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New York ($37,006 per capita), New Jersey ($35,100), Connecticut ($33,189), Illinois ($31,582) and Hawaii ($30,759) have the highest total state and local debt, which includes debt at the state, county, city and school district levels within each state.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is making an admirable move to commute the death sentences of all 548 people on death row in California, writes @VittorioNastasi.
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, public schools have lost 1.4 million students and are projected to lose another 2.7 million by the 2031-32 school year.
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"While it may be tempting to look at individual cases that are particularly heinous or where the evidence is strong and conclude that we should allow for expedited executions in those circumstances, that position is untenable in practice. Our justice system has one standard of proof in criminal cases—proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Even under that high standard, the system doesn’t always get it right." reason.org/commentary/gov-ne… via @ReasonFdn
The Bureau of Prisons ended a rule that made eligible people wait until they reached their assigned prison to earn credits toward early release.
Congress should build on that change by fixing the gaps in the First Step Act itself, write Colleen P. Eren and Hanna Liebman Dershowitz.
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Winning bidders for two express toll lane projects in Tennessee and Georgia agreed to pay more than $48 billion in upfront concession fees. Robert Poole asks whether those big upfront payments make sense for projects that depend on decades of toll revenue.buff.ly/MDkleVR
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Nationwide, inflation-adjusted public school funding grew from $14,969 per student in 2002 to $20,322 per student in 2023.
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Many states have or are considering policies that hold school districts harmless for declining enrollment.
Not only is this costly, it’s also unnecessary and counterproductive.
Policymakers should instead do the opposite: ensure K-12 dollars are tied to current-year enrollment counts.
Here’s my primer on how to do this.
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The midterm elections are over, but the 119th Congress still has time to improve its legacy. Before lawmakers leave Washington, they can overhaul part of a regulatory system that keeps one of the most effective treatments for opioid use disorder out of reach. reason.com/2026/11/09/this-c… via @reason
In his latest newsletter, Robert Poole writes that multibillion-dollar concession fees can help state transportation departments tackle unfunded projects, but who ultimately pays for these upfront windfalls?
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Public school funding has risen drastically in the last couple of decades, but dollars are increasingly going toward non-teaching staff rather than teacher salaries.
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It’s been widely reported that the energy sector is the big winner, but the BAAJA permitting reform bill has a number of provisions that would benefit transportation infrastructure development too.
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From 2002 to 2023, public schools expanded their staff by 15% as enrollment rose just 4%. Instructional aides and student support staff accounted for more than half of that growth.
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The bulk of public school staffing growth between 2002 and 2023 was accounted for by student support staff and instructional aides.
Overall, non-teaching staff grew by 23%, compared to 4% enrollment growth.
From 2002 to 2023, public schools increased staff by 15.1 percent while student enrollment rose just 4 percent, writes @ASmithAZ.
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Between 2002 and 2023, the average inflation-adjusted teacher salary fell despite a 36 percent real increase in per-student funding, writes @ASmithAZ.
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If an additional $250 million is available for New Mexico’s Public Employees Retirement Association, it should go toward paying off the pension system’s $9.7 billion in unfunded liabilities. Adding a liability will only deepen it, writes @BraydenT_Myers.buff.ly/hAqjd1e
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Come on, new-majority Dems: 70% of us want to prioritize ending the Iran war (even Trump seems open to it). @reason's @GeneHealy says Congress can defund, impeach Hegseth, and bring in the judiciary. Read the whole pitch via @thehill thehill.com/opinion/congress…
From 2002 to 2023, public schools increased staff by 15.1 percent while student enrollment rose just 4 percent, writes @ASmithAZ.
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"Between 2002 and 2023, the average inflation-adjusted teacher salary fell despite a 36 percent real increase in per-student funding." — @ASmithAZ
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