In January 2020, the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a challenge under the Oklahoma Constitution to a state law concerning so-called “forced sale clauses”[1] under the state’s system of…

From The Associated Press:
The response to the outrage over Floyd’s death doesn’t have to be defunding police, said Arthur Rizer, who directs the criminal justice program at R Street, a…

On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write in support of HB 4980, Clean Slate legislation in Michigan. Once an individual has paid their debt to society, and has proven themselves…

Chairman Webber, Vice-Chair Berman, Vice Chair Chirkun and members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee:

My name is Alan Smith, and I am the Midwest director of the R Street Institute, a…

As America reopens shops and workplaces, many states are making ambitious plans to head in new economic directions.

Under a commission chaired by billionaire and former presidential candidate Tom…

I was perusing the internet for stories about the communist Chinese government’s brutal crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators, who were protesting new national security laws and a…

May 11, 2020

The Honorable Chuck Grassley
135 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

The Honorable Senator Joni Ernst
730 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear…

The COVID-19 coronavirus has taken a toll on incarcerated people and prison staff, alike, across the U.S. Now, it’s in Iowa’s justice system. On Friday, the state’s Department of…

Despite a long history in the tobacco business, years ago Kentucky officially conceded that tobacco use has adverse public health implications, and lawmakers adopted an approach to mitigate the…

From The Missouri Times:

“Rep. Grier’s bill would generally be helpful for people moving to Missouri who want to work. But especially in a time when no state knows how many and what kinds of…