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Arizona Lawmakers Advancing Bills that Help Would Produce Faster Election Results
In recent elections, Arizona has struggled to finalize results in a timely manner. Ballot counting dragged on for days after polls closed, frustrating voters and contributing to distrust in the ...
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Quotas, cuffs and cornbread, Georgia’s Legislature gets cooking
The Georgia General Assembly only recently gaveled into session, but it is already proving to be contentious.
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Trump: Look at the Slow-Moving FDA
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of low-risk tobacco pouches is welcome, but why did it delay for more than four ...
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Safer Solutions: What happens when we overestimate the risk of unlikely outcomes?
Today, seatbelt use in the United States tops 90 percent. In 1983, only 14 percent of Americans wore seatbelts, due in part ...
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Podcast: Tech Roundup Episode 23 – Privacy and Safety: Key Arguments of the Age Verification Debate
On January 15, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, a case involving Texas H.B. 1181, which is a law that imposes an age-verification requirement for adult ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Is the National Energy Council a good idea?
After his electoral victory, President Donald J. Trump announced the formation of a “National Energy Council” that will coordinate energy and environment-related activities within the ...
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R Street Testimony before the Virginia House Health and Human Services Committee in Support of HB 2319 A Measure To Allow Drug Checking Products.
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of HB 2319: “Drug and controlled paraphernalia; creates exception for drug checking products.” January 30, 2025 House ...
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R Street Testimony Before Virginia House Labor and Commerce Committee in Support of VA HB 2528, Retail Competition, and Consumer Energy Choice
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of VA HB 2528, Retail Competition, and Consumer Energy Choice. January 30, 2025 Virginia House Labor and Commerce ...
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International Emissions Trends, and How This Should Inform U.S. Climate Policy
Introduction As a new administration takes the reins on what role climate change may play in U.S. foreign policy, it is worth ...
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No, conscripting the app stores doesn’t solve the problems with age verification
Lawmakers show no sign of slowing down with laws to limit minors’ use of social media. State and federal legislation ...
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R Street testimony in support of SB 6 to expand access in Georgia to drug-checking tools
Marc Hyden, Director, State Government Affairs, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of SB 6, “Act to amend Code Section 26-3-22 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated […] so as to authorize the use of ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of SB 924 to Allow Drug Checking Products in Virginia
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of SB 924: “Drug and controlled paraphernalia; creates exception for drug checking products.” January 29, 2025 Senate ...