Ron Knox

3 weeks ago | kansascity.com | Ron Knox

A little more than two years ago, I got a midday email from my daughter's preschool, Longfellow Elementary in Kansas City's Hyde Park neighborhood. Something had gone wrong at the school: Carbon monoxide had filled classrooms and hallways, sickening kids and teachers. Those who weren't taken away in ambulances were evacuated. We were told to wait to be reunited with our kids, either at the hospital or another school. It was a message no parent ever wants to receive.

Jan 3, 2025 | thenation.com | Ron Knox

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Dec 10, 2024 | ilsr.org | Reggie Rucker |Ron Knox

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor media inquiries, please contact: “Blocking this merger is a crucial step in restoring healthy competition to food retailing,” says ILSR’s Ron Knox. WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2024) – Ron Knox, senior researcher and writer at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), made the following statement in response to Judge Adrienne C. Nelson’s ruling in favor of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the agency’s move to block Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons.

Oct 8, 2024 | ilsr.org | Ron Knox |Reggie Rucker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For media inquiries, please contact: Reggie Rucker, ILSR Communications Director “A strong monopoly lawsuit deserves its day in court,” says Ron Knox WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 08, 2024) – Ron Knox, senior researcher and policy advocate at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), issued the following statement on the news that a federal judge denied Amazon’s attempt to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) monopolization and unfair competition lawsuit against...

Sep 30, 2024 | thesling.org | Dylan Gyauch-Lewis |Ron Knox |Corey Lipton

Washington Post columnist Eduardo Porter, in his recent piece, “Corporations are not destroying America,” seems to be taking cues on economic policy from his colleague Catherine Rampell. To Porter’s credit, he, contra Rampell, seems to actually read the materials he’s writing about.