The Supreme Court Said States Can't Discriminate in Alcohol Sales. They're Doing It Anyway.
Two decades after Granholm v. Heald was supposed to end protectionist shipping laws, states and lower courts continue to undermine the decision.
Two decades after Granholm v. Heald was supposed to end protectionist shipping laws, states and lower courts continue to undermine the decision.
The vast majority of keys on the market contain more lead than is allowed by the state's strict new heavy metal standards.
Six years after legalizing hemp and its by-products, the state is revising its drug policies and criminalizing products sold by thousands of Texas businesses.
On Monday, the court granted an emergency injunction allowing Rep. Laurel Libby to resume voting and speaking after she was censured for a post criticizing trans women in women's sports.
A proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulations is a necessary step toward a unified strategy that protects innovation and equity alike.
Government schools now spend about $20,000 per student.
A bad bill inspired by European tech panic threatened to drive out Tesla, Meta, and Nvidia. Lawmakers in the House improved it—but now the bill is stalled in the Senate.
The Big Sky State becomes the first to close the "data broker loophole" allowing the government to get private information without a warrant.
All to shovel more money at wasteful and ineffective programs.
Some hospitals are even reporting women for testing positive for drugs that were given to them during labor.
Lawmakers passed the largest spending plan in state history, pushing costs higher without delivering results.
Plus: Arkansas legalizes ADUs, activists sue to stop missing middle housing, and Trump's housing plans for federal lands
Earlier this year, state Rep. Laurel Libby made a post criticizing trans women in women's sports. Her refusal to apologize has cost Libby her right to speak on the House floor and vote on legislation.
The legislature is advancing three bills that will trample on private property rights and give natural gas a leg up in the Lone Star State.
The California Environmental Quality Act has created a regulatory nightmare.
Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker's economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, supply-side housing reforms, and Washington passes rent control.
Democrats would have a stronger rebuke to Trumpism if civic service in blue states were the national model rather than a laughingstock.
Bills designed to allow more starter homes and apartments near transit face an uncertain future in the state Senate's housing committee.
Shahzaad Ausman has had to sue the county to confirm that he can continue to live in his own home.
Is the small-government Democrat beefing up state power?
The poorest state in the nation just passed bold tax reform that empowers workers, attracts investment, and simplifies the system. It’s a model worth copying.
What America can learn from prisons in Norway and Sweden.
“I am here to break the law,” Marcy Rheintgen said after being given a trespass warning.
The Sunshine State is considering a bill that would expand protections for law enforcement officers who use deadly force or cause great bodily harm.
Lottery ticket buyers are disproportionately poor, and the odds are very bad. But governments want the money.
Voters said no to constitutional amendments on juvenile justice, government spending, and more.
The state legalized medical marijuana but banned dispensary owners from advertising. Now, one owner is taking the fight to the Supreme Court.
State Attorneys General appear more interested in lining up with their political tribe than they are in defending state interests.
Across the country, parents of gender-dysphoric kids are confronting state intrusion.
California once was the state where a visionary might start up a gee-whiz concept in a garage. Now bureaucrats and powerful unions would crush that concept in its infancy.
Superintendents warned open enrollment would overwhelm them. Instead, they have nearly 3,000 vacancies as parents and students have more choices.
More education dollars are funding more bureaucrats, who, by and large, are not improving student outcomes.
The bill is a "law against criticism of any kind," according to a lawyer who testified against it.
A New York law demands fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for carbon emissions dating back to the year 2000. Other Democrat-controlled states plan to follow suit.
How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda
Historian Donald L. Fixico explores a forgotten moment in Oklahoma history and its lessons about liberty.
State laws banning caged eggs are cutting off millions from cheaper options.
Dietary supplement bans for minors may spread—but they’ll be costly, confusing, and ineffective.
Lawmakers in Arizona and California are attempting to overcome local resistance to meaningful starter home reforms.
DOGE may not just save money; it may encourage honesty.
From insurance to affordable housing mandates, California's regulatory noose tightens over wildfire rebuilding efforts.
Civil forfeiture allows the government of Hawaii to take your property and sell it for profit without proving you did anything wrong.
Massachusetts outlawed flavored tobacco. Now, just as criminal justice groups warned, a vape shop owner is serving time.
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