Congress Passes Water Bill Promoting Public-Private Partnerships
Recent action in Congress may catalyze more private investment in water and wastewater infrastructure in the U.S. Last week, the House and Senate both passed the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and...
View ArticleCongress Passes Water Bill Promoting Public-Private Partnerships
My latest commentary discusses the passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act in Congress last week, which includes provisions establishing two new pilot programs designed to encourage...
View ArticleReducing Bridge Maintenance Costs in South Carolina
Innovators in Action 2014 Like many states, South Carolina faces challenges in maintaining its highway system due to the declining purchasing power of state and federal gas taxes, the rising...
View ArticleConservatives Shouldn't Be Bothered By HOT Lanes
I wrote the attached article in response to a cover story in The Weekly Standard that seriously misrepresented not only my own views but also three policy issues that I have been working on for more...
View ArticleWarning Label Legislators Think You're Dumb
The Los Angeles Register A bill making its way through the California State Senate would require beverages containing added sugar to have warning labels on them. While proponents of the warning labels...
View ArticleReports: State Budgets Steady, But Future Uncertain
Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter Two new reports suggest that while state budgets have continued their slow fiscal recovery since the end of the Great Recession, significant threats...
View ArticlePrivatization & Government Reform Newsletter #7 (May 2014 edition)
The May 2014 edition of the Privatization & Government Reform Newsletter is now online. Topics covered in this issue include:BUDGETS: State Budgets Steady, But Future UncertainTRANSPORTATION:...
View ArticleInnovators in Action: South Carolina DOT Uses Innovative Technology to...
Earlier this month, I interviewed South Carolina Department of Transportation State Bridge Engineer Richard “Lee” Floyd. Floyd has introduced a new way to monitor bridges in South Carolina. The state...
View ArticleToll Lanes are Vital to Reducing Traffic Congestion in Orange County
Large metro areas across the country are building express toll lane networks or converting their existing high occupancy vehicle (HOV) networks to express toll lane networks. However, as I wrote in an...
View ArticleSmoking, Plain Packaging and Public Health
Smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death in the world. In most wealthy countries, smoking has been declining for decades.Public health experts and anti-smoking groups have for many...
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