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2025 Real
Solutions Summit

The 2025 Real Solutions Summit aims to bring together leaders in politics, public policy, media, philanthropy, and the private sector who believe our best days are still ahead if we can unleash American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty.

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Our Areas of Focus and Latest Projects

New Research

Policy Studies AI Security, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity Policy, Technology and Innovation

Mapping the Open-Source AI Debate: Cybersecurity Implications and Policy Priorities

Haiman Wong April 17, 2025

Explainers Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

How Harm Reduction Prevents Syringe Litter

Stacey McKenna April 8, 2025

R Sheets Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

R Sheet On Coercive Treatment for Drug Use

Chelsea Boyd, Mazen Saleh March 18, 2025

Policy Studies Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing

Rebuilding the Force: Solving Policing’s Workforce Emergency

Logan Seacrest, Jillian Snider March 11, 2025

All research

Recent Op-Eds

Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform, Technology and Innovation

How state AI regulations threaten innovation, free speech, and knowledge creation

Adam Thierer April 3, 2025 The Eternally Radical Idea

Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Finance and Trade, Occupational Licensing, Technology and Innovation

How AI Is Jolting the Labor Force

Shoshana Weissmann April 3, 2025 The Dispatch

Op-Eds Clean Slate, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Pretrial, Prosecution, Reentry, Second Look, Sentencing

Can Trump Boost Criminal Justice Reform?

Steven Greenhut April 16, 2025 The American Spectator

Op-Eds California, Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, Permitting Reform, State Policy

To catch AI boom, California must boost energy production

Josiah Neeley April 1, 2025 The Orange County Register

all op-eds

Timely Commentary

Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Policing, State Policy

When the Trail Runs Cold: How Resource Gaps Leave Families Waiting

Jillian Snider April 17, 2025

Analysis Competition & Antitrust, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

Antitrust Update: Big Tech Animus May Trump Consumer Welfare

Josh Withrow April 17, 2025

Analysis Disintermediation, Federal Government Affairs, Project for Women and Families, State Policy

Contraception Annual Supply: How to Implement Policy Successfully

Courtney Joslin, Lindsay Heck April 17, 2025

Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

Record Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget Nothing to Celebrate

Nan Swift April 16, 2025

All Commentary

Upcoming Events

April 29

How Did Misinformation and AI Deepfakes Impact the 2024 Election?

Events hosted by RSI AND Virtual

1:00PM – 2:00PM EST

May 6

R Street’s 2025 Real Solutions Summit

Events hosted by RSI AND In-Person

9:30AM – 7:00PM EST

May 15

Behind Bars and Beyond: Impacts of Access to Medication for Substance Use During and After Incarceration

Events hosted by RSI AND Virtual

1:00PM – 2:00PM EST

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May 6

R Street’s 2025 Real Solutions Summit

Events hosted by RSI AND In-Person

9:30AM – 7:00PM EST

RSI In the News

In the News Cannabis, Cannabis Banking, Cannabis Harm Reduction, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Harm Reduction, Policing

Joyce, Miller, Titus Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect States’ Rights

Anthony Lamorena April 17, 2025 Congressman Dave Joyce

In the News Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Finance and Trade, Technology and Innovation, Trade

Shifting Signals on Tech Tariffs Fuel Fresh Trade Uncertainty

Adam Thierer April 13, 2025 The Wall Street Journal

In the News Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment

Trump orders aim to boost coal for grid reliability, AI

Devin Hartman April 11, 2025 ESG Dive

In the News Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

How Trump’s tariffs could fuel China’s AI push and become a soft power nightmare for American tech

Adam Thierer April 10, 2025 Fortune

In the News, Podcasts Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the AI Regulatory Landscape

Adam Thierer April 1, 2025 The Lawfare Podcast

In the News, Podcasts Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Permissionless Innovation, Technology and Innovation

The Lunch Hour Podcast: Ep. 128 – Adam Thierer

Adam Thierer March 24, 2025

In the News, Podcasts Agriculture, Federal Government Affairs, Insurance

Understanding the Impact of Food Subsidies with Caroline Melear

Caroline Melear March 19, 2025 Main Street Matters

In the News, Podcasts Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more

Adam Thierer March 12, 2025 So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

Testimony Harm Reduction, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of NH HB 226, Relative to the use of drug checking equipment

Robert Melvin April 15, 2025

Testimony Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees, State Policy, Texas

R Street Testimony in Opposition to Texas House Bill 4061: “Relating to unlawful practices relating to credit card transactions; providing a civil penalty”

Caroline Melear April 14, 2025

Letters Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction, South, State Policy

R Street Letter in Support of Georgia Senate Bill 6: “An Act to […] to authorize the use of testing equipment to determine whether a controlled substance has been adulterated”

Marc Hyden April 11, 2025

Letters Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, Prosecution, Reentry, Second Look, Sentencing, South, State Policy

R Street Letter to GA Governor Kemp in Support of HB 582, “Georgia Survivor Justice Act”

Lisel Petis April 11, 2025

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