Neighbors say Joey Mucha's plans for a Skee-Ball arcade in the Mission would be a positive addition to the community. Activists disagree.
Don’t let regulators and their cronies suppress competition.
A pending ban on flavored nicotine vaping products would destroy most of their industry warn vaping advocates.
A report from the city's Department of Planning finds that housing construction has not kept pace with job growth.
The distinction the presidential adviser draws between e-cigarettes and other vaping devices contradicts the FDA's understanding of its authority.
The Jones Act isn't saving American shipbuilders, but it's driving up prices for Americans.
People need to stop blaming their problems on Facebook and Twitter.
What happens when preservationists get in the way of a diner owner who is looking to sell his place, retire, and pocket the cash?
Opponents use a notorious environmental review law to keep a famed fast food restaurant out of Rancho Mirage.
Why Congress should abolish the ethanol mandate.
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Once again, underground suppliers step in when over-regulated markets can’t satisfy customers.
The senator's marijuana legalization plan is heavy on taxes, regulation, and executive power.
By one vote, the city's planning commission denied a business's request to stop a competing falafel shop from opening up down the block.
Another show trial for Facebook's beleaguered CEO
Remnants of Prohibition-era policies continue to frustrate brewers.
San Francisco gives its Planning Commission nearly unlimited discretion to deny or condition permits, making life hell for business owners.
Violent bigots were targeting Jews long before they could broadcast the carnage.
California's progressive political imperatives are having such glaring real-world repercussions that it's hard to keep ignoring them.
The city's Board of Supervisors has proposed creating an Office of Emergent Technology to regulate new inventions using public spaces.
Federal agencies evade the rulemaking process, yet still levy fines, revoke permits, and seize property via “guidance.” Trump’s orders may put a stop to this practice.
Local regulators want to put a cap on Grubhub's commissions.
Jim Ficken was fined $29,000 for violations of his town's tall grass ordinance.
The creator of "Godwin's law" about Hitler analogies has a bold new vision for free expression, online and off.
Maybe the ocean is a place where we can experiment with new ways of living.
The state's largest hospital chain didn't want the competition.
The real "public health crisis" is not underage vaping but the one that Michigan, New York, and the FDA are about to create.
Ontario has lost millions trying to sell cannabis.
California lawmakers have approved Assembly Bill 5, which poses an existential threat to the gig economy in the state.
The bill would upend the gig economy.
As the popularity of e-cigarettes has exploded, smoking rates among high school students have reached record lows.
The black market still dominates. And more enforcement and fines aren’t going to fix it.
By dramatically reducing the harm-reducing alternatives to conventional cigarettes, the plan is likely to result in more smoking-related disease and death.
The billionaire busybody is pushing bans on the flavored e-cigarettes that offer a harm-reducing alternative to smoking.
According to a proposed Oregon ballot initiative, I am contributing to unemployment, social isolation, and underage drinking.
Proposed regulations would require food delivery apps to cut fees or be added to restaurants' liquor licenses.
How bikers turned into their parents and turned off their kids
The trade war should be thought of as a massive tax and regulatory scheme.
The Federal Trade Commission's settlement with YouTube will cripple online video functionality.
Left and right are joining forces under the banner of “hipster antitrust.”
Entrepreneur Magatte Wade explains how regulations are keeping Africa poor.
The Trump administration is pro-government intervention.
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“Greenmailing” drives up construction costs and wait times, making the state’s already expensive housing even less affordable.
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