Regulation
Feds Pump the Brakes on Autonomous Trucks
On a lonely stretch of Texas interstate between Dallas and Houston, the possible future of freight transportation is already rumbling down the road. But whether autonomous trucking becomes commonplace might depend on federal…
Federal radiation rules are stalling nuclear power
Unreasonably strict radiation exposure limits are holding back nuclear power development, according to a July report from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers. The report challenges the current model for radiation…
Will Empower survive in D.C.? Court delays jail for CEO, keeps rideshare running.
Joshua Sear, CEO of the popular rideshare alternative Empower, won't be incarcerated for his company's continued operations in Washington, D.C., after Superior Court Judge Shana Frost Matini agreed on Thursday to…
D.C. will arrest Empower’s CEO if his rideshare alternative doesn’t shut down by Friday
When Empower entered the Washington, D.C., rideshare market in 2020, it promised to disrupt the status quo by empowering drivers to work for themselves, set their own fares, and collect 100 percent of the proceeds—paying…
FDA failures allow fake nicotine pouches to flood U.S. market
The gas station across the street from my house in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., is filled with most of my guilty pleasures: energy drinks, candy, chips, and an entire wall of nicotine products—including many counterfeits.…
Oregon’s e-cigarette censorship is unconstitutional—and makes no sense
In the stock room at Division Vapor in Portland, Oregon, a sign affixed to a metal rack holding various nicotine solutions reminds employees to "Censor Before Stock!" The sign alludes to state regulations that…
Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law
Remember when people used to say "Epic FAIL"? I'm sorry, but there's no other way to describe Ohio's new age verification law, which took effect on September 30. A variation on a mandate that's…
5 ways to fix the NFL’s rules, referees, schedule, and more
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Make football, not war, this week. In this week's newsletter we're going to fix the NFL, with rule changes on and off the field. Then I have a bunch of…
Trump’s vision of broadcast regulation is a threat to conservatives
"When 97 percent of the stories are bad," President Donald Trump declared on Friday, "it's no longer free speech." When TV networks "take a great story" and "make it bad," he…
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