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Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, the Boston Revolt paved the way for American self-rule

With the advent of America’s 250th anniversary, our country has cast well-deserved attention on the Founding Generation, the ...
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California Progressives Want ‘Big Oil’ to Fix an Insurance Crisis Created by the State’s Price Controls

The Orange County Register Editorial Board once interviewed state Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco) about his bill to ...
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Baltimore and D.C. See Steep Declines in Violent Crime Over Decade

The R Street Institute’s, Jillian Snider, Resident Senior Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, was quoted on these steep declines: “When you have a targeted, community-based program in a ...
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Bootleggers, Baptists, and AI

It is no secret that lawmakers are more interested than ever in artificial intelligence (AI), with over 1,500 AI-related ...
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R Street Letter to MD Governor Wes Moore in Support of MD HB 838 and SB 562: Pharmacist Prescribing of MOUDs

April 15, 2026 The Honorable Westley MooreGovernor of MarylandState House100 State CircleAnnapolis, MD 21401 Re: R Street Institute’s Support for House Bill 838 and Senate Bill 562 Governor Moore, My ...
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FDA Vaping Rules: Much Ado About Very Little

The “experts” have waged a war on vaping while ignoring evidence that such prohibitions increase the use of deadly cigarettes ...
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AI, free speech, and America’s real advantage over China

Our overbroad proposed AI regulations should alarm anyone who cares about free speech — and America’s competitive position ...
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Five Levels of Cost-Effective Harm Reduction for Rural Communities

Every year, thousands of Americans die from drug overdoses in places where the nearest ambulance is 20 minutes away, the ...
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The Problem With Telling AI What to Think, No Matter Who Is Asking

Colorado wants to tell AI developers what their models are allowed to say, but a new federal lawsuit argues that the First Amendment prevents this interference. On April 9, xAI filed a constitutional ...
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Safer Solutions: The Challenges of Regulating Chemical Analogs

Our brains love to sort things into categories to help us process the enormous amount of information we take in at every ...
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Legislature delivers, but falls short on major proposals

Lawmakers often enter legislative session with bold ambitions to pass landmark laws that help their constituents. The 2026 ...
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Comments of the R Street Institute in RFC on Zoox Petition

April 10, 2026 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,Washington, DC 20590 Re: Comment in Support of Zoox, Inc. Petition for Temporary Exemption from Federal Motor ...