By Thomas Perrin, Director of Public Affairs
Many of the public policy ideas that The James Madison Institute has espoused over the last two decades gained traction in the 2010 Regular Session, while still others wait for their window of opportunity. This year, the Florida Legislature took some bold steps that garnered national attention, particularly on …
2010 Legislative Report 
Posted 06/11/2010
April 2010 – Issue Analysis “Public Employee Pension Reform”
Posted 05/20/2010
INTRODUCTION
Public employee pensions were originally intended to supplement the retirees’ Social Security benefits and other sources of retirement income. The promise of pensions helped governments recruit skilled employees while also ensuring that retired public employees need not spend their “golden years” in a state of poverty and deprivation. However, such pensions were never intended to …
2009 Tallahassee Tea Party
Posted 07/01/2009
2009 Legislative Update
Posted 05/29/2009
Ten Fiscal Principles
Posted 04/24/2009
2006 Florida Public Education Spending Poll
Posted 01/24/2006
2006 Study of Florida’s Public Education Spending
Posted 01/01/2006
Spend-o-Meter Fast Facts
Posted 08/31/2005
7/22/05 – Bob Sanchez Speaks on The Capitol Report
Posted 07/20/2005
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Press Room
- 2010-August6 FYI: JMI to Host Florida Transparency Summit featuring Andrew Breitbart
- 2010 – July27 Press Release: Summer Journal “The Quest for Excellence Should Not Be Absent from the Debate on Teacher Pay and Tenure”
- Behind the Texas Textbook Fracas
- 2010-July5 Media Citing: National Review “Give Freely”
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- Florida Transparency Summit
Tampa (Aug 28) - American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Meeting
San Diego, CA (Aug 6) - Friedman Day Celebration
Tallahassee (Jul 30) - 4th Biennial Old-Fashioned Political Jamboree
Delray Beach (Jul 17)
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