Massachusetts Voters Protect the Right To Work for Tips
The tug-of-war over what role the government should play in regulating compensation for tipped workers has subverted typical partisan lines.
The tug-of-war over what role the government should play in regulating compensation for tipped workers has subverted typical partisan lines.
"The more you tell people they can't have something, the more they want it."
Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews.
Plus: Massachusetts NIMBYs get their day in court, Pittsburgh one-step forward, two-steps back approach to zoning reform, and a surprisingly housing-heavy VP debate.
Many circuit courts have said that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided last week that’s unconstitutional.
The New Right talks a big populist game, but their policies hurt the people they're supposed to help.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
Her concurrence is a reminder that the application of criminal law should not be infected by personal animus toward any given defendant.
Chevron deference, a doctrine created by the Court in 1984, gives federal agencies wide latitude in interpreting the meaning of various laws. But the justices may overturn that.
Don't blame criminal justice reform or a lack of social spending for D.C.'s crime spike. Blame government mismanagement.
The transit authority was sued after rejecting an ad that directed viewers to go to a website "to find out about the faith of our founders."
Bans have resulted in what some have called the "whitewashing" of American juries.
D.C.'s new degree requirements could lead to job losses, increased operating costs, and higher tuition.
Total spending under Trump nearly doubled. New programs filled Washington with more bureaucrats.
In data from over 200 cities, homicides are down a little over 19 percent when compared to a similar time frame in 2023.
The areas where you need FAA approval to fly a model plane or drone are surprisingly large.
Peter Moskos, criminal justice professor and former Baltimore police officer, discusses ways to reform policing and turn failing cities around on the latest Just Asking Questions podcast.
Plus: More reactions to the Supreme Court's other decision in the Trump ballot disqualification case, D.C.'s continued minimum wage confusion, California's primary elections, and more...
Plus: Republicans are trying to expand a tax deduction they once wanted to cap, a "shocking" and "stunning" January jobs report, and street blocking protestors in D.C.
The freedom to protest is essential to the American project. It also does not give you carte blanche to violate other laws.
The clients get a confusing maze and a lot of incentives to stay on welfare.
Those sounding the loudest alarms about possible shutdowns are largely silent when Congress ignores its own budgetary rules. All that seems to matter is that government is metaphorically funded.
While chalking on D.C. sidewalks and streets is illegal, the protesters say they were targeted for their beliefs.
The lack of oversight and the general absence of a long-term vision is creating inefficiency, waste, and red ink as far as the eye can see.
How not to distribute federal funds
Service cuts that reflect falling demand and zoning reforms that bring more fare-paying residents back to cities could shore up transit agencies' budgets.
The rail lines servicing Washington, D.C.'s Union Station are carrying as little as a quarter of their pre-pandemic ridership. Officials still want to triple the station's capacity.
Too few remember the pope's opposition to Polish building regulation.
Thanks to the city's Initiative 71, Lit City Smoke Shop is part of D.C.'s thriving weed-gifting industry.
A proposal to charge rideshare vehicles $2 to enter D.C.'s downtown during the day will probably reduce Uber and Lyft rides. But we shouldn't expect it to reduce overall traffic volumes.
When "graduation becomes close to a virtual guarantee, it also becomes pretty functionally meaningless," says one education researcher.
The higher taxes on small businesses and entrepreneurs could slow growth. Less opportunity means more tribalism and division.
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
In rebuking the legislation, the president showed that he may not know what's in it.
D.C. is destroying its thriving cannabis industry with bureaucracy and red tape.
Progressive politicians are irritated they have to make the same tradeoffs in their living situation as other high-income professionals.
Libertarians should recognize language as a quintessential example of spontaneous order.
Transit officials and transit-boosting politicians in D.C., L.A., and New York City are warming to the idea of being totally dependent on taxpayer subsidies.
Putting the district's train system back on track will take more than better bureaucracy.
WMATA suspended automated train operations after the deadly 2009 Fort Totten crash. Perennial efforts to bring them back over the past decade have repeatedly fallen through.
Social housing supporters hope that the city can get city-owned, city-operated housing right with a new office, a more expansive mission, and different branding.
Out of 37 officers who were terminated and later reinstated, 17 had committed acts deemed a "threat to safety."
D.C officials are calling for sweeping reforms to D.C. Housing Authority's governance, or even a federal takeover, in the wake of a damning new report.
Local YIMBY advocates express concern that the tool, as written, is overly vague and could be exploited to stop development.
Even if credentialed teachers help kids learn more, it’s not worth making D.C. day cares prohibitively expensive and pushing experienced teachers out of jobs.
The city's expanded down payment assistance program is a recipe for increasing home prices.
Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Council will force all public school students ages 12 and up to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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