March 6, 2009
By Kelly McCutchen In these difficult economic times, it’s increasingly important to increase state employees’ retirement security and avoid future reductions in benefits. Yet a new study finds that the […]
May 5, 2006
By Kelly McCutchen As growing numbers of small businesses drop insurance plans amid rising costs, many individuals are opting to go uninsured rather than buy individual insurance. Their decision is […]
March 30, 2006
By Benita M. Dodd One week after more than 600 people from around the nation participated in an Atlanta conference on how to fund sustainable water infrastructure, the federal Environmental […]
January 27, 2006
By Benita M. Dodd The 2005-2006 legislative term has already seen at least three dozen pieces of legislation that reference eminent domain, the authority of government to take land from […]
May 30, 2003
By Nina Owcharenko The United States Supreme Court recently issued a decision (PHRMA v. Walsh) to allow Maine Rx, a Maine government program requiring prescription drug discounts, to move forward. While […]
February 18, 2003
By Morgan Smith During the next few weeks, Georgia’s legislators will be looking for creative solutions to the state’s budget crisis. One possibility being considered is a tax amnesty, which […]
January 24, 2003
Your contract is only as strong as the monitoring, reporting, and direct oversight that is built into it. By Geoffrey F. Segal I. Context In 1997, the City of Atlanta privatized […]
June 29, 2001
Wendell Cox Introduction The Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area1 has adopted the nation’s strongest so-called “smart growth” policies. Metro, the regional government, has adopted a wide range of policies […]
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