Publications
In South Carolina, half of all pregnancies are unintended. The state also has a low ratio of active doctors to total state population, ranking 36th in the country. Furthermore, women’s…
March
27, 2019
House
Committee on Judiciary
Chairman and members of the committee,
My name is Marc Hyden. I am a
former North Carolina resident and the director of state government affairs…
March 26, 2019
House Criminal
Justice Subcommittee
My name is Jesse Kelley, and I am the Government Affairs
Specialist for the R Street Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public…
John D. Rockefeller was once asked how much money it takes to make a man happy. He responded, “Just one more dollar.” The oil magnate died many years ago, but his sentiment is still alive…
“Whenever regulation increases, personal freedom decreases,” according to South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson. His statement largely rings true. Today, Americans live in a…
In the waning days of last legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed then-Gov. Nathan Deal’s final signature piece of legislation — cash bail reform. It was the last in a string…
Testimony from:
Courtney Joslin, Commercial Freedom
Fellow, the R Street Institute
Marc Hyden, State Government Affairs
Director, the R Street Institute
In SUPPORT of HB 1164, “TO…
Testimony from:
Marc Hyden, Director of State Government
Affairs, R Street Institute
In SUPPORT of SB 92, “AN ACT To amend
various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to…
In 2015, Debra Curry — nurse and mother of six — received a notice from the government in the mail. It informed her that she risked losing her registered nurse license because she had…
In SUPPORT of HB 42, “AN ACT To amend various titles of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated so as to prohibit professional licensing
boards from refusing to issue a license or suspending or…