In an era of austerity, Virginia’s state budget deal puts its lawmakers supporting Big Tech and its tax exemptions on a crash course with their constituents.
Energy & the Environment
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Lessons From an Arctic Gas Pipe Dream
Alaska LNG is an instructive failure in political imagination.
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Organized Money: How States Can Regulate Big Oil
California is showing a way forward in an equitable energy marketplace.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Better Affordability Through Climate Policy
It turns out fossil fuel prices are liable to increase suddenly and without warning. Who knew?
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Blackstone’s Utility Gambit in New Mexico Could Slip Away
Both the firm and the utility company it’s trying to take private face potential maximum fines and a hard reset of the acquisition process for flouting New Mexico state law.
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Aftermath: The War Ends and the Aftermath Begins
In today’s edition: How long will it take for global energy markets to return to normal? A long time, it turns out.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending
In today’s edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn’t eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.
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Organized Money: California Dreamin’ … of a Slush Fund for Uber
Regulatory capture could be the grandest scam ever, and California is the Wild West.
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A California Democrat Is Trying to Gut the State’s Broadband Watchdog
The state’s Public Utilities Commission has been a national leader in making broadband affordable for low-income families. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner wants to end that.
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Indiana’s Private Equity Power Play
The mother lode of utility buyouts just landed on Hoosiers’ doorstep. Regulators have no say over whether the deal goes through.