North Carolina Passes Sweeping Surprise Ban on 'Downzoning'
To the bewilderment of many, North Carolina's hurricane relief bill includes the nation's strongest property rights protections against new zoning restrictions.
To the bewilderment of many, North Carolina's hurricane relief bill includes the nation's strongest property rights protections against new zoning restrictions.
What began as a vibrant, organic solution to a crisis has been stifled by overregulation.
If you think “everything-bagel liberalism” makes transit and affordable housing projects expensive, wait till you see what it does to the price of literal everything bagels.
American history is often a story of people leaving to try to build their voluntary utopias.
If funding were approved, St. Petersburg residents would have been on the hook for a new stadium for one of baseball’s least attended teams.
The reporting was cited by One Fair Wage as proof that its policy worked.
A proposed alcohol tax hike will hit immigrant-owned liquor stores while city spending on nonessential projects remains high.
The federal government furnishes a relatively tiny amount of K-12 funding—but the feds need relatively little money to exert power.
Golden State voters decisively rejected progressive approaches to crime and housing.
The ballot initiative says a whiff of weed does not establish probable cause for a search or seizure, which was already doubtful in light of hemp legalization.
In bodycam footage, the police major—now the deputy chief—asks for "anything we can get" after being told felony charges would be difficult.
If Musk is truly serious about fiscal discipline, he'll advise the president-elect to eschew many of the policies he promised on the campaign trail.
After being arrested for doing journalism, Priscilla Villarreal has taken her fight to the courts.
In the heart of California Wine Country, rigid local rules are choking small businesses and stifling growth
Home equity theft happens when governments auction off seized houses and keep the profits—even once the tax bill is paid.
Despite homelessness being on the rise, local governments keep cracking down on efforts to shelter those without permanent housing.
Both candidates mentioned the importance of new supply to bring down housing costs. But their focus was firmly on their chosen boogeymen.
China has dominated the market—thanks in part to a robust industrial policy.
Despite increasing demand, cities across the U.S. are pushing bans on new drive-thru restaurants in the name of reducing traffic and promoting walkability.
The city of Seaside, California, ordered a man to cover the boat parked in his driveway. He offered a lesson in malicious compliance.
Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.
After a Michigan couple indicated their intent to open a green cemetery, their local township passed an ordinance to forbid it. A judge found the rule unconstitutional.
The company needs a lot of government permission slips to build its planned new city in the Bay Area. It's now changing the order in which it asks for them.
Chelsea Koetter is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to render the state's debt collection scheme unconstitutional.
The Church of the Rock is suing, arguing that the zoning crackdown in Castle Rock violates the First Amendment.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has endorsed "heartland visas," which would create a pathway for skilled immigrants to settle in stagnating communities.
Researchers examined garbage placed in public receptacles in Washington, D.C., and New York City and found that the locales’ bans on flavored tobacco products have unquestionably failed.
There may not be a perfect solution to ending homelessness, but there are some clear principles to reduce the friction for those working to do so.
Government school advocates say competition "takes money away" from government schools. That is a lie.
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