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Fixing Urban Planning with Ostrom: Strategies for Existing Cities to Adopt Polycentric, Bottom-Up Regulation of Land Use
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Prompting a Regulatory Reset in Arizona
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Virginia finally seems to be attacking its regulatory overload
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Ohio Occupational Licensure and Universal Recognition
Testimony before the The Ohio Senate, General Government and Agency Review Committee
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Pennsylvania and the Future of Data Privacy
Testimony before the Pennsylvania State Senate, Communications & Technology Committee
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How Utah can be the best state for regulations
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Nebraska Could Be a Leader in Regulatory Reporting
Testimony before the Nebraska Legislature, Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
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Arizona Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity in the Grand Canyon State
Testimony before the Arizona State Legislature, Senate Committee on Military & Veterans Affairs
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Considering a 21st-Century Approach to Warrant Requirements for Electronic Information
Testimony before the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee
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Occupational Licensure Will Not Ensure the Provision of Capable and Competent Music Therapy Services
Testimony before the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Executive Departments and Administration Committee
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Considerations for North Dakota regarding Consumer Data Privacy Policy
Testimony before the North Dakota Legislature, Interim Commerce Committee
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'Certificate of need' laws hinder Michigan health care providers
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Michigan's Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Michigan Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
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Hopeful News on Housing
In 2019, Republican- and Democratic-dominated states and municipalities took some positive steps to encourage construction and improve affordability.
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New California Ballot Initiative Is Just More Favoritism
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Wisconsin Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity and Prospects for Reform
Testimony before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing, and State-Federal Relations
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Nebraska Makes Progress on Relieving Regulatory Burdens; More Needs to Be Done
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: How to Create a Fresh Start Initiative in Your State
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: A State-Level Approach to Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Small Businesses
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A step toward sound policy
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Fixing Urban Planning with Ostrom: Strategies for Existing Cities to Adopt Polycentric, Bottom-Up Regulation of Land Use
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Prompting a Regulatory Reset in Arizona
Testimony before the Arizona State Senate, Committee on Government
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Virginia finally seems to be attacking its regulatory overload
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Ohio Occupational Licensure and Universal Recognition
Testimony before the The Ohio Senate, General Government and Agency Review Committee
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Pennsylvania and the Future of Data Privacy
Testimony before the Pennsylvania State Senate, Communications & Technology Committee
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How Utah can be the best state for regulations
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Nebraska Could Be a Leader in Regulatory Reporting
Testimony before the Nebraska Legislature, Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
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Arizona Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity in the Grand Canyon State
Testimony before the Arizona State Legislature, Senate Committee on Military & Veterans Affairs
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Considering a 21st-Century Approach to Warrant Requirements for Electronic Information
Testimony before the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee
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Occupational Licensure Will Not Ensure the Provision of Capable and Competent Music Therapy Services
Testimony before the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Executive Departments and Administration Committee
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Considerations for North Dakota regarding Consumer Data Privacy Policy
Testimony before the North Dakota Legislature, Interim Commerce Committee
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'Certificate of need' laws hinder Michigan health care providers
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Michigan's Certificate-of-Need Program: Lessons from Research
Testimony before the Michigan Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services
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Hopeful News on Housing
In 2019, Republican- and Democratic-dominated states and municipalities took some positive steps to encourage construction and improve affordability.
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New California Ballot Initiative Is Just More Favoritism
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Wisconsin Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity and Prospects for Reform
Testimony before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing, and State-Federal Relations
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A Snapshot of Alabama Regulation in 2019
107,063 Restrictions, 7.5 Million Words, and 10 Weeks to Read
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A Snapshot of Kansas Regulation in 2019
70,969 Restrictions, 3.2 Million Words, and 4.5 Weeks to Read
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A Snapshot of Louisiana Regulation in 2019
163,480 Restrictions, 11.2 Million Words, and 16 Weeks to Read
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A Snapshot of South Carolina State Regulation in 2019
78,676 Restrictions, 4.7 Million Words, and 6.5 Weeks to Read
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A Snapshot of Oklahoma Regulation in 2019
145,296 Restrictions, 9.3 Million Words, and 13 Weeks to Read
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A Snapshot of New Hampshire Regulation in 2019
123,423 Restrictions, 7.3 Million Words, and 10 Weeks to Read
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The Link Between Local Zoning Policy and Housing Affordability in America’s Cities
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Mapping Regulatory Restrictions in US States
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Housing Supply in the 2010s
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A Snapshot of Maine Regulation in 2018
113,862 Restrictions, 8.1 Million Words, and 11 Weeks to Read
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How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy

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Applying XBRL to US State and Local Government Audited Financial Reports
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A Snapshot of Mississippi Regulation in 2018
117,558 Restrictions, 9.3 Million Words, and 13 Weeks to Read
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Hemp in the United States
A Case Study of Regulatory Path Dependence
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A Snapshot of New Mexico Regulation in 2018
125,395 Restrictions, 9.2 Million Words, and 13 Weeks to Read
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: Fintech Lending
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State Fiscal Rankings | 2018 Edition
Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition
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A Snapshot of Idaho Regulation in 2018
61,848 Restrictions, 5.0 Million Words, and 7 Weeks to Read
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Effective Regulatory Reform
What the United States can Learn from British Columbia
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Improving Quality and Reducing Costs in Primary Care
Testimony before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Health and Human Services
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Cutting Red Tape in Kansas
Testimony before the Kansas Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation and Kansas Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations
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Designing a Regulatory System for Future Generations
Testimony before the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee
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Expanding Housing Opportunity in an Environment of Exclusionary Regulation
Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
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Colorado Broadband Policy Should Focus on Competition and Deployment
Testimony before the Colorado House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee
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Alaska's CON Law: Lessons from Three Decades of Research
Testimony before the Alaska Senate Health and Social Services Committee
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Efficiency Analysis Would Aid Regulatory Policymaking in South Carolina
Testimony before the South Carolina General Government Legislative Subcommittee
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Arizona Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity in the Grand Canyon State
Testimony before the Arizona Senate Commerce Committee
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Embracing Innovation in Micromobility Transportation
Testimony before the Maryland House Committee on Environment and Transportation
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Achieving a Modern Regulatory System in Ohio
Testimony before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee
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Colorado Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity in the Centennial State
Testimony before the Colorado House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor
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Florida's CON Law: Lessons from Three Decades of Research
Testimony before the Florida House of Representatives, Health Market Reform Subcommittee
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Conditioning HUD Grants on Housing Market Outcomes Furthers Fair Housing
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The Failure of Georgia’s Certificate-Of-Need Laws
Testimony before the Georgia House of Representatives Rural Development Council
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Texas Occupational Licensing: Barriers to Opportunity in the Lone Star State
Testimony before the Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee
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Advancing Evidence-Based Regulation in Colorado
Testimony before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee
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The Regulatory Landscape in West Virginia
Testimony before the West Virginia Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization
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The Regulatory Landscape in North Carolina
Testimony before the North Carolina Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee
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Testimony before the Pennsylvania House Committee on State Government

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The Regulatory Landscape in Pennsylvania
Testimony before the Pennsylvania House Committee on State Government
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Idaho’s New “Budget” for Red Tape
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RegExplorer Provides New Tool for Interacting with State Regulatory Data

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Nice try Oregon, but new statewide rent control law won't fix housing prices
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Expanding Urban Housing Access for Women

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If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too
Improving the quality of life in cities matters to more than just the people who live in them.
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States like Pa. need better policy to encourage drone innovation
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How Political Capitalism Helps Explain Zoning
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How to keep low-income families in Los Angeles
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These State Laws Stand in the Way of Lower-Cost, Higher-Quality Healthcare in Vermont

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Three Ways States Can Revamp Healthcare
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Marijuana and Midterms
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Cut the red tape to help Mississippi's economy grow faster
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Was the Financial Crisis Actually Caused by a Housing Shortage?
Q&A with Kevin Erdmann, Author of the New Book Shut Out

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Microsoft's Affordable Housing Plan Addresses a Government Failure

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Cities and States to Watch in 2019
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