In October 2008, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a groundbreaking order—Order No. 719—designed to ...

Across the country, legal challenges to National Guard deployments are exposing tension between federal authorities who issue ...

October 30, 2025 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA Docket Center – Mail Code 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW ...

Article: Ryan Wiser et al., “Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States,” The Electricity Journal 38:4 (December 2025). Consumers and policymakers have ...

Bill Gates recently released a memo calling for a shift in the way climate hawks discuss climate change. He argued that ...

While veterans’ smoking rates have declined, smoking remains a persistent, deadly issue: About 22 percent of veterans are ...

A complex web of economic forces heavily influenced by divergent state tax policies across the United States sustains the traditional cigarette industry’s dominance despite the rise of reduced-risk ...

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This is part of the “Confronting the Women’s Incarceration Crisis” series, where we examine what is driving more women into the system and explore ways to reverse the trend. Read the introduction and ...

On a recent flight back from Washington D.C., I killed some time by watching cable news—something I almost never do unless I am on a plane—and one segment centered around President Donald Trump’s ...

Gather ’round and raise a glass to the holiday season and nearly 250 years of American independence! On Thursday, Dec. 11, the R Street Institute invites you to our offices for an evening of Holiday ...

At R Street, we believe in building broad coalitions. We regularly partner with academic institutions and a variety of policy-focused organizations from points all across the political spectrum. in ...