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Financiers plan to launch a Texas-based stock exchange
June 07, 2024 | News, FinanceThe group announced Wednesday it raised $120 million in capital to start a CEO-friendly stock exchange that aims to capitalize on discontent over new rules and rising compliance costs at Nasdaq and NYSE.
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States beg insurers not to drop climate-threatened homes
June 05, 2024 | News, FinanceProperty insurance companies say they’re taking losses amid escalating disasters.
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Can cash payments reduce childhood poverty?
May 31, 2024 | News, FinanceMoney may not be able to buy happiness, but observers say it could help protect some of the nation’s most vulnerable: children living in poverty.
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Universities try 3-year degrees to save students time, money
| News, FinanceAs states explore shorter degrees, some faculty say they undercut students’ education.
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Safety-net health clinics cut services and staff amid Medicaid ‘unwinding’
May 30, 2024 | News, FinanceNationwide, health centers that serve low-income communities face a financial storm created by a sharp rise in the cost of care, a tight workforce and now fewer insured patients.
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Utah’s largest teacher union files lawsuit against state’s school choice voucher program
| News, FinanceThe lawsuit argues the voucher program violates several provisions of the Utah Constitution that require the state to establish an education system equally accessible to every child. It comes amid an expansion of these programs nationwide.
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Challenge-based procurement ‘just makes sense’
May 29, 2024 | News, FinanceNew York City is trying out a new approach to government procurement, whereby the city seeks solutions to its problems instead of prescribing them.
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How do women in the public sector assess their retirement security?
May 22, 2024 | News, FinanceNew data shows that younger female workers are more worried than men about saving enough.
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Shiny new things and public priorities
May 20, 2024 | News, FinanceCOMMENTARY | The economic growth and civic pride benefits of new stadiums are not enough to compensate for the required public financial commitment.
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California is about to tax guns more like alcohol and tobacco—and that could put a dent in gun violence
| News, FinanceCOMMENTARY | Gun deaths and injuries aren’t just tragic—they’re expensive, too.