All Essays

Colleges Confronting COVID-19

Colleges Confronting COVID-19

Higher education faces unique challenges in preventing and responding to the pandemic.

Flipping the Mission of Regulatory Review

Flipping the Mission of Regulatory Review

President Biden’s memo could transform the mission of regulatory review by expanding OIRA’s role.

Community Land Trusts Get a California Makeover

Community Land Trusts Get a California Makeover

California laws may help community land trusts tackle a housing crisis and other issues.

Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement

Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement

The Biden memo on improving regulatory review reintroduces competent, bipartisan cost-benefit analysis.

Can Regulators Save Midwestern Beaches?

Can Regulators Save Midwestern Beaches?

Historic water levels across the Great Lakes region present state regulators with significant challenges.

A New Era for Regulatory Review

A New Era for Regulatory Review

President Biden’s memorandum modernizing regulatory review addresses three key failings in the review process.

Regulatory Review, Biden Style

Regulatory Review, Biden Style

Agency experts—not OIRA—must take the lead in regulatory decision-making under the Biden Administration.

Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution

Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution

Regulators should go beyond cost-benefit analysis and evaluate the distributional impacts of regulations.

Regulatory Review Reimagined

Regulatory Review Reimagined

Scholars discuss President Biden’s executive order that seeks to modernize the regulatory review process.

Can the United States Halt Wildfires?

Can the United States Halt Wildfires?

Scholars encourage regulatory authorities to adopt measures to prevent or mitigate wildfire damage.

Week in Review

Week in Review

The Supreme Court invalidates California ban on indoor religious services, FEMA authorizes reimbursements for funeral expenses for COVID-19 deaths, and more…

Pandemic Strengthens Calls for Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Pandemic Strengthens Calls for Indigenous Data Sovereignty

A federal bill that would expand data access for tribal health providers may not satisfy Native communities.