Florida Lawmakers Are Fast-Tracking Licensing Reforms
Florida House passes bill slashing licensing requirements for barbers, manicurists, hair-braiders, geologists, and boxing timekeepers.
Florida House passes bill slashing licensing requirements for barbers, manicurists, hair-braiders, geologists, and boxing timekeepers.
The symposium focuses on Brink Lindsey and Steve Teles' important new book describing how several forms of government regulation slow economic growth, increase inequality, and reduce opportunities for the poor.
Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. should be overruled.
And with good reason, since it would drive up costs and limit access to child care by requiring daycare workers to get a college degree.
Less pretrial jail, more forfeiture restrictions
Don't give diet tips or haircuts without the government's permission. And don't even think about doing basic math, either.
State lawmaker says that makes no sense, plans to introduce bill repealing requirement.
Workers in professions requiring state-issued licenses are 36 percent less likely to move across state lines than workers in other jobs.
The city council is considering a mammoth package of new rules that threaten Tampa bathhouses and those who visit them.
A court rules that Michigan can't block a New York nurse from holding the same job in his new state.
The Oregon engineering board fined Mats Järlström for exercising his First Amendment rights. Now, finally, it admits it's not allowed to do that.
Occupational licensing makes it more difficult to work.
The D.C. Department of Health wants to protect farm animals from the ancient Hindu practice.
Taking away someone's ability to earn money seems like a shortsighted way to get loans repaid.
With occupational licensing rules that benefit favored friends, state governments raise barriers to prosperity for millions and raise costs for the rest of us.
Occupational licensing laws are keeping returning servicemen and their families out of their chosen fields.
New report says states could see 4.5 percent job growth by cutting red tape in 10 oft-licensed professions.
And if they were, state licensing laws probably wouldn't be the best way to stop them.
Occupational licensing runs amok in a familiar story.
The same board investigated a student for giving free haircuts and a cancer survivor for giving beauty treatments to the terminally ill.
Mayor says the town doesn't ban food trucks, but only allows them on certain days. And that's one rule that can't bend even in the wake of a major hurricane.
Institute for Justice working to change that.
Want to give people a tour? It might not be as easy as you think.
The case for why Congress should get involved.
Watch a Berkeley officer seize the cash out of the wallet of a street merchant.
The internet can increase options for consumers, but interest groups look for government restrictions to protect them from competition.
Alaska allowed dental therapists to practice within Native American communities. Ten years later the evidence is pretty clear.
Yes, but only because states have abdicated the responsibility themselves.
Classic protection racket enforced by city fines.
"Bottleneckers" use occupational licensing to screw competitors and innovation in the name of keeping us safe.
Licensing laws are mostly a state issue, but a 2014 Supreme Court decision gives the federal government a role to play too. Lee is seizing the opportunity.
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta says excessive licensing hinders the American workforce, reduces economic opportunities.
Licensing laws are putting 61-year-old Sally Ladd out of work. Together, we're suing.
Dentists use political muscle and control of regulatory boards to limit competition. How many other licensed professionals do the same?
How licensing laws that block people with criminal records harm the formerly incarcerated and the economy.
What goes around, comes around, governor.
Free speech and traffic lights
Mayor says he wants to fix the problem by creating other types of licenses.
Should Congress be allowed to forbid a private voluntary treatment because it's bad and discredited?
You got a permit for that ice cream machine?
"Anyone should be allowed to talk about the traffic signals without being penalized," says Mats Järlström. He's suing the board.
Bill approved without a single "neigh," but lawmakers call "woah" on full repeal and plan to trot out new rules next year.
The state won't throw people in jail for cutting hair without a state-issued permission slip, but it's only a marginal step forward.