With the help of New York’s environmental review law, local NIMBYs halted an approved housing project, adding to delays and costs in a city facing a housing shortage.
The Institute for Justice partners with an independent eye doctor to challenge state regulations that protect hospital monopolies and restrict patient access.
South Carolina's Operation Rolling Thunder targets cash and contraband but harasses guilty and innocent travelers alike.
An uneven playing field allows the aggressive tactics and legal loopholes that turn traffic stops into cash grabs.
Routine searches of commercial buses violate privacy, target low-income passengers, and result in widespread violations.
No arrest necessary as South Carolina police hunt for cash
A 21-month legal battle unveils the dark side of South Carolina's annual traffic crackdown.
Vineyard owners face $120,000 in fines for letting an employee and his family live on their 60-acre property without a permit.
Of the 21 Texas House Republicans who joined Democrats to kill school choice during the special sessions, only seven survived their primaries.
One man’s overgrown yard became a six-year struggle against overzealous code enforcement.
As remote work becomes the new normal, Mississippi's insistence on an archaic 50-mile radius for real estate supervision faces scrutiny.
Only 536 people live in this Ohio town that issues 1,800 speeding tickets per month.
States that allow home chefs to sell perishable foods report no confirmed cases of relevant foodborne illness.
Even if background check applicants are guilty of wrongdoing, imposing lifetime bans on gainful employment is not a good policy.
A town clamps down on distributing clothes, personal care items, and food to the homeless.
South Carolina will now only require a certificate of need for long-term care facilities, opening the health care market to smaller providers.
Each state has different cottage food laws that don’t actually protect public health and safety.
Multiple factors contribute to housing shortages, but zoning constraints are mostly to blame.
Why should the government care if massage therapists can speak English?
Enemies of educational freedom are using inane regulations to target learning pods.
As law enforcement agencies patrol for profit, the secrecy surrounding cash seizures must stop.
Turning in your innocent friends and neighbors for having large amounts of cash is touted as a new source of income by the FBI.
Iowa officers detect less than one gram of marijuana, 100 yards away, in a closed container in a moving car.
Want to fight your ticket? Welcome to mayor’s court, where your accuser is also your judge.
Cops laugh about “probable cause on four legs” but the damage to innocent lives is real.
Union leaders shame parents, arguing that equity gaps will widen if parents pull their children out of public schools.
During COVID-19, many states have rolled back their “certificate of need” laws. Now is the time to abolish them.
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