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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Basic Income Madness
Steven Greenhut
California’s legislative analysts and Capitol staffers do a remarkably thorough job summarizing proposed bills in their publicly available reports, but it’s still unusual to see them cite the…
Good reason to be critical of a politicized race theory
Steven Greenhut
Americans can’t get enough of their knock-down, drag-out culture wars, as epitomized by the latest national battle over “critical race theory,” or CRT. Not many ordinary people could even…
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Steven Greenhut
From Talk Radio 105.9 KNRS:
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, October 6, 2020
4:20 pm: Salt Lake City Council Chairman Chris Wharton joins Rod to discuss what the council hopes to…
CA launches narrow ‘guaranteed’ income…for now
Steven Greenhut
From One News Now:
Steven Greenhut, a California-based policy analyst at economic think tank R Street Institute, says it is unlikely to find many people opposed to helping pregnant women and recent…
Supreme Rejection of California
Steven Greenhut
Democratic lawmakers depicted a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning California’s requirement that advocacy groups disclose their donors to the state as a nefarious attack on the…
Video: Steven Greenhut – Winning the Water Wars in California
Steven Greenhut
From Break It Down Show:
Steven Greenhut is an investigative reporter who’s looked into a variety of topics in his career. He’s written for over a dozen papers, testified as an expert in court…
Utah Pushing For Nicotine Caps To “Protect Minors”
Steven Greenhut
From VapingPost:
“The proposed regulation would reduce the nicotine cap to 3 percent,” said Steven Greenhut, a resident senior fellow at the R Street Institute, in a blog post. “Currently,…
, KUT 90.5
Lawsuits Allege Price Gouging, Market Manipulation By Gas Companies During Texas Freeze
Beth Garza
From KUT 90.5:
Beth Garza is a former independent market monitor for the state’s electric grid who spent years investigating fraud.
She said the natural gas industry in Texas doesn’t have the…
One Florida county found the right way to keep youth out of the criminal justice system
Noella Sudbury
Juvenile courts handle approximately 750,000 delinquency cases each year in the United States, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Many of these cases involve relatively minor offenses —…
What’s the anti-doping agency smoking?
Marc Hyden
Sports fans were devastated to learn that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson for 30 days. This prevents her from competing in the…