Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Finance

Charter school superintendent makes $870k. For district with 1k students (texastribune.org)
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
Education, Charter Schools, Texas, Salaries, Public Finance
16 points by everybodyknows 47 days ago | 4 comments
Sin taxes are suffering from a shortage of sinners (economist.com)
Pity the California taxman. The state has a yawning budget deficit, which politicians are attempting to narrow. Local laws make it difficult to raise taxes, requiring a two-thirds majority. Worse, once-reliable sources of funds are running dry. Fuel-tax revenues are forecast to fall sharply as drivers switch to electric vehicles. Revenues from cigarette taxes have fallen by $500m, or 29%, since 2017; now those from alcohol taxes are dropping, too.
Taxes, California, Economics, Public Finance
41 points by hhs 171 days ago | 78 comments
Secretive court system has awarded over $100B public money to corporations (theguardian.com)
Politics, Law, Corporations, Public Finance
14 points by belter 324 days ago | 0 comments