Many states that have legalized recreational or medical marijuana have included requirements that marijuana license holders, employees, or even consumers be state residents. The requirement is justified as a way to ensure safety in the industry and keep out-of-state investors …
Social Change Is Outside the Role of Public Pensions
Last November, the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA), which invests the pension assets of the Florida Retirement System (FRS) signed the Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearms Industry. By doing so, SBA (and therefore FRS) joined a coalition …
Fitch Downgrades San Antonio Over Fiscal Inflexibility
After a nine-year streak of perfect ‘AAA’ bond ratings from the big three agencies, the city of San Antonio was recently slapped with its first credit downgrade in a decade. Fitch Ratings lowered the city’s bond rating from ‘AAA’ to …
Fort Worth Takes Steps Toward Meaningful Pension Reform
Last September, Reason Foundation’s Pension Integrity Project reported on the challenges facing Fort Worth’s struggling public pension plan. On Dec. 11, after years of seeking a compromise palatable to all stakeholders, the Fort Worth City Council passed a significant proposal for …
Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, January 2019
Notable Quotable “A common myth is that public school principals are CEOs of their schools, with autonomy to allocate resources based on the school’s priorities and to make staffing and spending decisions. But the reality is much different. Most school …
Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Newsletter, January 2019
News and Opinion The cannabis black market in California is still thriving, mostly due to onerous taxes and complex regulations in the legal market. More federal grant money is now available to train police officers to recognize drug impairment. …
Frequently Asked Questions About Managed Lanes
Limited-access freeways in most metro areas suffer from significant congestion, which affects both drivers and transit bus riders. Congestion wastes people’s time and increases fuel use and emissions. It can also lead to an increased risk of traffic accidents, as …
Surface Transportation Newsletter #183
In this issue: Did the Future Interstates Committee miss an opportunity? Interstate modernization without toll financing Customer service and innovation in P3 toll projects Are there measurable benefits from “Complete Streets”? Is transit providing greater access to jobs? Growing divide …
Planners and Politicians Need to Learn From Consumers’ Choices
The brilliant Steve Polzin asks this provocative question in his annual essay on transportation trends to watch in the coming year. I think he nails it on the head: A great deal of the attention of the transportation planning community over the …
Amicus Brief: Abbott v. Pastides
The ACLU of South Carolina, DKT Liberty Project, Cato Institute and Reason Foundation filed this amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear Abbott v. Pastides. Ross Abbott, College Libertarians at the University of South Carolina, and Young Americans For …
California’s Plan to Ban Vaping Flavors would Hurt Public Health
California legislators are proposing a bill to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes in retail stores and vending machines. Lawmakers pushing the legislation say the goal is to reduce the number of kids taking up vaping. Proponents of the …
Reason Foundation’s Drug Policy Newsletter, December 2018
News and Opinion President Trump recently signed a bill that will reduce legal opioid prescriptions, which is likely to drive users seeking pain relief deeper into the more dangerous black market for similar drugs. The Little Rock Police Department has …
