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Let’s use AI to clean up government

Regulating the space economy is vital for America’s continued global leadership

States gain from letting immigrants work

Dignity Act combines border security investment, new legal paths
Last week, Rep. María Elvira Salazar, Florida Republican, and Rep. Veronica Escobar, Texas Democrat, announced a promising new immigration bill. Ms. Salazar and Ms. Escobar’s bill is aptly called the Dignity Act. It rightly marries the two components needed for the immigration system to work for America — enforcement increases alongside expanding legal paths. Immigration […]

Opinion: When it comes to immigration, who’s right — Texas or Utah?

Pausing AI development would be a mistake. Congress shouldn’t meddle – for now.

The Debt Ceiling Is a Chance to Raise America’s Growth Ceiling

Driver’s Licenses for All Make Roads Safer for Us All

America needs more than a wall to tackle the border crisis

Op-Ed: We should pay farmers to save the Great Salt Lake

In Response: Expanding driving privileges would benefit all Minnesotans

Putting the Border Patrol to work means breaking up with Title 42

Research shows driver’s licenses for undocumented people improves public safety

Don’t use ‘Twitter Files’ to eliminate Section 230
It is hard not to read the drips coming from the “Twitter Files” as confirming the worst fears of conservatives: screenshots of talk show host Dan Bongino’s account with the tab “Search Blacklist,” conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s account showing “Do Not Amplify,” and internal email replies to Biden administration officials that just say, “Handled.” By compiling Slack messages, […]

What Utah is doing to make new Americans

What we should and should not do about kids and social media

Fusion Wariness

An immigration fix Democrats and Republicans can agree on

We Don’t Need the Government to Act on Big Tech

Prohibition is a bad way to deal with flavored tobacco

Twitter Isn’t a Public Square. It’s a Coliseum

Immigration scholar: Requiring cooperation with ICE doesn’t make NC communities safer

Strict immigration enforcement does not necessarily improve public safety

Commentary: Immigration as economic and workforce stabilization

Conservation easements can help 30×30 goals, if we end this loophole

Stop freaking out about Elon Musk buying Twitter

Florida Makes a Good Investment in Immigrants

Remove Barriers to Productivity
