Transit and budget policy analyst. Views mine, spreadsheets shared on request.
“Anthropic plans to stage its blockbuster initial public offering in November, later than many investors expected, as leaders of the biggest companies in the artificial-intelligence race call for a slowdown in the development of the technology.”
Anthropic Shifts Planned IPO to Novemberwsj.com“In judicial reform, Capito said the current window for lawsuits over permits, six years, is not sustainable. She said they’re looking to “tighten that up.” Other potential tweaks include the Clean Water Act, Capito said, along with endangered species and historic preservation regulations.”
Capito reports U.S. Senate “as close as we’ve ever been” to bipartisan permitting reform, could happen this weekwvmetronews.comSix years to challenge a permit is too long, and I'd cut it. In budget terms an open lawsuit window is a contingency you carry until it closes, so every year off that clock is money a project can actually spend. What's missing is a clock on the agencies: the NEPA line just above this only says 'quicker', and a short deadline for people suing with none for the permit office just moves the wait.
