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RSI scholars on Trump tariffs’ impact on energy, insurance, U.S. agriculture, consumer prices, and more
In response to breaking news and sweeping new tariffs by the Trump administration, the R Street Institute is highlighting how they will impact the energy sector, consumer prices, auto insurance rates, ...
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Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the AI Regulatory Landscape
Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow for the Technology & Innovation team at R Street, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the UT Austin School of Law and a Contributing Editor at Lawfare, ...
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Addiction treatment advocates turn to an unlikely ally: DOGE
A coalition of advocacy groups including a leading addiction medicine society and a center-right think tank is pressing the Trump administration with an unlikely request: Use the U.S. DOGE Service to ...
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Can We Fix Our Primaries? A Look at 2025’s Reform Efforts
As the 2025 legislative sessions draw to a close in a number of states, it is an opportune time to assess the state of ...
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Why Marvel’s Recidivism Rate Is Lower than DC’s
In the debate over crime and punishment, policymakers often turn to academic literature, history, and data, overlooking an ...
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A New Frontier in Our Work: Keeping People Safer From Ham
Here at R Street, we’re always looking for pragmatic policy solutions that increase people’s freedoms to improve their lives.
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Vote your conscience, pay the price: Georgia politics devolves into blood-sport
Elections have consequences, according to an old adage that is plainly aimed at urging people to vote for certain political ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of RI S 543, Permitting the Sale of Flavored Nicotine Products in Vape Stores
Jeffrey S. Smith, Senior Fellow, Integrated Harm Reduction, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of RI S 543, a bill to modify the Rhode Island Flavor Ban to Allow Flavored Electronic Nicotine ...
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R Street Joins Others Urging Federal Government to Fix Outdated Regulations Banning Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
The Honorable Pam BondiAttorney General of the United StatesDepartment of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington DC 20530 The Honorable Derek S. MaltzActing AdministratorDrug Enforcement ...
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Low Energy Fridays: How the EPA’s Endangerment Finding Became Endangered
As discussed previously, the series of 31 deregulatory actions recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA ...
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R Street Institute Opposes Male Oral Contraceptive Pills
BREAKING: Following Dobbs v. Jackson, the United States saw a 10 percent increase in interest for new male contraceptives, and nearly half of surveyed men were interested in starting one within the ...
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Constitution’s enemies misuse 1798 law to gut due process
SACRAMENTO—The Trump administration has for the fourth time in history invoked the war-time Alien Enemies Act of 1798 even ...