Idaho Governor Flips Off Libertarians With Both Hands, Vetoes Asset Forfeiture AND Licensing Reforms
Is he trying to make libertarians angry, or is he just a puppet of special interests?
Is he trying to make libertarians angry, or is he just a puppet of special interests?
More than two dozen licensing boards have until June to give him an answer.
The lethal consequences of a common, obscure hospital licensing law
Don't have at least an associate's degree? Step away from the finger paints, you monster.
New measure would give executive branch officials greater oversight over licensing laws, preventing boards from creating unaccountable, anti-competitive rules.
In the fight for economic freedom, entrepreneurs and consumers get new support against self-serving interests.
GMU law scholar David Bernstein on how liberal and conservative judges can find common ground by embracing the right to pursue work.
Building on a key victory at the Supreme Court in 2015, the FTC plans to target anti-competitive state-level licensing laws.
Laurie Wheeler and Martha Stowe were threatened with fines and jail time if they didn't get an expensive, unnecessary license.
Company used a secret method of getting around regulators trying to shut them down. If only the rest of us were so lucky.
New report from Watchdog reveals how Florida's Certificate of Necessity laws limit competition and access to care.
Of course. State board says she has to go to veterinary school to learn something she already knows and the schools don't teach.
"I find this outrageous, and I call on you to end your investigation," wrote Gov. Doug Ducey to the haircut police at the Arizona Board of Cosmetology.
Juan Carlos Montesdeoca thought he was doing an act of charity, but in the eyes of the State Board of Cosmetology, he was putting people in "real risk."
Arizona licensing board finally backs down from an expensive, unnecessary mandate that nearly forced three women to give up their careers as animal masseuses.
People used to chase economic opportunity across the country. Then the government got in the way.
Unintended consequences of local and state policies are a huge barrier to mobility.
Almost 10 percent of police officers charged with crimes are still working in law enforcement, new report from Wall Street Journal finds.
Unwilling to spend the money for a massage therapist license in Nebraska, Ilona Holland took her business across the bridge to Iowa.
Sign language interpreters say licensing is needed to protect deaf people from scammers, but there's no evidence of a market failure.
Wisconsin Republicans pledge to reform occupational licensing, which hits residents of the state with nearly $2 billion annually in hidden costs.
Not fair to homeless that their food isn't "scrutinized," one councilman explained.
This is how regulatory capture works: Trade association would get majority control of new licensing board.
Onerous licensing laws make it harder for people to move from place to place. And less residential mobility means less economic mobility.
Board backs down from "unlawful" and "overzealous" effort to shut down Nashville-based company that connects beauticians with customers.
Project Belle connects customers with licensed cosmetologists. Competitors have asked state regulators to shut it down.
What Hillary Clinton gets right (and what she gets wrong) about occupational licensing and the need for reform
"This case illustrates the great deference that federal courts must show to government regulations," claims judge.
Her story has a happy ending, but the regulations that nearly shut down her lemonade stand have serious consequences for other businesses.
More states should follow Minnesota's lead by legalizing mid-level dental professionals.
You have a permit for that pub crawl, drunk Santa?
Sixteen states require hair braiders to get cosmetology licenses, which cost hundreds to thousands of dollars and require at least 1,000 hours of training.
Unnecessary state regulations add costly burdens with no real safety benefits.
State requires 750 hours of classes on unrelated skills.
Government gets in the way of healthy economic activity.
Nobody should need permission to make a living-especially when requiring that permission just lines the pockets of a favored few.
Imagine what will happen to flyover country under even more wage regulations.
New law ends occupational license-mandated monopoly on casket sales.
Three-hundred hours of classes "on the theory and practice of shampooing?" And that's just the start....
Young people entering the workforce without a degree or a "rent-seeking" license face low wages, if they can even find a job.
Republicans and Democrats are starting to agree occupational licensing has gone too far
Charleston law requires tour guides to pass a test and get licensed
Economists find more social benefits from ridehailing apps.
Anyone advertising as an escort without a license or attempting to hire an unlicensed escort could be charged $5,000.