Recent Research

Research & Commentary: UTOPIA and the Problems Facing Municipal Broadband

Matthew Glans
December 10, 2012

One of Utah’s most ambitious municipal broadband programs is facing serious subscribership and funding problems.

Research & Commentary: The Nevada Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
December 6, 2012

Nevada legislators are considering an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

The Leaflet - Approaching the Fiscal Cliff

John Nothdurft
November 29, 2012

Approaching the Fiscal Cliff

The Streetcar Fantasy

Randal O'Toole
November 28, 2012

Plans to build streetcar lines in San Antonio are based on several critical fallacies, including claims that streetcars are superior to buses in their ability to attract riders and that streetcars

Research & Commentary: Georgia Parent Trigger

Joy Pullmann
November 21, 2012

A Georgia legislator plans to propose an education reform that has garnered significant national attention: the Parent Trigger.

Research & Commentary: Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality

Joy Pullmann
November 21, 2012

The United States has increased its teaching force 250 percent since 1950, reducing teacher-student ratios from 1:22 to 1:15, but the expansion has not brought higher teacher quality.

Research & Commentary: “Use it or Lose it” Proposals

Taylor Smith
November 21, 2012

With gasoline prices reaching all-time highs, some activists and politicians are attacking oil and gas companies for not fully developing the federal leases for energy production they hold, and the

Pricewaterhouse Coopers' 'Too Late' Report: Poor Science, No Practical Solutions

James M. Taylor, J.D., Taylor Smith
November 21, 2012

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), titled Too Late for Two Degrees?

Research & Commentary: Oregon Capital Gains Tax Reform

Matthew Glans
November 20, 2012

As Congress considers whether to allow the capital gains tax rate to increase at the beginning of 2013, states across the nation are debating whether to change their own capital gains tax rates.

Research & Commentary: Internet Sales Taxes

Matthew Glans
November 19, 2012

In the past few years members of Congress have proposed several bills to expand states’ ability to tax purchases made online and from mail-order catalogs.