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The BUILD housing package is a step forward for Illinois
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (660+ words) Topics " Urban Growth and Land Use " Affordable Housing Given the severity of Illinois" housing challenges and the dangers of continuing to prevent housing market adjustment, the governor"s housing package will help a great deal, and the concessions recommended by…...
Mayor Mamdani's balanced budget miracle is built on a pension gimmick
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (659+ words) Topics " Pension Reform New York City's budget has been balanced, boasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The city was expecting a $12 billion budget deficit, but Mamdani was able to close it, he claims, without giving up on plans to deliver universal childcare…...
Sponsor "Winds of Change: Advancing Liberty in Argentina and the Americas"
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (227+ words) Join us August 31 " September 3 in Buenos Aires, Argentina! "Winds of Change: Advancing Liberty in Argentina and the Americas" will bring together leading policymakers, economists, and public intellectuals to explore the sweeping free-market reforms transforming Argentina and Latin America. Sponsoring this…...
No, New York doesn't have a public employee recruitment and retention crisis
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1169+ words) Topics " Pension Reform New York's unions have put their full weight behind the "Fix Tier 6" campaign, which calls for reversing 2012 pension reforms that created a new pension tier for new hires with higher employee contributions, a later retirement age, and…...
Accessory dwelling units reveal housing constraints and the limits of legalization alone
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (458+ words) Topics " Urban Growth and Land Use " Affordable Housing This pressure exemplifies a broader pattern of demand that extends beyond any single campus or year. Student housing shortages are often described as local issues, but persistent underlying drivers continue to generate…...
Puerto Rico pioneers express toll lanes on a toll road
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (1130+ words) The researchers also estimated DTL users" price elasticity of demand as being 1. 21 in the morning period and 1. 66 in the afternoon. The report states that "The higher elasticity for the afternoon period aligns with the higher value of time in the…...
Urban areas can expand housing supply through transit-oriented development
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1219+ words) Topics " Urban Growth and Land Use While home prices remain high across United States, urban areas have been especially strained by affordability challenges, making them a priority for tailored solutions. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is a planning strategy that integrates mass…...
Air taxis can get fans to the 2028 LA Olympics, if regulators don't get in the way
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (604+ words) Southern Californians" dreams of jumping in a flying car to bypass the region"s massive traffic delays may be getting closer. Two California-based companies are among those racing to bring flying cars to Southern California in time for the Olympics....
Weak transit board oversight is hurting public transportation investment
1+ week, 3+ day ago (489+ words) Transit boards decide how transit systems are funded and built. But many boards are not set up to adequately review these decisions. This weakens oversight of public spending and results in poorly evaluated investment decisions. To fix this problem, we…...
How Connecticut's pre-K endowment raises pension costs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (316+ words) Topics " Pension Reform Despite this progress, Connecticut'remains'the second most indebted state in the nation on a per-capita basis, leaving little margin for deviation from its commitment to debt reduction." This paper updates the modeling from the 2024 Reason Foundation and Yankee…...