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.
State Policy
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Governor Kemp, General Assembly take steps to help Georgians cope with COVID-19
Marc Hyden
With coronavirus cases surging in Georgia, many are bracing for a potentially debilitating second wave, but thus far, we can at least take solace knowing that COVID-19-related deaths haven’t come…
Let Them Go on Welfare
Steven Greenhut
If we’re looking for an example of heartlessness from the political class, there are few better examples than California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s Twitter response to moderate-income…
If you want to fix policing, then rein in police unions
Steven Greenhut
My Dad and I never agreed on politics given that he was unabashedly liberal in his views. He was a public-school teacher in New Jersey, so one would have expected that, as a proud Democrat, he would…
The Exchange
R.J. Lehmann
From The Philanthropy Roundtable:
That according to Victoria Bell of The Philanthropy Roundtable, who analyzes this effort in a recent report for the R Street Institute. For an inspiring chronicle…
, WFTV9
Video: As Florida’s COVID-19 cases surge, tracing falls behind
Kathryn Waldron
From WFTV9:
“We don’t have enough people who are contact tracers to keep up with contact tracing in a number of states,” says Kathryn Waldron of the R-Street Institute. “As a result…
Doubling Down on a Job Killer
Steven Greenhut
The beauty of federalism is it allows individual states to try various public-policy experiments and then allows people in other states to sit back, observe the results, and decide whether or not…
Ygrene Passes $1 Billion Milestone In Florida
R.J. Lehmann
From MarketWatch:
“PACE-financing offers a market-friendly approach to help homeowners invest in risk mitigation,” said R.J. Lehmann, Director of Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy for the R…
GOP support for mail voting is growing, but hard to hear over Trump
Kevin Kosar & Marc Hyden & Steven Greenhut
From The Fulcrum:
Absentee voting “comports with conservative principles,” argues a recent white paper released by the R Street Institute, a generally right-leaning think tank
In “The…
The Care States Need to Take with Contact Tracing Apps
Kathryn Waldron
When smartphone contact tracing apps were first rolled out to combat COVID-19, many state and federal officials latched onto the idea as a way to protect public health while still allowing states to…
State legislators may deserve a raise, but not just yet
Marc Hyden
The Georgia General Assembly finally wrapped up the 2020 legislative session on June 26. It was the longest session in recent memory, stretching from January to June thanks to the coronavirus…