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New N.Y.P.D. Boss Takes Over a Department With ‘Phenomenal Problems’
The family’s wealth could help distance her from the corruption investigations swirling around the department and City Hall, said Jillian Snider, a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and ...
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Republican populism goes all in for the Nanny State
We’re well accustomed to progressive politicians railing against corporate greed, especially here in California where Gov.
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Political Drinking with Jarrett Dieterle
This week we cover student loans, revenue from tariffs, democracy in Hong Kong, and the impact of podcasts on the 2024 election. Our interview is with Jarrett Dieterle of the R Street Institute. We ...
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What are the politics of debt relief?
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Lee and Julia talk with Chloe Nicol Thurston and Emily Zackin about the ...
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FERC expands states’ role in regional transmission planning, cost allocation
FERC granted the “vast majority” of the changes state utility regulators were seeking in their rehearing requests, according to Kent Chandler, a resident senior fellow in energy and environmental ...
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End Farm Subsidies for Ultra-Processed Foods
President-elect Donald J. Trump recently tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The pick is controversial to say the least, given many of the claims Kennedy ...
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Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need
Kent Chandler, a former chairman for the Kentucky Public Service Commission, told me he agrees that there is a regulatory gap. He is a senior resident fellow at R Street Institute, a think tank that ...
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Is Texas At Risk For Another Winter Storm Power Crisis?
After a report from ERCOT, Texans are concerned that we might be heading towards a repeat of the power outages that we saw during Winter Storm Uri. The good news is, even if we did have another freeze ...
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California Voters Reject ‘California Values’
Even the mainstream media acknowledges that state’s election results show that Californians are tiring of Democrats’ ...
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Low-Energy Fridays: One Mining Permitting Issue Congress Still Needs to Address
In 2022, a federal court ruling known as the Rosemont decision threw the future of hardrock mining in the United States for a loop. Perhaps it goes without saying, but because mining is the process of ...
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Drug Use 101: What is Overdose?
Different substances cause different symptoms during an overdose. Although not universal, vomiting, seizures or convulsions, irregular heartbeat, and loss of consciousness or alertness are common ...
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Kumbaya for Rs and Ds on the Western grid?
If that person were to crack open Project 2025 and read Page 404, they’d find a proposal to eliminate energy markets where intermittent resources, such as solar and wind, are sold. In its place would ...