Category: Regulation
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Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3010: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011. This law would, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, would require regulatory agencies to “base all preliminary and final determinations on evidence,” among other reforms.
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Kansas gas storage regulation might not improve safety
Should Kansans be relieved that government regulation and inspection of underground natural gas storage may be resumed soon?
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The use of regulation by business, contrary to markets
Business often uses government regulation as way to harm its competitors or gain advantage for itself, which is contrary to the principles of free markets and capitalism.
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‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainable
The vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American trave — around 85 percent — is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle, or mass transit.
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Kerpen on Obama’s regulatory extremism
A new book details the ways that President Obama is bypassing Congress and the will of the people in order to implement his extreme radical agenda.
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Kansas automobile dealers benefit from protectionist law
Kansas automobile dealers are protected by a law that restricts the entry of new dealers to a market, and therefore reduces competition and its benefits to the consumer.
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Greenpeace and allies again attack Koch Industries
Last week saw the release of two reports criticizing Koch Industries for its opposition to heavy-handed regulation of the chemical industry.
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KDHE, Sunflower Electric, Earthjustice, Center for Climate Strategies: different peas in the same pod
Evidence that a business seeking regulatory approval of its project enjoyed an apparently close relationship with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment should not be surprising: regulatory capture is a non-partisan sport.