Biden's sudden embrace of a federal vaccine requirement seems inconsistent with his acknowledgment that he cannot mandate every COVID-19 precaution he'd like people to follow.
If they're good enough for Europeans, surely they're good enough for Americans.
Because the Supreme Court so far has not intervened, post-heartbeat abortions are now illegal in the Lone Star State.
Labor unions have been lobbying federal regulators to mandate that all freight trains operate with two-person crews in the cab. But automation renders this largely pointless.
Getting a law passed is not the same thing as getting people to obey.
States like Alabama that give government regulators control over the number of hospital beds tend to have less of them. That's bad even when there isn't a pandemic.
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Remember, the "open internet" that regulatory rules purportedly preserve emerged from a world without net neutrality rules.
Friday A/V Club: Some people are against concentrated media power. Some just want to bend it to their will.
Gov. Greg Abbott's position on private vaccination requirements is confused and confusing.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige issued an executive order yesterday imposing a raft of new restrictions on businesses and social gatherings.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' embrace of the law contradicts his avowed commitment to economic freedom.
Jigisha Modi can't hire her own mother-in-law—who has decades of eyebrow-threading experience—because of Kansas' occupational licensing rules. Now she's suing.
For now, the side that wants less cryptocurrency regulation and taxation lost.
Los Angeles County is largely vaccinated. This is a punitive, authoritarian performance.
An attempt to reduce idle electricity consumption actually incentivizes selling more powerful equipment.
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Much of what government does is tax people to try to fix problems that government caused.
Environmentalists criticized Trump's reforms for wasting water, while showerhead manufacturers worried the deregulation would subject them to more foreign competition.
From SpaceX and Tesla to Uber and Lyft, many of the most successful companies thrived without the government's stamp of approval.
The Senate majority leader's racial rhetoric and overly prescriptive approach make an already iffy effort even more quixotic.
Governments at the state, local, and federal levels can obstruct our pursuit of happiness and at times even jeopardize our safety.
Corporations can afford robots. Their competitors often cannot.
A measure awaiting the governor's signature would make it easier for natural hair braiders in Wisconsin to work.
Six justices agreed that the state's "dragnet for sensitive donor information" imposes "a widespread burden on donors' associational rights."
A bipartisan bill in Congress seeks to get the FDA out of the premium cigar industry.
Taken together, these six measures would have a major impact on the way we shop, chat, and otherwise go about our business online.
The suspension is based on "demonstrably false and misleading statements" that Giuliani made as Donald Trump's lawyer.
COVID-19 has exposed the problems of a centralized food supply and built momentum for sweeping deregulation of the meat industry.
Rules range from absurd to appalling without respect for civil liberties or basic logic.
Lawmakers want to pay cities to help cannabis businesses navigate the state’s oppressive bureaucracy.
The state is going to "reopen" June 15. That includes ending most mask mandates for vaccinated people.
A clean-energy future will require more than just spending money.
Lawmakers are proposing to create a "California Dream Fund" that would subsidize up to 45 percent of the costs of a new home.
Oklahoma, Alabama, and Montana are the latest states to deregulate homemade food sales.
The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.
The first major intersection of college basketball and legal sports betting seems to have been a completely clean affair.
Laws which mandate big wage increases for workers during the pandemic are leaving store closures in their wake.
Will home cooking become the new dining out?
The MORE Act, which was reintroduced today, is full of contentious provisions that go far beyond repealing federal prohibition.
Further evidence that well-intentioned regulation of vaping products can have negative consequences for public health.
If politicians want lower housing prices, they need to let people build more housing.
Rather than let students weigh crypto costs and benefits on their own, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claims to know best.
Former Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir says former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's support for a ban was based on "embarrassingly poor evidence."
The New York Blood Center wants a larger headquarters to continue its cutting-edge medical research. Activists claim the new building will cast too much shadow.
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