2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (623+ words) Topics " Pension Reform Given that most new hires in the public sector leave within the first several years of employment, it is essential that they have access to portable and flexible retirement benefits, such as a defined contribution plan. Because…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1676+ words) As I have written previously, just about every surface transportation organization has big plans for the upcoming 2026 surface transportation reauthorization. Many still hope the reauthorization bill will at least equal the outsized funding of the'Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (11+ words) The impact of K-12 open enrollment on student achievement'Reason Foundation...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (962+ words) Topics " Harm Reduction Child welfare is a particularly difficult area of public policy. Interventions are frequently based on limited information and early warning signs, rather than on confirmed harm, and are carried out in the name of "protecting the children....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (198+ words) Central among the unanswered questions is who will finance, build, and operate this AAM infrastructure, especially vertiports. The federal role in AAM infrastructure development will remain limited as long as substantial funding does not materialize. As a result, state and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (233+ words) Topics " Criminal Justice Reform Sensibly, the Senate bill was scaled back in committee so that it only applies to public swimming pools and not public bathing places, among other changes. That said, the calculation of the impacts in the legislative…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (670+ words) Topics " Government Reform " California With gas prices rising, Californians are being reminded of the billions of dollars a year they pay in fuel taxes and vehicle fees to maintain the state's roads and highways. Yet, despite those high fuel taxes,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (232+ words) May 19 @ 6: 30 pm " 8: 00 pm EDT Natasha Sarin is a professor of law at Yale Law School and the president and co-founder of the Budget Lab at Yale. She served as the deputy assistant secretary for economic policy and later as a…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (208+ words) Topics " Drug Policy " Opioid Crisis But governments have also directed portions of the funds toward budget backfilling and unrelated expenditures, including public events, law enforcement equipment, and other miscellaneous projects, raising concerns that settlement dollars are not consistently used for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (407+ words) Beyond its policy of regularly conducting highway cost-allocation studies, Oregon was also forward-thinking in implementing a per-mile charging program. In response to the growing popularity of hybrids and EVs, the state conducted two pilot programs in 2006 and 2012 to assess the…...