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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

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

Analysis Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

Record Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget Nothing to Celebrate

Nan Swift April 16, 2025

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

Testimony in Review: Adam Thierer’s April 2025 Appearance Before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Canyon Brimhall April 15, 2025

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

Op-Eds Governance, South, State Policy

General Assembly adjourns, holding mixed bag of winners and losers

Marc Hyden April 14, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald

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

Virginia’s energy future: Balancing growth and costs amid rising demand

Robert Melvin March 31, 2025 Cardinal News

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