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Three reasons to strengthen Mississippi PERS now
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Gov. DeSantis’ proposed budget would improve Florida’s defined contribution retirement plan for teachers, workers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released his $99.7 billion proposed budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year ahead of the 2022 legislative session set to begin tomorrow, Jan 11. Various sections of the budget proposal have already garnered media attention including suggested …
Milwaukee pension debt clouds Wisconsin’s otherwise positive retirement system picture
Although Wisconsin has one of the nation’s best-funded and most resilient public pension systems, these qualities do not extend to the state’s largest county and city. The Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) does not cover public employees in the city of …
How California can start to address its declining population
California’s population is declining according to estimates from the state’s Department of Finance and the U.S. Census Bureau. During the 2010s, California’s population growth had slowed to a trickle and now the COVID-19 pandemic has tipped the state’s growth rate into negative territory. …
I-95 fiasco shows lack of proper stewardship is an ongoing problem for highways
On Jan. 4, The Washington Post ran a detailed article about the travails of hundreds of motorists stranded for up to 24 hours on 48 miles of snow-bound I-95 south of Washington, DC. The Post wrote: Interstate 95 in Virginia …
Improving Florida’s FRS Investment Plan Contributions
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Mississippi’s medical marijuana disaster
In late 2020, Mississippi voters approved a historic ballot initiative that would’ve created one of the freest markets for medical marijuana in the nation. Initiative 65 called for medical marijuana identification cards that would cost patients no more than $50, …
Poorly designed impact fees make housing more expensive
The national median home price has surged by over 80% since the end of the Great Recession. In just the last year, home prices have risen by 20 percent—even outpacing the relatively high rate of inflation. This rapid growth, combined …
Reluctance to fund new Alabama prisons leaves inmates in ‘cruel and unusual’ conditions
Alabama’s prisons are some of the worst in the United States with conditions deemed “cruel and unusual” by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). While there are many reasons for that designation, the physical conditions of the prisons themselves are …
Modernizing Florida retirement: Analyzing recent reform concepts
Full Analysis: Modernizing Florida Retirement During the 2021 legislative session, Florida lawmakers considered a proposal that they hoped would eliminate the financial risk public sector pensions currently pose for the state. The legislation, Senate Bill 84, aimed to limit the …
Rating states on telehealth best practices
Executive Summary Millions of Americans tried telehealth for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal officials made select changes to the Medicare program and governors advanced health access with flexible provider licensure for new uses of telehealth by waiving …
