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Colorado Governor Jared Polis just gave consumers two of the best gifts of the 2026 legislative session, and he did it with his veto pen. By rejecting HB26-1236 (arbitration reform) and SB26-134 (the credit card swipe fee bill), Polis cemented a record that already makes him one of the most consumer-friendly governors in the country, and proved, once again…

H.R. 8000 (Bilirakis, R-FL) amends Schedule I of the CSA to add 7-hydroxymitragynine, “including its synthetic equivalents,” while purporting to exempt 7-OH “naturally contained” in Mitragyna speciosa (kratom). The carve-out is the entire problem. The term “synthetic equivalents” is undefined in the bill. In practice, it can be read to capture every concentrated, extracted, o...

Dear Chair Bilrakis, Ranking Member Schakowsky, and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of the Consumer Choice Center, we write to thank you for holding this hearing today. Here at the Consumer Choice Center, we have argued on behalf of consumers around the country for a unified national data privacy framework in order to better protect consumers and position businesses to...

India’s vaping ban was intended to eliminate a public health risk. Seven years later, it has largely eliminated the legal market instead. Vaping products continue to be available through informal channels, most recently drawing attention after footage of an IPL cricket player allegedly using an e-cigarette went viral. The episode highlights a question policymakers have yet to...

NEW USTR TARIFFS ON 60 NATIONS WILL HIT AMERICAN CONSUMERS HARDEST — TARGETED REMEDIES NEEDED, NOT A BLANKET TAX USTR’s blanket 10% on trading allies will only serve to drive up prices for consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative today proposed sweeping additional tariffs of 10–12.5% on imports from 60 economies, including major allies such as ...