We work extensively on both state and national policy, focusing on issues that other groups tend to neglect. Our specialty is in tackling issues that are complex, but don’t necessarily grab major headlines. These are the areas where we think we can have a real impact.
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California Politicians Double Down on Encouraging People To Live in Wildfire-Prone Areas
R.J. Lehmann
From reason:
Limited in their ability to raise rates, insurance companies have responded by issuing fewer new policies, and renewing fewer old ones in the riskiest areas of the state. That’s…
Taking Property for Fun and Profit
Steven Greenhut
After a group of homeless moms simply moved into a vacant three-bedroom house in Oakland owned by a company that invests in local real estate, local progressives turned them into folk heroes. These…
Bipartisan Effort to Repeal Georgia’s Death Penalty
Marc Hyden
Georgia led the nation in executions a few short years ago, and while that may seem to imply that the Peach State’s capital punishment system is thriving, that couldn’t be further from the…
Dear Chairman Kern,
The R Street Institute is writing to support House Bill 2809, which provides fee reductions to occupational license holders when the licensing fund exceeds 50 percent of its…
Jury is still out on whether the justice system can be fixed
Steven Greenhut
My latest experience with jury duty highlighted some of the well-known flaws in how our system determines an accused person’s guilt or innocence. I was close to being impaneled when the judge asked…
Frank Lloyd Trump: The Executive Order Mandating Neoclassical Architecture
Steven Greenhut
If you’re ever walking around the Mid-Market area of downtown San Francisco and take your gaze off the ground (where you’re probably trying to navigate around homeless people’s poop piles),…
February 12, 2020
House Committee on Health, Education & Welfare
Chairman McNamara and members of the committee,
My name is Courtney Joslin and I am a Commercial Freedom fellow at the R…
Bills would help military spouses in Georgia find jobs
Marc Hyden
While Georgia and most of the country are experiencing record prosperity, it would be easy to forget that not all Peach State residents are reaping the benefits of our booming economy. Indeed,…
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Anxiety grips New York City amid concerns of rising crime
Jesse Kelley
From Fox News:
“It is difficult to directly draw a comparison between the bail legislation and what is perceived as rising crime in New York — it seems that the conversation is shifting to the…
February 11, 2020
Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Chairman and members of the committee,
My name is Jesse Kelley, and I am the government affairs manager for Criminal Justice &…