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How a state ‘justice’ law created injustice in Santa Ana
Nearly 17 years ago, I penned a feature column for The Orange County Register about Santa Ana’s “Renaissance Plan,” which was ...
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Insurers Brace for Impact as Election Season Moves into High Gear
Federal and state elections due to take place in less than four weeks could have a huge impact on insurers — and potentially ...
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AI and Public Health, Part 3: How AI Can Revolutionize Drug Discovery
This R Street series considers how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems are advancing medical capabilities and health outcomes. Previous installments explored how AI/ML ...
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Instagram’s new under-18 rules are long overdue, children’s safety advocates say
Still, it’s something, said Shoshana Weissmann, a fellow at the R Street Institute, in an interview. Since it is unclear if legislation bogged down in Congress will ever happen. For instance, the ...
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Utilities Are America’s Real Monopoly Problem and Need Scrutiny
Presidential candidates may pitch ideas to reduce energy costs or control prices, but federal regulators have tools that can ...
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Explainer Series Intro: Rural Communities Need Harm Reduction, Too
Overdose deaths in the United States have claimed more than 100,000 lives annually in recent years. While the vast majority ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: The Return of Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island (TMI), a nuclear power plant (NPP) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is slated to reopen in 2028. The plant ...
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Last Gasp of ‘Progressive DA’ Movement?
As Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón heads toward defeat, it’s time to assess what went wrong with this ideological ...
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Looking Outside Our Orbit: How Satellites Can Reconnect Us in Crises
Hurricane Helene slammed into the southeastern United States at the end of September, leaving in its wake utter destruction ...
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Toxic plume: Did government ‘winner’ turn out to be a loser?
The fires are out at the recently incinerated BioLab facility that left large swaths of metro Atlanta paralyzed, but the ...
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Autonomous vehicles are here. Let’s embrace them
Highly autonomous vehicles are coming to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. “Called Glydcars and made by a company called ...
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Hurricane Milton, Helene: Is the home insurance industry doomed?
Jerry Theodorou, who leads insurance research at the R Street Institute, a free market think tank, noted that insurers in California face regulations that limit their ability to increase rates and for ...