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Recent judicial decisions help clarify the legality of rule freezes after a change in administration.

A recently passed state disclosure law will help reveal who pays for political ads.

Data show that geography and party affiliation predict state agencies’ pushback against federal policies.

Improving regulatory performance is vital for making Americans better off.

Policy oscillation creates serious problems that may require government scrutiny.

Supreme Court approval of patent adjudication raises new questions about limits of modern agency adjudication.

Interested stakeholders may have a role in quantifying deregulatory impacts for agencies.

Retrospective regulatory review should concentrate not only on reducing costs but also on creating benefits, like improving societal well-being.

Regulators need a new system for responding to evolving market forces.

Deregulatory executive orders require a new approach to analyzing regulatory impact.

Recent executive orders undermine the longstanding belief in benefit-cost analysis.

The Trump Administration’s regulatory budget constraint may help improve agency benefit-cost analyses.