Northeast

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Testimony Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of MD SB 562, Pharmacist Prescribing of MOUDs

Stacey McKenna March 25, 2026

Letters Electoral Reform, Governance, Northeast, State Policy

R Street Letter to VA Governor Abigail Spanberger in Support of VA HB 78, Certification of Elections

Jonathan Madison March 16, 2026

Letters Behavioral Health, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy

R Street Letter to VA Governor Abigail Spanberger in Support of VA SB 421, Remote Pharmacy Dispensing at OTPs

Stacey McKenna March 12, 2026

Testimony Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Northeast, Pretrial, Prosecution, Reentry, Second Look, Sentencing, State Policy

R Street Testimony Regarding VT S 140, Second Look Act

Sarah Anderson March 13, 2026

Testimony Electoral Reform, Governance, Northeast, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of DE HB 188, Open Primary Elections

Jonathan Madison March 11, 2026

Testimony Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Northeast, Policing, State Policy

R Street Testimony in Support of MD HB 1392, The Community Oriented Policing Act

Jillian Snider March 10, 2026

Testimony Northeast, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in Opposition to MD HB 1179, App Store Accountability Act

Robert Melvin March 10, 2026

Testimony Behavioral Health, Harm Reduction, Healthier Communities, Northeast, Opioid Harm Reduction, State Policy, Thriving Families

R Street Testimony for the VA Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee in Support of VA HB 283, Removing penalties from prenatal use of MOUDs

Robert Melvin March 6, 2026

Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Northeast, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

New York’s FAIR News Act Would Set the Already Struggling Journalism Industry Back

Spence Purnell March 5, 2026

Testimony Artificial Intelligence, Northeast, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in support of MD HB 1295, authorizing autonomous vehicles in Maryland

Robert Melvin March 5, 2026