In second term, Hern positioned to wield influence on key issues

Some reporting suggests a lot of it has to do with money. Members of key committees like Ways and Means are expected to raise tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for their party’s congressional campaign fund.

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Nov 17, 2025

Op-Eds Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, South, State Policy

Public Service Commission short-circuit doesn’t mean Georgia is blue

Marc Hyden Nov 17, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald

Op-Eds Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Prosecution, Sentencing

America’s crime problem hasn’t grown, but it has aged

Jillian Snider Nov 8, 2025 The Hill

Real Solutions Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment

Low-Energy Fridays: DOE “Zombies” Are Eating Competitive Power Markets

Michael Giberson Nov 13, 2025

Op-Eds California, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform, State Policy

California’s Hypocrisy on Property Rights

Steven Greenhut Nov 12, 2025 The American Spectator

In the News Alternatives to Arrest, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Prison Reform, Prosecution, Reentry, Sentencing

Radio: FL justice system punishes women for trauma, new report finds

Sarah Anderson Nov 12, 2025 Public News Service

Op-Eds Electoral Reform, Governance, South, State Policy

Unintended consequences could undermine Georgia voting

Marc Hyden Nov 12, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald

Analysis Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy, Texas

As Texas Latinos Move Rightward, Closing the Primaries Could Backfire on Republicans

Jonathan Madison Nov 12, 2025

Op-Eds California, Electoral Reform, State Policy

Post Prop. 50, California GOP Needs Reality Check

Steven Greenhut Nov 7, 2025 The American Spectator

Op-Eds Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy, Texas

The Texas GOP wants independent voters out of primaries. That’s a lousy idea.

Jonathan Madison Nov 7, 2025 Houston Chronicle