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California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The hearing, “California Fires and ...
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Gilmore: Trump should keep the heat on monopolies
The lawsuit calls out the entertainment behemoth, which merged back in 2010, for questionable business practices and ultimately asserts Live Nation uses its position as the largest ticket seller, ...
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Want larger transmission lines? Fix this regulatory gap, experts say.
That lack of transparency is a big problem, said Kent Chandler, a former chairman for the Kentucky Public Service Commission and resident senior fellow at free market-oriented think tank R Street ...
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Testimony for Virginia House General Laws Committee in Support of Virginia SB 811: Third-Party Delivery of Alcohol Sunset Repeal.
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of VA SB 811: “Alcoholic beverage control; third-party delivery licenses.” February 4, 2025 Virginia House General ...
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Right to compute bills push back on AI regulation
The Montana and New Hampshire measures’ introduction is supported by free market evangelists such as Adam Thierer, a technology and innovation senior fellow at the R Street Institute think tank. “BOOM ...
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Extra: A “Sputnik Moment” That Hastened The AI Arms Race | FOX News Rundown
This past week began with a tech selloff as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek spooked investors worldwide. Chipmakers Nvidia and Broadcom were the stocks most impacted, as DeepSeek’s AI virtual assistant ...
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No, Elon Musk: It isn’t illegal to boycott X
Shifting age verification mandates from online platforms to app stores doesn’t solve the problems with age verification, write Josh Withrow and Shoshana Weissman of the R Street Institute: State and ...
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Federal Circuit Court Reboots FCC’s Net Neutrality Plans
Last month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the latest attempt by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
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Ramifications of China’s DeepSeek Moment, Part 1: AI, Technological Supremacy & National Security
This analysis is part one of a three-part series in response to breaking news and will be updated. Please contact ...
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Trump’s executive order on free speech is good, but new administration must protect Section 230
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship,” ...
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Why the Los Angeles wildfires were so expensive
The FAIR Plan basically has two options, said Jerry Theodorou, who leads insurance research at the R Street Institute, a free market think tank. In the first, the FAIR Plan could issue an emergency ...
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R Street Testimony before the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in Support of MD SB 398, the Maryland Clean Slate Act
Sarah Anderson, Associate Director, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of MD SB 398: “Criminal Procedure – Automated Expungement (Maryland Clean Slate Act)” ...