EnergyNews
Biden Bans Gas Stoves and Appliances in Federal Buildings
The Biden administration finalized a rule Wednesday that bans the use of natural gas in new federal buildings. The Department of Energy announced the final rule,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Abortion Drug’s Adverse Event Reporting Should Be Cause for Concern at the FDA
Abortion is a very controversial topic, but drug safety isn’t. Keeping America’s drug supply safe is a nonpartisan endeavor. Whatever one’s political leanings, everybody wants… Read More
EconomyCommentary
US Auto Industry Faces Grim Future as Biden’s EPA Sets EV Mandates
Not since Prohibition has the federal government sought to ban a product as popular as the internal combustion engine. This week, the Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
LawCommentary
Legal Challenges Follow SEC Adoption of Costly, Burdensome Climate Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a final rule to require public companies to disclose climate-related information in financial statements and other reports… Read More
EconomyCommentary
California Carveout: Newsom Donor Exempted From California’s Fast-Food Wage Hike
Advocates of command economies argue that government regulation of wages, prices, and production will lead to a more equitable allocation of income and wealth. But… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Pitfalls of Government-Mandated Car Kill Switches
Should your car decide whether you’re able to drive? That’s not some hypothetical question. In the 2,700-plus pages of the 2021 infrastructure law—a clever misnomer… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Washington Regulation Strangled American Manufacturing
U.S. Steel, the world’s first billion-dollar company, is being sold for scrap. And Washington made it happen. Originally an amalgamation of Carnegie Steel and countless… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Biden Labor Dept. Rule Likely to Hurt Millions of Small Businesses, Independent Contractors
Some 99% of American companies are small businesses, and 100% of businesses started out small, but a recently finalized rule from the Biden administration’s Labor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
1,200 Pizza Hut Drivers Among First Victims of California’s $20 Minimum Wage Folly
My foray into the workforce was a minimum-wage job making pizzas and washing dishes at Pizza Hut. The money I earned supported my spending as… Read More
EnergyCommentary
How Government Limits Our Choice in Low-Cost Automobiles
It’s no secret that regulation hits the poorest Americans the hardest. Academic research has long demonstrated that environmental regulations impose a higher cost on low-income… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Car Dealers Flash Stop Sign on Biden’s ‘Unrealistic’ Electric Vehicle Mandate
“Mr. President, it is time to tap the brakes on the unrealistic government electric vehicle mandate.” That’s the pointed message a whopping 3,882 automobile dealers… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Europeans Rebel Against EU Food Nutrition Labeling
European Union institutions are known worldwide for a certain lack of accountability and inconsistent policymaking processes that are undertaken more on the sly than in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Plan for Internet Infrastructure: Sweeping FCC Regulatory Command and Control
Democrats have been in charge of the Federal Communications Commission and administrative agencies in Washington for nearly 12 of the past 16 years. They have… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Washington, DC, ‘Energy Efficiency’ Program Forcing Locals to Reduce Energy Use by 20%
Everyone wants to pay lower electricity bills, and construction companies can insulate newer residential and commercial buildings to lower heating and cooling costs while those… Read More
EducationCommentary
Department of Ed Bending Rules to Try to Bring Down One of America’s Largest Christian Universities
It is rare to see a university publicly complain about regulatory harassment, but Grand Canyon University has good reasons to do so. One of the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
California’s Environmental Regulations Are Crushing Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state. “We… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Proposed Rule Allows Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to Cover Abortions, GOP Women Warn
FIRST IN THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican congresswomen are calling on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to revise its proposed rule allowing for abortions to be… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Is America Nearing Fall of Rome Status?
America’s financial mismanagement has gotten so bad that some say our country’s decline is now inevitable, drawing parallels to the Roman Empire’s collapse. That comparison… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In the Last Days of Summer, Government Comes for the Ice Cream Trucks
This Labor Day, people all over the country will be savoring the last days of summer with ice cream. But some New York City politicians… Read More
LawCommentary
3 Supreme Court Cases Could Shake Up the Administrative State
The major theme of the coming Supreme Court term is administrative law. Once obscure, this body of statutes, rules, and cases governing the structure and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
First, NY Democrats Came for Pizza Ovens. Now, They’re Coming for Ice Cream Trucks.
First, they came for pizza ovens. Now, they’re coming for ice cream trucks. New York City Democrats have decided to take down what they’ve identified… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Virginia’s Regulatory Reforms Are Role Model for Other States
While the Biden administration’s Washington bureaucrats continue to push for heavy regulation of everything from power plants to ceiling fans, Americans on the other side… Read More
LawCommentary
Upcoming Supreme Court Cases Could Dramatically Rein in Regulatory Agencies
This fall, the Supreme Court will hear several cases affording promising opportunities to rein in the federal administrative state. The court has agreed to decide… Read More
Economy Analysis
We’re Being Regulated Out of Business, New England Fishermen Say
New England fishermen are facing growing regulations—from the amount of fish they are allowed to catch to large sections of ocean they can no longer… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Biden’s Energy Policies Strengthen China at America’s Expense
With U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s friendly weekend meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, questions arise as to why President Joe Biden is promoting… Read More
LawCommentary
No One Voted for Administrative Rule Constraining Every Aspect of Our Lives
The federal government has threatened to withhold Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds from a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma because the staff keeps one small candle burning in its chapel…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
An Rx for the Persistent Problem of Prescription Drug Shortages
“FDA seeks to ease cancer drug shortage with China-made imports” was the headline on a USA Today article on June 5. Other media outlets covered… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
This One Tool Helped Delay Biden’s Attack on Women’s Sports, and You Can Use It to Fight His War on Gas Cars
Cars are already more expensive than they were three years ago, but if the Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden has its way, we’ll… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Government Wants to Take Away Your Car
Are you ready for the government to take away your car? New proposed regulations on automobile emissions from the Environmental Protection Agency would require 60%… Read More
LawCommentary
House to Vote to Reduce Power of Bureaucracy With REINS Act
Later this week, the U.S. House is scheduled to vote on an important measure that addresses the immense rule-making power of the administrative state and… Read More
