Unions Lost a Major Battle in Their War on the Gig Economy
Nearly 60 percent of Californians approved a proposition to exempt Uber and Lyft from most of Assembly Bill 5.
Nearly 60 percent of Californians approved a proposition to exempt Uber and Lyft from most of Assembly Bill 5.
The ballot initiative would allow companies such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash to classify workers as independent contractors rather than as permanent employees.
States should stop treating sober cannabis consumers as public menaces.
House Democrats are working to extend another round of emergency aid to airlines in a stand-alone bill after the passage of a larger coronavirus relief package stalled in the Senate.
Imagine skies filled with drones carrying kidneys and livers, on their way to save the lives of people awaiting transplants. The future is here!
Passenger airlines are demanding another $25 billion in taxpayer support to prevent mass layoffs.
The president promised that any attack by Iran against the United States would be met with a response "1,000 times greater in magnitude!"
Rideshare drivers and delivery people are still going to have to beg voters to let them work.
The lawsuit argues that the DEA is violating the Fourth Amendment by seizing money from travelers without evidence of criminal activity.
Abolishing fares could lead to even more federal aid for L.A. Metro, which has already received a $861.9 million bailout this year.
America has been lagging behind other countries.
In November, California voters will decide on Proposition 22, a measure would carve out a contracting exemption for independent drivers.
Leasing state toll roads could provide the revenue states need to improve their balance sheets.
The Trump administration has expanded a bipartisan drive to commercialize more of NASA's space operations.
Lawmakers and courts are trying to force them to put drivers on their payrolls. They're threatening to take a freeway out of the state entirely.
Plus: Uber, Lyft threaten to suspend California operations following court decision; New Zealand reimposes lockdown measures in response to new COVID-19 cases; and Kamala Harris's hawkish foreign policy
Plus: Federal government spent $250 billion on expanded unemployment benefits, Joe Biden's V.P. pick is "imminent," and Ben Shapiro takes on Cardi B
Two American astronauts splashed down to Earth after over 60 days aboard the International Space Station
Licensing laws can be weaponized to chill speech.
In two-thirds of those cases, there were no accompanying arrests.
Xavier Becerra conceals tax increases and reframes a gig economy proposition to hurt its chances.
A 2018 Reason investigation showed how Chicago's impound program ensnared innocent owners, stripped them of their cars, and soaked them in debt.
The president’s accidental vision of a war-free second term.
As the state deals with budget cuts and deficits, some boosters still fight to keep construction going.
Reason showed how Chicago's impound program traps innocent owners in thousands of dollars of debt in 2018.
The government granted a temporary waiver allowing drone-based deliveries of medical supplies in North Carolina. That shouldn't end when the pandemic does.
Senate Republicans have proposed a far more modest reauthorization of federal surface transportation spending programs that are set to expire in September.
Today's Crew Dragon launch marks the first time a private company has sent humans into orbit.
Substantial numbers of people returning to work, but avoiding the buses and trains that took them there, could see urban travel speeds grind to a halt.
What could happen—and what to do about it—if you get pulled over by the cops
Unless you are especially dedicated to seeing the world and willing to run a gauntlet of hassles to do so, travel is poised to become a more local activity.
A lawsuit filed yesterday by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra accuses the companies of misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors.
Westport won’t be using tech to monitor people’s body temperatures or whether they’re properly social distancing.
Transit wonks are debating which mode of transportation was most responsible for the country's worst COVID-19 outbreak.
If only everybody weren’t stuck in their homes.
Pending minimum service rules would require airlines to keep operating a certain number of flights, regardless of how little demand there is for air travel.
A lot of industries and individuals are suffering right now. A select few corporations are getting big bailouts.
The public transit bailout is spiraling out of control.
Public transit was already in decline before the COVID-19 outbreak. Now transit agencies are teetering on the brink of collapse.
The churn of new emergency regulatory waivers and restrictions is causing confusion for American manufacturers and freight haulers.
This is what happens when you think all of America looks like the Acela corridor.
The case illustrates the injustice and irrationality of Pennsylvania's "zero tolerance" approach to stoned driving.
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