The paper, The Need for Nuclear Regulatory Reform, examines interventions by the Department of Energy, which have imposed major losses on the U.S. nuclear industry, creating incentives against investment and capacity expansion in an industry that needs to be able to expand in order to keep providing American families with low-cost, reliable energy.
The need for nuclear regulatory reform
Local Government
When Government Lobbies Itself: Why Texas Should Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Texas local governments use taxpayer dollars to hire lobbyists to influence state legislation—creating conflicts of interest, distorting democratic accountability, and undermining the interests of Texas taxpayers. Key points: Taxpayer-funded lobbying expenditures more than doubled from the 85th to the 89th Legislature, now reaching as high as $111.5 million. Taxpayer-funded lobbyists consistently opposed legislation involving property...
April 6, 2026