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Fueled by Tolling, Innovation Stems From Our Local Communities

Patrick D. Jones | Posted 04.12.2013 | Business
Read More: International Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Gas Tax, Bridges, North Texas Tollway Authority, David King, New Jersey Turnpike, Tolls, American Society of Civil Engineers, Ibtta, Transportation, Government, Tobin-Bridge, Illinois Tollway, Infrastructure, Highways, The Atlantic, Asce, Tobin Bridge, New York Times, Tolling, Reason Foundation, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, Business News
Patrick D. Jones

The funding crunch facing America's transportation infrastructure has made it crucial for our cities, counties, states and regions to find innovative ways of funding our mobility.

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What We're Hearing: IBTTA Highway Finance Campaign is Moving America Forward

Patrick D. Jones | Posted 04.26.2013 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, All-Electronic-Tolling, Infrastructure, Congress, Driving, Cbo, Trucking, Gas Tax, Congressional Budget Office, 113th Congress, Chamber of Commerce, Tolling, Reason Foundation, Ibtta, Transportation, Politics News
Patrick D. Jones

Anytime you undertake a major public campaign, you're quickly reminded that listening is even more important than speaking.

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Mayor Hancock's Permanent Property Tax Increase the Wrong Way to Solve Denver's Spending Problem

Mike Krause | Posted 10.07.2012 | Denver
Read More: Mayor Hancock, Reason Foundation, Property Tax Increase, Joshua Sharf, Susan Barnes-Gelt, Denver Post, Denver Politics, Denver, Taxes, Tax Increases, Denver News
Mike Krause

Denver is recovering some housing value, and property tax revenue will rise along with the housing market. But the mayor's new money grab could jeopardize an already shaky local economy.

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Debt Ceiling Rap: U.S. Debt 'More Unsustainable Than My Rap Career'

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.26.2011 | Business
Read More: Reason.tv, Politics, Debt Celing, Rap, Funny Debt Ceiling Video, Debt Ceiling Video, Debt Limit, US Debt, Quantitative Easing, Debt Limit Rap, Debt Ceiling Rap, Reason Foundation, Libertarian, Remy, Debt Ceiling Rap Video, Video, Business News

With debt ceiling negotiations at a near standstill, and the August 2 deadline drawing ever closer, what was once thought impossible has already occur...

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Dave Jamieson

For States Pondering Toll Road Privatization, Indiana Is A Cautionary Tale

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.16.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mitch Daniels, Privatization, Ohio Turnpike, John Kasich, Goldman Sachs, Highways, Macquarie Banker, Reason Foundation, Indiana Toll Road, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In two weeks, the cost of traveling the 157-mile length of the Indiana Toll Road will rise more than 2 percent, from $8.80 to an even $9...

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With $42 Billion and 7 Homes, Why Are the Kochs Buying our Democracy?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.04.2011 | Politics
Read More: Foreclosures, David Koch, Cato Institute, Susan Montalbano, Social Security, Wendy McDowell, Koch Industries, Jerry McDowell, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation, Big Oil, Charles Koch, Oil, Environment, Climate Change Denial, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Energy, Reason Foundation, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

The billionaire brothers who brought you Tea Party groups like Americans for Prosperity and anti-worker governors like Scott Walker and John Kasich are now attacking some of the most vulnerable Americans.

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Morgan Stanley Scores Huge Deal With Cash-Strapped Chicago For Parking

Bloomberg | Darrell Preston | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Fitch Ratings, Automobiles, Wall Street Bailout, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Midway Airport, Chicago, University of Southern California, Allianz Capital Partners, Reason Foundation, Business News

Chicago drivers will pay a Morgan Stanley-led partnership at least $11.6 billion to park at city meters over the next 75 years, 10 times what Mayor Ri...

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Denver Traffic Costs City $38.5 Billion Per Year: Study

Kevin Flynn's Inside Lane | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Denver Regional Council of Governments, Denver Transportation, Colorado, Reason Foundation, Denver Traffic, Denver News

The Denver metro region will sacrifice as much as $38.5 billion a year in economic output if it fails to spend the money necessary to resolve traffic ...

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Secretary Chu's Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Tarp, Infrastructure Bank, Ed Rendell, Clean Energy Bank, Howard Dean, Aig, Jeb Bush, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, European Investment Bank, Council on Competitiveness President Obama, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Public-Private Partnership, p3, Newt Gingrich, Reason Foundation, Export-Import Bank, Business News
Michael Likosky

The Clean Energy Bank is essential to deliver on President Obama's mandate to "make sure that we are investing in what's required for long term growth."

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Why are Health Insurance Companies Afraid of Competition

Donald Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Harry and Louise, Obama, Reason Foundation, Business News
Donald Cohen

The health insurance industry is already gearing up again to fight Obama's health care plans. This time it's cries of unfair competition with a successful model of government organized health insurance.

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