Will EPA Head Scott Pruitt Be Shown the Door?
A parade of nearly comical ethics scandals is overwhelming his record as a deregulator.
A parade of nearly comical ethics scandals is overwhelming his record as a deregulator.
Does Pennsylvania need to license barbers? How about "campsite membership salespersons"? Gov. Tom Wolf says no.
The 2018 "Out of Reach" report ignores the many options available to workers about how they live, work, and spend
State and local officials are doling out $4.5 billion and 1,000 acres to lure the Taiwanese manufacturing giant.
Rubio and Elizabeth Warren are teaming up to stop states from restricting occupational licenses for people with unpaid student loan debt.
This is not an antitrust case and the Justice Department shouldn't have been trying to block it.
Real estate investors worry a new construction tax will halt construction in an already-heavily taxed city.
The mercurial justice lets everybody down, again.
A summer promotion will cover fines and fees when your local code enforcers come calling.
Lawsuit exposes a shady deal in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The city's "moderates" and "progressives" fight over whether to raise taxes or raise taxes.
Developer claims politicians blocked their project to favor a crony who helps the politicians.
A bill would stop the use of private lawyers to try to force residents to pay massive fees for minor crimes.
Forty years after the Civil Aeronautics Board was abolished, look how far we've come.
San Francisco is famously America's most expensive city.
Victims of stealth taxes are suing Doraville, Georgia, for violating their due process rights.
The 37th president used the then-stronger tools of media regulation to manipulate the far more centralized 1970s news industry in ways that Donald Trump can only fantasize about.
The bill would have prohibited licensing boards from denying a license solely because an applicant had unpaid student loans or a criminal record.
Pagedale, Missouri, will stop trying to fine you for having mismatched curtains or saggy pants.
Over the next 30 years, Texas may overtake the Golden State because it is more welcoming to newcomers.
Outdated regulations are hampering the beef meat industry.
The city attempts to wring more money from its employers rather than fix its housing problems.
San Francisco is facing a housing crisis, but overturning current limits on rent-controlled apartments threaten to make the problem worse, not better.
So concludes the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board, in rejecting rapper Dr. Dre's trademark claim against OB/GYN -- and OB/GYN-related writer and lecturer -- Draion M. Burch, who calls himself Dr. Drai.
Regulatory precaution, not rising temperatures, is the main driver for the increase in vector-borne disease.
Violators are required to take classes to reduce racial bias.
"This is a disruptive innovation, which is why you're seeing protectionist policies being put into action."
It's the only state to require the nonsensical license, and its state senators just voted to keep it that way.
Taxpayers are increasingly on the hook for millions in overtime, pension costs.
A DC law bars property owners from redeveloping land containing a full-service gas station, or removing them to make way for other uses.
The solution to government interference isn't more of it.
A new lawsuit challenges a regulation that would take jobs away from capable day care workers, drive up costs, and limit access to early childhood education.
Hated by activists, he should have known that he needed to be squeaky clean in his personal and professional life.
A powerful new film portrays an infuriating act of eminent domain abuse.
A salon owner complained about "highly disturbing" competition from an app, and the state cosmetology board threatened fines. That won't happen anymore.
A California bill that would have greatly liberalized zoning rules failed in the state legislature. The defeat has implications for the broader struggle to expand housing and job opportunities for the poor.
Libertarian state Sen. Laura Ebke's bill triggers a review of state licensing laws, opens more opportunities for individuals with criminal histories.
A low-budget account of the Kelo case sells out a 1,400-seat theater and gets the Megyn Kelly treatment plus a love-letter from George Will.
SB 827 would have opened up swaths of California's cities to new construction. Now it's dead.
And that's just one of many oddities in the state's licensing laws.
There are no angels in this long-running turf war.
Blocked from jobs because they lack occupational licenses, they're turning to welfare instead.
A flawed law has nonetheless improved San Francisco's absurd building approval process.
State licensing laws for low-income professions limit access to jobs and restrict mobility for those who have them. That's a recipe for economic inequality.
Laura Ebke's attempt to rationalize Nebraska's occupational licensing laws gets praised in The Wall Street Journal.