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Republican populism goes all in for the Nanny State
We’re well accustomed to progressive politicians railing against corporate greed, especially here in California where Gov.
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California Voters Reject ‘California Values’
Even the mainstream media acknowledges that state’s election results show that Californians are tiring of Democrats’ ...
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Air Pollution Will Probably Still Decline Under the Second Trump Presidency
Given President-elect Donald J. Trump’s critical rhetoric about environmental regulation, it is natural to wonder what the ...
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Trump tariffs could worsen rather than tame inflation
The debilitating inflation plaguing the Biden-Harris administration helped secure Donald Trump’s improbable return to the ...
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Why We Do Not Take Positions on Senate Nominations
Just a few weeks after his victory in the presidential election, news and controversy over President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
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Spotlight on Criminal Justice: The National Observance of Veterans and Military Families Month – November
Since 1996, the month of November has been dedicated to acknowledging the service and sacrifice of members of the military ...
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The Credit Card Competition Act Cedes Power to The Fed. Congress Should Not Pass It.
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D–Ill.) held a hearing titled “Breaking the Visa-Mastercard ...
R Street Institute1dOpinion
What are the politics of debt relief?
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and Julia talk with Chloe Nicol Thurston and Emily Zackin about the ...
R Street Institute5dOpinion
The Trouble with Mpox
Origins and Basics Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) is a viral illness that belongs to the same family as smallpox. First ...
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R Street Institute2dOpinion
Low-Energy Fridays: One Mining Permitting Issue Congress Still Needs to Address
In 2022, a federal court ruling known as the Rosemont decision threw the future of hardrock mining in the United States for a loop. Perhaps it goes without saying, but because mining is the process of ...
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R Street Institute1dOpinion
New N.Y.P.D. Boss Takes Over a Department With ‘Phenomenal Problems’
The family’s wealth could help distance her from the corruption investigations swirling around the department and City Hall, said Jillian Snider, a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and ...
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R Street Institute2dOpinion
Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need
Kent Chandler, a former chairman for the Kentucky Public Service Commission, told me he agrees that there is a regulatory gap. He is a senior resident fellow at R Street Institute, a think tank that ...