Public Employees

• Is It Even Possible to Lower Property Assessments "Improperly"?, Tim Cavanaugh, May 25, 2012
• Reason-Rupe: Wisconsinites Favor Increasing Public Union Retirement Contributions to Address Budget Deficit, Emily Ekins, May 25, 2012
• Reason-Rupe: Wisconsinites Favor Increasing Public Union Retirement Contributions to Address Budget Deficit, Emily Ekins, May 25, 2012
• Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Support for Public Union Reforms, Emily Ekins, May 25, 2012
• Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Support for Public Union Reforms, Emily Ekins, May 25, 2012
• Reason-Rupe Poll on Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36, Emily Ekins, May 24, 2012
• Reason-Rupe Poll: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36, Emily Ekins, May 24, 2012
• California Public Pension Contributions Up 304% Over the Last Decade, Matt Welch, May 23, 2012
• Union-Busting Scott Walker is Not a Job Killer After All, Shikha Dalmia, May 16, 2012
• California Teachers: Accused Child Molesters Get Due Process, Former Adult Performers Not So Much, Tim Cavanaugh, April 20, 2012
• Tasers for Transit Workers?, Ed Krayewski, April 17, 2012
• D.C. Escalator Nightmare, Jim Epstein & Kennedy, April 12, 2012
• How Much Does Your Job Suck?, Tim Cavanaugh, April 11, 2012
• 67 Percent of Americans Think Government Workers Get Better Health Care Benefits, Emily Ekins, April 9, 2012
• 67 Percent of Americans Think Government Workers Get Better Health Care Benefits, Emily Ekins, April 9, 2012
• Unions and Democrats: Labor’s Love Lost, Tim Cavanaugh, March 11, 2012
• California Convulses Over Dead Mountain Lion In Non-Bordering State, Tim Cavanaugh, March 9, 2012
• LAUSD Principal Focuses On Real Miramonte Criminals: The Children, Tim Cavanaugh, February 14, 2012
• L.A. Teachers Deliver for Kids by Blindfolding, Fondling Them, Tim Cavanaugh, February 6, 2012
• New at Reason: A. Barton Hinkle on Why Children Are Getting Dumber, November 15, 2011
• How Housing Policy and Public Pensions are Bankrupting America: Anthony Randazzo and Adam Summers at FreedomFest, Joshua Swain, September 27, 2011
• Gateway City Good Times: $31 Million Fast-Fingered; Business Lunch at Chuck E. Cheese’s, Tim Cavanaugh, September 23, 2011
• NYT Education Writer: Putting 1% of Public School Teachers in Rubber Rooms Is "Understandable", Matt Welch, August 29, 2011
• Semi-Q&A With Matt Welch in Sacto's Capitol Weekly, and Jerry Brown's Fire-Breathing Second Inaugural, Matt Welch, August 4, 2011
• California's Highest-Paid State Employee Is a Doctor No One Trusts to Treat Patients, Matt Welch, July 13, 2011
• Rhode Island Cities Run Out of Other People's Money, Matt Welch, July 12, 2011
• Public Pays for Half-Million-Dollar L.A. Tourism Salary, Tim Cavanaugh, June 23, 2011
• Even Government Workers Support a Flat Tax, May 24, 2011
• Half of Americans Say Government Workers Get Better Benefits Than Private Sector Workers, Emily Ekins, May 24, 2011
• What Are California Cities Hiding?, Tim Cavanaugh, April 26, 2011
• Reason Writers on Varney & Co.: Matt Welch Talks California Prison Guards, April 22, 2011
• Jerry Brown's Vacation Gift to Prison Guards, Tim Cavanaugh, April 22, 2011
• Congratulations to L.A. Times' Gottlieb and Vives for Bell Pulitzer, Tim Cavanaugh, April 19, 2011
• Today in Racism: What Position Did You Play? House Slave!, Tim Cavanaugh, April 7, 2011
• Rabbit Ears Alert: Tim Cavanaugh on L.A. Fox11 News at 10pm, April 6, 2011
• Reason.tv: What We Saw At The "Our Communities, Our Jobs" Labor Rally, Tim Cavanaugh & Zach Weissmueller, April 5, 2011
• So Government Employees Also Do Non-Fictitious Work?, Tim Cavanaugh, March 31, 2011
• California Democrats Will Blame Republicans Once They Find One, Tim Cavanaugh, March 29, 2011
• Miami Voters Fire Lousy Mayor, Matt Welch, March 16, 2011
• L.A. Election Late Hit, Tim Cavanaugh, March 9, 2011
• NPR CEO Resigns After Video Sting, Matt Welch, March 9, 2011
• Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Wisconsin's Real Lesson, March 3, 2011
• Jurors Acquit Suspect, Then Give Him Their Jury Pay, Radley Balko, March 1, 2011
• Is Scott Walker a Pro-Union Mole?, Tim Cavanaugh, March 1, 2011
• Wisconsin: the New Name for Excitement, Tim Cavanaugh, February 23, 2011
• Today We Are All Yon Yonson, Tim Cavanaugh, February 18, 2011
• Tunisia...Egypt...Wisconsin?, Tim Cavanaugh, February 17, 2011
• Rahm Emanuel: “city government is not an employment agency”, Damon W. Root, February 17, 2011
• How Hard Is It To Fire a Police Officer?, Radley Balko, February 16, 2011
• "They need to know that there isn't a protected class receiving better treatment", Matt Welch, February 9, 2011
• Paying for Bad Cops, Radley Balko, February 9, 2011
• Reason Writers on the Tube: Damon Root Talks Public Sector Pensions on Freedom Watch, January 24, 2011
• How Much of that Flat Hourly Fee Would Be Overtime?, Tim Cavanaugh, December 1, 2010
• Disorganizing For America: Left Hates Obama Pay Freeze, Tim Cavanaugh, November 30, 2010
• Liquor Privatization Would Save Money and Improve Service, but It Also Would Eliminate Unnecessary Government Jobs. What to Do?, Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2010
• California's Gold Done Gone, Tim Cavanaugh, October 25, 2010
• Reason on the (Local) Tube: Tim Cavanaugh Bids Adieu to Cal Budget Fooferaw, October 12, 2010
• "No true liberal or progressive should support current public employee compensation.", Tim Cavanaugh, October 8, 2010
• Reason on the Tube: Tim Cavanaugh On KTTV 11 Los Angeles 10 O'Clock News, October 5, 2010
• Meg vs. Jerry: Can Two Very Different Candidates Both Be All Bad?, Tim Cavanaugh, October 4, 2010
• Tim Cavanaugh Talks California On Varney & Co. This Morning 10am Eastern (7am Pacific), September 28, 2010
• Media Matters: These $2 Million Jobs Would Look Like A Bargain If They Could Just Spend the Money Faster, Tim Cavanaugh, September 17, 2010
• Los Angeles: Home of the $5 Cup of Coffee, $2 Million Job, Tim Cavanaugh, September 16, 2010
• SEIU’s Twilight Struggle Begins, or, If You Don’t Like It Top-Down, Why Are You In the Service Industry?, Tim Cavanaugh, September 14, 2010
• Sweet Smell of Bankruptcy: Bay Area City Manager Looks at Life After Default, Tim Cavanaugh, September 13, 2010
• No-One Dast Blame This Government Employee, Tim Cavanaugh, September 7, 2010
• Two States, One Cup, Tim Cavanaugh, September 1, 2010
• California Roundup: Plastic Bags and Government Golf Cart Drivers Are Up; Illegal Immigration, Bad Surfers Are Down, Tim Cavanaugh, September 1, 2010
• California Roundup: Professors Can't Do Math, Tim Cavanaugh, August 31, 2010
• California Roundup: Trojan Victory; Grand Delusion; Hollywood Cannibals, and More, Tim Cavanaugh, August 27, 2010