  • How drug decriminalization affects policing
    How drug decriminalization affects policing

    With the diminished capacity and incentive to pursue drug possession arrests, police can redirect resources toward crimes with victims, crime prevention, and public safety.

    Policy Brief by Marcus W. Brown September 22, 2022

  • Best practices for pension debt amortization
    Best practices for pension debt amortization

    Amortization policy is at the core of the successful elimination of pension debt.

    Policy Brief by Truong Bui, Jen Sidorova and Anthony Randazzo September 21, 2022

  • Best practices in hybrid retirement plan design
    Best practices in hybrid retirement plan design

    The recent shift toward offering hybrid plans to newly hired government employees suggests that governmental employers may be changing their perceptions of the balance of financial risk between employees and employers.

    Policy Brief by Ryan Frost September 20, 2022

  • Modernizing the passenger facility charge to improve aviation
    Modernizing the passenger facility charge to improve aviation

    Modernizing the passenger facility charge would improve airports and increase airline competition.

    Policy Brief by Marc Scribner September 9, 2022

  • The impact of cash flow on public pensions
    The impact of cash flow on public pensions

    This policy brief uses the Montana Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) as a case study to illustrate the principles and importance of conducting a cash flow analysis of public pension plans.

    Policy Brief by Truong Bui August 31, 2022

  • How to reform the FDA
    How to reform the FDA

    Reimagining pharmaceutical regulation, so it better serves society’s needs by encouraging widespread availability of life-saving drugs at lower prices.

    Policy Brief by Geoffrey Lawrence August 30, 2022

  • Frequently asked questions on public school open enrollment
    Frequently asked questions on public school open enrollment

    Public school open enrollment policies allow students to transfer to the public school of their choice.

    FAQ by Jude Schwalbach August 25, 2022

  • Testing mileage-based user fees as a replacement for Georgia’s gas tax
    Testing mileage-based user fees as a replacement for Georgia’s gas tax

    Georgia’s highways need a new, sustainable funding source.

    Backgrounder by Baruch Feigenbaum and Adrian Moore August 22, 2022

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