If clean slate laws had existed in the past, Susan B. Anthony, César Chávez, and Martin Luther King Jr. might have had their ...

The loss of independent tenure could also politicize the appointment process, warned Kent Chandler, a fellow at the R Street Institute and former chair of Kentucky’s utility regulator. “Future ...

This interview is part of the R Street Institute’s new Real Insights series, featuring deep conversations with a diverse range of experts, authors, and leaders about the intersection of leadership and ...

Our interview for Episode 125 of the Free the Economy podcast is with Caroline Melear, Resident Fellow in Finance at the R Street Institute. We’ll talk about consumer finance, interest rates, the ...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into a state prosecutor’s office—not for breaking the law, but ...

We, the undersigned organizations, oppose efforts to impose price controls on credit cards. The inaccurately named Credit Card Competition Act has been filed as an amendment to the Guiding and ...

President Trump’s budget bill, having recently passed the House of Representatives, is headed for the Senate with a proposed 10-year moratorium on AI regulations at the state level. How should ...

America’s AI innovators risk getting squeezed between the so-called Brussels Effect of overzealous European regulation and the so-called Sacramento Effect of excessive state and local mandates,” said ...

Imagine being a family sitting on over $260,000 of debt that hasn’t socked away a dime since 2001, regularly spends 27 ...

Lawmakers continue to propose new bills that would require social media companies and app stores to segment users by age and ...

Trump’s ever-shifting tariff pronouncements make it hard for businesses and consumers to plan ahead. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — ...