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R Street Testimony in Support of VA SB 670, authorizing autonomous vehicles in Virginia

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of Senate Bill 670, “Fully autonomous vehicles; ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of MD HB 360, Clean Slate Act of 2026

Chairwoman Bartlett and members of the committee, My name is Sarah Anderson, and I am the associate director of criminal justice and civil liberties policy for the R Street Institute (RSI), which is a ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of MD SB 562, pharmacist prescribing of OUDs

Stacey McKenna, Resident Senior Fellow, Healthier Communities, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of Senate Bill 562, “State Board of Pharmacy – Prescriber-Pharmacist Agreements – Treatment of Opioid Use ...
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America’s First Ladies: 250 Years of Influence

Featuring [Moderator] Sabrina Schaeffer, Vice President, Public Affairs, R Street Institute Anita McBride, ...
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Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the AI Innovation Ecosystem

The Pentagon’s dispute with Anthropic recently ended with President Donald J. Trump directing every federal agency to cease ...
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R Street Testimony in Support of VA HB 711, Solar Energy Preemption

Robert Melvin, Northeast Region Director, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of House Bill 711: “Local regulation of solar ...
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R Street Testimony In Support of Colorado Senate Bill 26-115, Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders

Logan Seacrest, Resident Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street Institute In SUPPORT of Senate Bill 26-115, ...
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State of the Union: Public Safety, Said and Unsaid

President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address touched on public safety in several places, presenting what he ...
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Hawai’i has a chance to fix its bail system

States face a recurring tension between two compelling interests when creating policies around pretrial release. One is the ...
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LA’s Dogged Defense of ‘Mansion’ Tax Destroys Housing Supply

I sometimes prattle about a proverbial $1 million tax on poodles as a way to illustrate the counterproductive nature of many ...
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R Street Institute’s Matt Germer Joins C-SPAN, Washington Journal, to Discuss the SAVE America Act

Watch as R Street Institute’s Matt Germer joins C-SPAN, Washington Journal, in an extensive discussion regarding the SAVE America Act.
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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 30, Part 4: The Continuing Need for Reform

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 just turned 30 years old, and this 4-part series commemorating its anniversary has ...