The Associated Press reports:  A federal judge in Los Angeles has sentenced a medical marijuana dispensary owner to a year and a day in prison in one of the nation's first such cases since the Obama administration adjusted its pot policy. ...

This article in the New York Times lays it out. Treasury officials now face a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a balloon of short-term borrowings that come due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure to climb back to...

The State of California's General Services Division has issued a Request for Proposals for the sale of the 150-acre Orange County Fairgrounds site in Costa Mesa. See Reason Foundation's recent commentary on California asset sales here, here and...

Some privatization news highlights from the last two weeks that haven't been covered elsewhere on the blog: FEDERAL "The Upside of Outsourcing," Defense News "Work stops again on TSA infrastructure contract," Washington Technology "Rule would...

Reconnecting America and the Free Congress Foundation have co-published a collection of essays by the late Paul Weyrich and William S. Lind on public transit called Moving Minds: Conservatives and Public Transit. To promote the themes, Transportation...

The "recovery" in the third quarter this year was downgraded today, from 3.5 to 2.8 percent GDP growth: The government’s new reading on gross domestic product was not as energetic as the 3.5 percent growth rate for the July-September period estimated...