Sasha Volokh on Pension Protection and the Detroit Bankruptcy
Sasha Volokh has a new article on Reason.org today that explores how constitutional pension protections interact with bankruptcy law in the context of Detroit's ongoing bankruptcy. Here's an excerpt:On...
View ArticleThe Prairie Chicken Ruling Doesn't Make Sense
An editorial in today's Odessa American laments that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service went ahead and listed the lesser prairie chicken. The editorial notes that the plan was unable to accomplish...
View ArticleComment Period Re-Opened on Proposal to List Rufa Red Knot as Threatened
Fish & Wildlife Service has reopened the comment period for proposed listing of red knot, a species of sandpiper that migrates from South America up the East Coast in the spring and takes a variety...
View ArticleThe Magical Effects of Pre-K
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is claiming that an early childhood program can not only raise educational outcomes, it can prevent disease later in life, according to new findings. After a...
View ArticleWith Pension Costs Soaring, Should New Jersey Commit Billions to More Open...
The New Jersey Legislature is currently considering a bill—Senate Concurrent Resolution 84 (SCR84)—that would amend the state Constitution to dedicate six percent of the state’s Corporation Business...
View ArticleRobbing Cap and Trade to Pay for High-Speed Rail in California
The Orange County Register Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget magic trick seeks to find a way to pay for the proposed California high-speed rail system. Brown wants to shift money from the state...
View ArticleBad News for the Prairie Chicken as Environmental Groups Oppose Conservation...
The lesser prairie chicken, which was listed under the Endangered Species Act two weeks ago, just got some more bad news. On Thursday, three environmental pressure groups—Center for Biological...
View ArticleSchool Salary Transparency Can Help Disadvantaged Students
The Orange County Register Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget includes $11.8 billion in increased education spending next fiscal year and the Legislative Analyst’s Office predicts that schools may...
View ArticleObama on TVA: Time to Transfer to Help Mitigate Risk to Taxpayer
Kudos to the Obama Administration and its proposed fiscal year 2015 budget for continuing “to believe that reducing or eliminating the federal government’s role in programs such as TVA [the Tennessee...
View ArticleState of Louisiana v. Bernard Noble
Brief Amicus Curiae of Micah Project, Prison Fellowship Ministries, Reason Foundation, ACLU of Louisiana, and Drug Policy AllianceState of Louisiana v. Bernard Noble Bernard Noble is a 45 year old man...
View ArticleFinding a Sustainable Highway Funding Source Part I
The U.S. highway trust fund is scheduled to “run dry” by August. Washington policymakers are doing their best to attract media attention in hopes that it will inspire Congress to find money from...
View ArticlePart II: Finding a Sustainable Highway Funding Source
Yesterday we discussed how the U.S. highway trust fund is “running dry” and how solutions such as general fund transfers and gas tax increases are short term solutions. Today I want to detail the most...
View ArticleMinority Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communication Commission and...
Brief Amicus Curiae of Reason Foundation, Citizens United, Atlantic Legal Foundation, Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Individual Rights Foundation, Northwest Legal Foundation, Mackinac Center...
View ArticleDon't Raid California's Rainy Day Fund to Pay Down Its Debt
Breitbart The special legislative session in Sacramento this week is weighing the future of California’s rainy day fund, particularly how much of it should be used for paying down the state’s debt....
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Reforming Defined-Benefit Pension Systems in Bakersfield and Kern County
Innovators in Action 2014 It’s relatively rare in public service to have the opportunity to implement similar reforms in different units of government—especially on challenging public policy issues...
View ArticleInnovators in Action (April 2014 edition): Reforming Defined-Benefit Pension...
The latest interview in Reason Foundation's Innovators in Action 2014 series focuses on reforming defined-benefit pension systems in Bakersfield and Kern County, California.When he was serving as a...
View ArticleEven With California Love, Inglewood Still Up to No Good
The Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) is in dire straits. The district has run up staggering debts, enrollment is plummeting and, despite the school district’s financial duress, administrators...
View ArticleO.C. Must Compete on Education Front
Successful investors often know a good thing when they see it, and right now more than 250 private equity firms have investments in the education sector. San Francisco-based AltSchool, a for-profit...
View ArticleSchool Choice, Funding Portability, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Annual Privatization Report 2014 This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2014 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest on school choice, charter schools, school funding...
View ArticlePrivatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
Annual Privatization Report 2014 This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2014 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest on privatization and public-private partnerships in...
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