Christian Britschgi

1 week ago | reason.com | Christian Britschgi

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: California lawmakers delay a bill to tighten the state's rent control law. Neighborhood activists in Roanoke, Virginia, sue to stop missing middle reforms. Arkansas passes accessory dwelling unit reform. California Rent Control Bill Pulled The California Legislature will not be tightening the state's rent control law this year.

1 week ago | reason.com | Matt Welch |Katherine Mangu-Ward |Christian Britschgi |Nick Gillespie

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1 week ago | hawaiifreepress.com | Christian Britschgi

Hawaii County Tells Homeowner His 38-Year-Old House Is Actually Illegal Shahzaad Ausman has had to sue the county to confirm that he can continue to live in his own home. Hawaii Homeowner Goes Through Permit Hell After County Tells Him His Decades-Old Home Is Illegal by Christian Britschgi, Reason, 4.15.2025 When Shahzaad Ausman purchased a small seaside home in Captain Cook, Hawaii, in 2021, he had every reason to believe that it was a perfectly legal dwelling.

1 week ago | reason.com | Christian Britschgi

The White House budget calls for slashing $17 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), citing the agency's failure to properly monitor risky gain-of-function research it funded at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—where the COVID-19 pandemic plausibly originated.

1 week ago | revistaoeste.com | Christian Britschgi

Sempre que o senador democrata pela Virgínia Ocidental, Joe Manchin, irritava os ativistas de esquerda ao se opor a alguma prioridade progressista de trilhões de dólares durante o governo Biden, o escritor liberal Matt Yglesias defendia o senador com o argumento de que seu desempenho estava acima do valor de reposição.