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R Street Testimony before the Washington House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee in Support of WA HB 1448, Allowing RCV in Local Elections
Dr. Jonathan Madison, Governance Fellow, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of HB 1448, “AN ACT Relating to increasing representation and voter participation in local elections.” February 4th, 2025 ...
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R Street Institute Testimony for the Maryland House Ways and Means Committee in Support MD HB 484, Online Fantasy Sports Competitions
Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute Testimony in Support MD HB 484, “Fantasy Competitions – Alterations and Voluntary Exclusion Requirements.” February 4, 2025 Maryland House ...
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DeepSeek’s cybersecurity failures expose a bigger risk. Here’s what we really should be watching.
The release of DeepSeek’s R1 model (DeepSeek-R1) on Jan. 20, 2025 dominated news headlines and sparked lively debates across ...
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Want to keep winning the overdose war? Expand health interventions, not failed scheduling
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Testimony for New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee in Opposition to NH HB 293: Device Content Restrictions
Josh Withrow, Fellow, Tech & Innovation Policy, R Street Institute Testimony in Opposition to NH HB 293, “AN ACT preventing minors from accessing obscenity on certain electronic devices with internet ...
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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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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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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 ...