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WEBThe 2025 Real Solutions Summit will be hosted on May 6, 2025! Join leaders in politics, public policy, media, philanthropy, and the private sector who believe our best days are still ahead if we can unleash American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty. Save the Date. Analysis Competition & Antitrust, Federal ...
Autonomous vehicles are here. Let’s embrace them
WEB3 days ago · Highly autonomous vehicles are coming to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. “Called Glydcars and made by a company called Glydways,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported “the podcars are coming as part of a long-planned pilot involving the ATL Airport Community Improvement Districts and MARTA to explore alternative and innovative transportation options at the airport.” The ...
The Lifesaving Power of Drug Checking - R Street Institute
WEB6 days ago · Introduction. Roughly 100,000 people in the United States die each year of a drug overdose—most involving the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. Drug checking can save lives in the face of an opaque and unstable drug supply by testing for potential contaminants. This knowledge, in turn, may encourage behavior changes that reduce overdose risk ...
California Rejects AI Regulatory Extremism - R Street Institute
WEB3 days ago · Policy pragmatism prevailed in California yesterday when Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047, the “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act.”The measure, which had passed the California Legislature a month earlier, proposed a radical new approach to digital technology policy in America. Newsom wisely rejected it because it would have come at “the potential ...
What’s Ahead for a Bipartisan Child Tax Credit? A Refresher
WEBSep 23, 2024 · Initially a nonrefundable credit of $400 for each child aimed at the middle class, the CTC has since expanded in both size and scope. Now, the rules that the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) put into place mean a credit of up to $2,000 per child, a refundable portion of up to $1,600, and a wider range of …
Commentary - R Street Institute
WEBJul 8, 2024 · Commentary. 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 always grab major headlines. Real Solutions Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation.
Financial First Responders - R Street Institute
WEB3 days ago · The property and casualty insurance industry had $2.7 trillion in assets at year-end 2023. It incurred $627 billion in losses in the year. The reinsurance industry has an additional $670 billion of capital, $108 billion of which is “alternative” capital in the form of insurance-linked securities, mainly catastrophe bonds.
About R Street - R Street Institute
WEBThe R Street Institute (RSI) is a leading think tank focused on solving complex public policy challenges through free markets and limited, effective government. RSI consistently offers pragmatic, real solutions that foster American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty—all with the understanding that life in a ...
Research - R Street Institute
WEBFeb 7, 2023 · Research. We work extensively on both state and national policy, focusing on complex public policy issues that other groups tend to neglect. Explainers Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Finance and Trade, Interchange Fees.
Artificial Intelligence - R Street Institute
WEBArtificial Intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of fueling explosive economic growth and improving public health and welfare in profound ways—but only if we let it. To make progress on AI innovation and its governance, America needs a better approach than the all-or-nothing extremes driving today’s public discourse.