This LA Musician Built $1,200 Tiny Houses for the Homeless
Elvis Summers crowdfunded $100,000 to build dozens of tiny homes. City officials looking to pass a $2 billion housing plan tried to shut him down.
Policy
Army Corps of Engineers Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
Standing Rock protesters succeed in blocking Bakken oil pipeline route
Licensing Isn't Necessary To Protect People From Incompetent, Untrained, or Fraudulent Professionals
Sign language interpreters say licensing is needed to protect deaf people from scammers, but there's no evidence of a market failure.
Eminent Domain Critic, Ayn Rand Superfan, Former Cato CEO John Allison Could Run Trump's Treasury
Allison wants to repeal all Dodd-Frank regulations, which didn't fix the problem of banks being "too big to fail."
Trump Will 'Keep an Open Mind' About the Paris Climate Change Agreement
So says the president-elect in an interview this afternoon with the New York Times.
Sign Language Interpreter Licenses and Wisconsin's Other Costly, Pointless Permission Slips
Wisconsin Republicans pledge to reform occupational licensing, which hits residents of the state with nearly $2 billion annually in hidden costs.
Trump Regulatory Rollback: Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards
Activists howl in outrage and frustration
Newark Considers Crackdown on Giving Food to the Homeless
Not fair to homeless that their food isn't "scrutinized," one councilman explained.
Bureaucracy, Funding No Cure for Homeless Problem
At the minimum, county officials should look at government rules that exacerbate the suffering.
Points For Honesty: Pool Contractors Want to be Licensed so They Can Charge Higher Prices
This is how regulatory capture works: Trade association would get majority control of new licensing board.
The System is Rigged: Licensing Limits the Pursuit of Happiness
Onerous licensing laws make it harder for people to move from place to place. And less residential mobility means less economic mobility.
Lucasfilm Suing Lightsaber Academy, The New York Jedi for Star Wars Trademark Infringements
May the govt force be with you.
Don't Blame AirBnb For New York City's High Rents
High rents have been a problem a lot longer then Airbnb has existed.
Tennessee Cosmetology Board Admits it Doesn't Have Authority To Regulate Tech Companies
Board backs down from "unlawful" and "overzealous" effort to shut down Nashville-based company that connects beauticians with customers.
Yes In My Backyard
San Francisco activists push for more construction in Baghdad by the Bay.
Tennessee's Cosmetology Board Thinks It Can Regulate a Software Company
Project Belle connects customers with licensed cosmetologists. Competitors have asked state regulators to shut it down.
Clinton Suggests Paying States and Cities to Fix Bad Licensing Laws
What Hillary Clinton gets right (and what she gets wrong) about occupational licensing and the need for reform
Federal Judge Upholds Ban on Unlicensed African Hair-Braiding, Says Courts Must Show 'Great Deference' to Government Regulations
"This case illustrates the great deference that federal courts must show to government regulations," claims judge.
Local Government Told Girl She Needed $3,500 for Lemonade Stand Permit. The Internet Helped Her Get It
Her story has a happy ending, but the regulations that nearly shut down her lemonade stand have serious consequences for other businesses.
How Reforming Licensing Laws Can Help Fix America's Dentist Shortage
More states should follow Minnesota's lead by legalizing mid-level dental professionals.
D.C. Gov Goes After a Piece of Pub-Crawl Profits
You have a permit for that pub crawl, drunk Santa?
How Free Is YOUR State? All 50 States Ranked by Personal and Economic Freedoms
New Hampshire, Alaska, and Oklahoma are tops, but can you guess the three worst states?
'A Manifest Abuse of the Eminent Domain Power': N.J. State Agency Gets Bench-Slapped in Court
Eminent domain abuse struck down in Casino Reinvestment Development Authority v. Birnbaum.
Licensing Rules Hold Back Hair Braiders and the Economy
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.
Do You Have a License to Braid That Hair?
Unnecessary state regulations add costly burdens with no real safety benefits.
Louisiana's Licensing Laws Nearly Destroyed This Woman's Eyebrow Threading Business. Now She's Fighting Back.
State requires 750 hours of classes on unrelated skills.
To Speed Economic Recovery, Release the Brakes
Government gets in the way of healthy economic activity.
Republican Platform Denounces Kelo, the Eminent Domain Ruling That Trump Called 'Wonderful'
Republican Platform vs. Republican presidential nominee
State Beer Laws Continue Slow Creep in Right Direction
A few new good laws go on the books, but many terrible ones remain.
Occupational Licensing Reform Becomes a Cause Both Republicans and Democrats Can Love
Nobody should need permission to make a living-especially when requiring that permission just lines the pockets of a favored few.
Video Game Developers Spent Three Years in Legal Fight to Use Trademarked Word 'Sky' in Title
Release of No Man's Sky was delayed nearly two months.
Build More Housing
San Francisco's YIMBY movement is pushing the city to build its way out of the housing crisis.
'Heavy regulation creates mergers': Matt Welch on Obama's Cigna/Anthem Antitrust Action
'The biggest effect of regulation is what we do not see,' Welch tells Fox Business
Cops Say They Bust Prostitution Because It's Easier Than Catching Career Criminals
The arrests are also part of plan to force shut affordable motels to make way for high-density apartment buildings.
WaPo in 1994: Ban 'Assault Weapons' to Set the Stage for 'Broader Gun Control'
WaPo now: "Assault weapons" are "the gold standard for mass murder."
Why 'I'm Not As Bad As the Other Two' Won't Work for Gary Johnson
That is not moderation, it is a cop out.
Teenager Charged With Attempted Murder Says Drug Cops Seemed Like Armed Thugs
Austin police take stupid risks and blame the victim.
When Everything Is a Crime: Harvey Silverglate on the Overregulation of Ordinary Life
"That's what causes change: the people in power begin to get hurt by their own system."
Don't Disarm Suspected Terrorists
Americans should not lose their Second Amendment rights without due process.
Terror Semantics, the AR-15 McGuffin, Runaway Aboutism, and the Clinton/Trump Follies: Working Through Orlando on The Fifth Column
Your favorite libertarian podcast tackles the nation's deadliest mass shooting
Defending Due Process for Pre-Criminals, and Criticizing Mike Rowe's Anti-Passion Absolutism
Matt Welch talks Orlando and more on Red Eye
Court Upholds the FCC's Politically Driven Decision to Regulate the Internet Like a Utility
The White House pushed the agency to reclassify internet service under Title II, and the agency complied.
Military-Style Rifles Are Not the 'Weapons of Choice' for Mass Shooters
Would it matter if they were?
The Post-Orlando Trump/Clinton Crackdown
Matt Welch talks terrorism and the political instinct to control & clench on tonight's Kennedy
