Tag: Regulations

President Trump's infrastructure plan says environmental reviews must be conducted in no more than 21 months. It calls for changes in how the government conducts environmental reviews, including streamlining the National Environmental Policy Act's requirements and potential reforms to the Clean Water and Clean Air acts. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s infrastructure plan aims to speed environmental reviews

Josh Siegel · February 12, 2018 4:28 pm

A new White House proposal suggest deregulating the pharmaceutical industry to help lower drug prices. (iStock)

White House proposes faster approval of drugs to lower prices

Kimberly Leonard · February 9, 2018 11:27 pm

Jack Gerard, the CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, has called for Congress and the administration to improve predictability in permitting in order to encourage private investment in energy infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Energy and Environment

Energy industry prods Congress to back permitting reform in Trump’s infrastructure push

Josh Siegel · February 8, 2018 8:47 pm

Imagine Your Surgeon Wasn’t Allowed to Train Enough

Richard Menger · February 8, 2018 10:00 am

In this 2015 photo, a woman walks past Preterm, an abortion clinic, in Cleveland. This week, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Preterm of Cleveland can't sue over abortion-related restrictions which were in the state's budget bill back in 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Beltway Confidential

Ohio strikes a blow against abortion clinics

Nicole Russell · February 7, 2018 11:40 pm

Beltway Confidential

A dubious legislative solution to the Tide Pod problem

Emily Jashinsky · February 7, 2018 3:43 pm

Two Cheers for Deregulation

Irwin M. Stelzer · February 7, 2018 10:10 am

House Passes Bill to Change Obamacare Nutrition Rules

Haley Byrd · February 6, 2018 10:15 pm

Nvidia Corp. graphic processing units sit stacked inside a 'mining rig' computer, used to generate the Ethereum cryptocurrency, in Budapest, Hungary in January. U.S. securities regulators say adequate oversight of cryptocurrency markets may require new tools from Congress. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

It’s time for Congress to consider new cryptocurrency laws, Trump regulators say

James Langford · February 6, 2018 5:20 pm

The FCC did not respond to requests for comment on its approach to 5G cybersecurity, but the commission's industry advisory panel, the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council, is working on a proposal on the issue. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)

Telecoms lash out at plan to nationalize 5G network

Charlie Mitchell · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

The administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 regulatory actions planned under former President Barack Obama. About $570 million a year in costs, which comes out to $8.1 billion over a lifetime, has been eliminated as a result, the White House says. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Trump cuts business free

James Langford · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to reduce regulation, and many American industries have their own wishlist of things they want to deregulate. For example, electronic cigarette advocates want to change a regulation requiring "pre-market approval" for all devices and liquids introduced after February 2007. The long-term health effects of "vaping" are currently unknown, and the FDA plans to require product applications in 2022.(AP Photo/Branden Camp)

What CEOs still want from Trump: A deregulation wishlist

Steven Nelson, John Siciliano, Joseph Lawler, Sean Higgins · February 6, 2018 5:01 am