Government Is Snooping on Your Phone
Many apps collect data that is then accessed by outside entities. Should you care?
Many apps collect data that is then accessed by outside entities. Should you care?
Confessions of a Carter administration economist
After many failed efforts at reform, the Oregon Legislature has passed a bill allowing gas stations to designate up to half their pumps as self-service.
"If you don't trust central authority, then you should see this immediately as something that is very problematic," says the Florida governor.
The average gas station owner makes pennies per gallon of gas sold.
Oil companies won’t invest in facilities to produce gasoline until they know they’ll be allowed a future.
Research on the effects of Oregon's loosening of its self-service gas ban finds that allowing adults to pump their own gas increases supply and lowers prices.
Democrats are trying to inject a political solution into an economic problem.
Fuel retailers could face fines of $500 for failing to place signs on their pumps informing customers of the delayed implementation of the 2.2-cent increase in the state's gas tax.
Legislators in New Jersey and Oregon keep failing to repeal their states' bans on self-service gas stations. Is Massachusetts' small town direct democracy the solution?
A bill would let Oregon gas stations turn their customers loose on a limited number of self-service pumps. Some drivers fear the freedom.
The protectionist Jones Act makes it harder to move fuel around the country.
Don't punish businesses for raising prices during a crisis.
Executive orders may have encouraged the lockdowns, but they always depended on voluntary behavior.
Rep. Camille Lilly, who authored the bill, says her legislation will lead to more safety, convenience, and jobs.
Oregon and New Jersey are the only states to ban self-service gas stations. Mercifully, this prohibition is starting to fall apart.