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Agriculture

In The News
Waste of the Day: Throwback Thursday – Subsidies for Cotton
Aug 27, 2025 | 2 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Zombie Biofuel Subsidies
Aug 8, 2025 | 7 min read
Fact sheet
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Fact Sheet
Aug 8, 2025 | 1 min read
Comments
Comments on Renewable Fuel Standard for 2025 and 2026
Aug 8, 2025 | 1 min read
Letter
Joint Letter: Accept Public Comments on Changes to 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit
Aug 4, 2025 | 2 min read

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Budget & Tax

Weekly Wastebasket
Flat-Funding for Thee, Federal Cash for Me
Aug 21, 2025 | 6 min read

Our Take
Individual Tax Provisions in the OBBBA
Aug 15, 2025 | 10 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Make Spending Transparency Great Again
Aug 14, 2025 | 6 min read
Op-Ed
OPINION: Smart leasing in New Mexico, sweatheart deals in Washington
Aug 13, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
What’s In a Name?
Aug 11, 2025 | 6 min read

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Disaster

Issue Brief
Federal Spending and Programs on Wildfire
Aug 28, 2025 | 2 min read

Weekly Wastebasket
Twenty Years of Disaster Déjà Vu
Aug 28, 2025 | 8 min read
Podcast
BWAF Podcast — Ep. 97— 20 Years After Katrina: Are We Still Paying Premium Prices for Poor Planning?
Aug 26, 2025
Issue Brief
Wildfires in California – Zooming in on the Wildland Urban Interface
Aug 1, 2025 | 3 min read
Our Take
Rebuilding FEMA Without Repeating the Past
Aug 1, 2025 | 6 min read

Energy & Natural Resources

Our Take
Oil, Gas, Coal Win Big in the One Big Beautiful Bill
Aug 27, 2025 | 10 min read

Op-Ed
Carbon capture = Corporate giveaway
Aug 23, 2025 | 3 min read
Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Big Beautiful Bill’s Carbon Capture Tax Credit Is a Corporate Giveaway
Aug 23, 2025
In The News
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is rolling back major oil and gas reforms. Here’s what that means for Utah’s public lands.
Aug 20, 2025 | 2 min read
In The News
Trump hates climate policy. So why is he boosting carbon capture?
Aug 18, 2025 | 2 min read

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National Security

In The News
Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day
Aug 25, 2025 | 2 min read

Op-Ed
‘Fund first, ask questions later’ is a bad way to go
Jul 31, 2025 | 47 sec read
Weekly Wastebasket
The One Big Budget Bill Hangover
Jul 25, 2025 | 7 min read
Analysis
Winners and Losers in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Jul 25, 2025 | 38 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Roses and Thorns in the National Defense Authorization Act
Jul 17, 2025 | 9 min read

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Transportation & Infrastructure

Analysis
Funneling Funds Through the Highway Trust Fund
May 29, 2025 | 5 min read

In The News
The highway trust fund isn’t on life support—it’s been dead since 2008
May 22, 2025 | 2 min read
Our Take
Road to Insolvency: Taxpayers Can’t Afford to Bail Out the Highway Trust Fund Forever
Apr 29, 2025 | 6 min read
Weekly Wastebasket
Taxpayers for Common Sense: 2024 Year in Review
Dec 19, 2024 | 7 min read
Our Take
Who Pays When Natural Disaster Strikes?
Nov 21, 2024 | 5 min read

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