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Beyond Preemption: Lessons from the 1996 Telecom Act

If you squint at today’s AI policy debates, you may see the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in the distance. In this conversation, Matt Perault, head of AI policy, a16z, sits down with Adam Thierer, ...
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Statement on the potential federal marijuana rescheduling from a retired police officer

This statement is in response to breaking news. Please contact [email protected] to speak with the scholar. In response to the ...
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R Street Comments on Xcel Energy Distribution Capacity Procurement

COMMENTS OF THE R STREET INSTITUTE The R Street Institute (R Street) submits these comments in response to the Notice of ...
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How Lawmakers, Google, and a Former Regulator Think the Grid Will Change

Advanced transmission technologies, otherwise known as ATTs, could help expand the existing grid’s capacity, freeing up space for some of the load growth that economy-wide electrification and data ...
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Trump AI Executive Order Targets State Regulatory Overreach To Protect National Markets

This statement is in response to breaking news. Please contact [email protected] to speak with the scholar. On December 11, ...
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Safer Solutions: What does competition have to do with methadone access?

Note: This is our final Safer Solutions entry for 2025. We’ll be back Jan. 7, 2026. Today, talk of curbing the supply of ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: Why is it so hard to get nations to agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

I recently wrote a piece for The Dispatch on why Republicans are so reluctant to participate in the “Conference of the ...