Time for the MWATA Board to Look in the Mirror
Government Accountability Office
The Metropolitan Washington Area Transit Authority needs to proceed with its proposed self-evaluation. The hoped-for result: A stronger focus on strategic planning and less time spent micro-managing the organization.
New York’s Middle Class Under Attack
Demos, Drum Major Institute
New York’s rich are getting richer. The middle class is shrinking. Mind-blowing statistic: The top 1% of New York City’s income earners make 44% of the income.
CHIP Children Have Hard Time Getting Physician Referrals
Government Accountability Office
Eighty-three percent of primary care physicians have CHIP-funded children enrolled as patients. But only 78% accept new CHIP patients. And only 47% of specialists take new CHIP patients.
Minority Districts Make Congress More Liberal, Not Less
National Bureau of Economic Research
Forget the conventional wisdom: Creating majority-minority districts, both for blacks and Hispanics, makes states’ congressional districts more liberal.
Race to the Top Needs to Share Best Practices
Government Accountability Office
The Obama administration invested $4 billion in 12 Race-to-the-Top initiatives. It would be a good idea for participating states to share best practices with each other and non-participating states as well.
U.S. Needs to Train More Electrical Workers
National Commission on Energy Policy
An estimated one-third of the 400,000 employees of the nation’s electric power sector will retire in the next 10 years, and another 60,000 will be needed for renewable energy sources. A concerted effort is required to educate and train the workforce of the future.
New Jersey Wind Initiative Will Cost Billions
Beacon Hill Institute
New Jersey’s Offshore Wind Economic Development Act aims to build 1,100 MW of generating capacity from offshore wind power. This study concludes that the net cost (cost, not benefit) to New Jersey will be $3.2 billion.
