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The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.
Just about everybody agrees the practice is legalized theft, but cops and prosecutors oppose change.
The hard lesson that free markets are better than state control may have to be relearned.
Certain employment measures in the House GOP’s border bill that are meant to verify citizenship status would harm American workers and employers.
Conservatives who support the bill recognize the conflict between unannounced home invasions and the Second Amendment.
The legislation would give property owners "sole discretion" in deciding how many parking spaces they want to build.
Requiring users to verify their age to use social media will degrade their privacy and cybersecurity.
To address an "unpaid debt bubble," the proposed law would dictate contract terms and require regulators to intervene in commercial disputes.
Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the measures will punish peaceful migrants and the Floridians who interact with them.
An expanded surveillance state can’t solve problems created by drug prohibition.
Correcting the error will require new legislation.
The debate over the details shows that, despite all the talk of treating cannabis like alcohol, legislators are not prepared to fully embrace that model.
Americans’ opinions are more nuanced than headlines suggest, leaving little room for total bans.
"Once a woman became pregnant for any reason, she would now become property of the state of South Carolina," said one state senator.
Despite his reservations, Gov. John Carney let the bills become law without his signature.
If a municipality fails to approve or deny a permit by state-set deadlines, developers could hire private third parties to get the job done.
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The Biden administration is defending a federal law that disarms Americans based on "boilerplate language" in orders that judges routinely grant.
Under the new Kentucky law, state-licensed dispensaries will begin serving qualifying patients in 2025.
Once again, politicians use popular fears to push for open-ended power.
Revoking the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the use of military force would be a good start, but the 2001 authorization has been used dozens of times to justify conflicts in numerous countries.
"Taking that child across the border, and if that happens without the permission of the parent, that's where we'll be able to hold accountable those that would subvert a parent's right," said one of the bill's sponsors.
The massive piece of legislation embodies all that is wrong with American lawmaking.
Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny.
The Florida governor has a history of using state power to bully Florida schools over speech he doesn't like. H.B. 1 may accomplish his goal while ceding power to parents.
A decade as a right-to-work state made Michigan better off.
The former president wanted to "open up" defamation laws. The governor of Florida is about to try.
Volkswagen unveiled a cheap new electric concept car, but protectionist policies mean it's not worthwhile for the company to introduce it in the U.S.
"The firing squad, in my opinion, is beneath the dignity of the state of Idaho," said one state senator. "We have to find a better way."
People panicked in the 1980s that Japan's economic largesse posed a grave threat to American interests. Then the market reined it in.
Opponents of the reforms favored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition should acknowledge the threat posed by unconstrained majority rule.
Youth employment is a recognized path to greater prosperity.
"It's very easy for politicians to legislate freedom away," says Northwood University's Kristin Tokarev. "But it's incredibly hard to get back."
State legislators "have independent agency to do things. I don't control every single bill that has been filed," said DeSantis on Tuesday.
When politicians manipulate industry, the public pays the price.
According to the Justice Department's reading of the law, the crime need not involve impersonation or even fraud.
The state will fast-track applicants who have out-of-state credentials or experience.
Florida's H.B. 999 claims to support "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual rigor." It does just the opposite.
It’s ruff going for the state’s canines.
"The bill is an aggressive and blatantly unconstitutional attempt to rewrite defamation law in a manner that protects the powerful from criticism by journalists and the public," said one attorney.
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Like California’s ruinous A.B. 5, the proposal would greatly harm freelance employment.
Cannabis consumers should have the same commercial leisure spaces that alcohol drinkers do.
Gov. Greg Abbott has already announced that he’d sign the bill if passed.
The status quo is certainly worth challenging.