Publications
WASHINGTON (Sept. 17) –– It has been nine months since Congress passed the 2018 farm bill, which authorized 60 million for conservation programs. Since the bill’s passage, little has been done…
The R Street Institute staunchly opposes the president’s announcement that the administration will pursue a ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
R Street’s Director of Harm Reduction Policy, Carrie…
SACRAMENTO (Sept. 6, 2019) – The R Street Institute commends the California state legislature for the passage of Senate Bill 601, which would authorize any state agency that issues a business or…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 6, 2019) — Today’s announcement by the U.S. Labor Department that a disappointing 130,000 jobs were added during August, below economists’ projections, demonstrates the…
WASHINGTON – The R Street Institute is deeply disappointed by yesterday’s announcement from Governor Whitmer that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will pursue a ban on…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 5, 2019) – The R Street Institute announced today that Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Travis Kavulla has been named vice president of regulatory affairs for NRG, the…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 3, 2019) – As the U.S. Southeast braces for the impact of Hurricane Dorian, it is urgent that Congress get serious about reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 30, 2019)—Most markets where major commodities are exchanged have one set of rules for the entire nation, but not the nation’s electricity markets. These markets are divided into…
WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 26, 2019) – Longtime Congressional aide Dean Peterson has joined free-market think tank the R Street Institute to head up its federal relations, state government affairs and…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 20, 2019) – The R Street Institute announced today that Lieutenant General John Bansemer, U.S.A.F. (ret.), will be joining our national security and cybersecurity team as a…