Legislation
Under the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ car companies won’t be fined for failing to hit fuel efficiency goals
This week, the Senate passed its version of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in Trump's signature nomenclature. As with most modern spending bills, the proposal…
Heavy-handed legislation targets AI-generated replicas of voices and images
Artificial intelligence has a lot of people either excited or worried. In the latter camp are creative professionals who fear that technology might replace their images, voices, and talents with exact replicas that show up…
Why Mike Lee’s plan to sell public land doesn’t go far enough
Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah) recently introduced an amendment to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would require the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to identify 3 million acres of public land to be…
Psychedelic church puts Utah’s religious freedom law to the test
When Bridger Lee Jensen opened a spiritual center in Provo, Utah, he contacted city officials to let them know the religious group he had founded, Singularism, would be conducting ceremonies involving a tea made from…
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ would boost subsidies for rich farmers
It should be clear by now that, despite the assurances from President Donald Trump and his allies in government, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last month—not only won't…
Iowa creates barbering and cosmetology apprenticeships to ease licensing burdens
Nearly 20 percent of Iowans must obtain an occupational license before they can work. A new law is lowering barriers to employment in the Hawkeye State. Last week, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 711 into law,…
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