Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company cites regulatory costs and a lack of skilled workers as specific impediments. Biden and Congress can fix those without giving out billions of taxpayer dollars.
Foster parents face state regulations that go far beyond preventing abuse and neglect.
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It's a familiar program. And it will result in higher prices, slower growth, and fewer jobs.
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Fault lines emerge as government gets involved in America's weirdest, fastest-growing sport.
The gaming market remains competitive with a wide variety of options.
The 2018 ban led to the loss of approximately 44,000 jobs and $28 million in revenue.
According to a new study there is no correlation between increased youth drinking during COVID and alcohol delivery.
State and local governments are moving forward with bans on gas stoves in new residences.
This is the second RAISE grant San Francisco has received since the Biden administration retooled the program to reward jurisdictions for adopting zoning reforms.
As beef prices increase, biotech could provide a cheaper and tasty alternative.
Fireworks consumption is at record levels even as fireworks injuries fall.
Environmental activists expect us to modify our lifestyles to meet their priorities.
Rent control is getting a rhetorical makeover from progressive policy makers.
Golden State municipalities are finally overturning their anti-cruising ordinances.
Doomsayers have a long track record of being wrong.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.
Proposed zoning amendments would bar some existing medical dispensaries from participating in recreational sales, should the state ever decide to legalize them.
An examination of French firms associates labor regulations with lower innovation and consumer welfare.
Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable rental housing disappeared.
If a proposal to let pilots do more of their training on flight simulators passes, supporters will have "blood on your hands," says Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
As the company explains, pre-market licensing would delay—or even deny—our access to artificial intelligence's potential benefits.
Certificate of need laws hurt consumers by decreasing the supply of services, raising prices, and lowering service quality.
New mandates in states like Utah and Virginia will lock in large incumbents like PornHub while discouraging positive trends and self-regulation in the industry.
California lawmakers and President Joe Biden seem determined to help fast-food workers by eliminating their jobs.
The legislation—which was introduced in response to the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio—pushes pet projects and would worsen the status quo.
A new bill from Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal would stifle the promise of artificial intelligence.
And it undercuts energy efficiency investments already made by millions of Californians.
In 2019, the Trump administration blocked a costly and ineffective mandate for two-man railroad crews long sought by unions. Now, the former president wholeheartedly supports it.
The Fiscal Responsibility Act falls well short of solving America's permitting crisis.
More than two years after legalizing recreational use, the state has just a dozen licensed retailers.
California homeowners are finding out that government-imposed market distortions cannot be maintained forever.
The state is the latest of several in recent months that have moved to eliminate college degree requirements for the vast majority of state government jobs.
The Missouri senator is once again pursuing misguided tech regulation.
A bill that would expand wine sales in the Empire State is meeting familiar resistance from entrenched interests.
A more flexible model of oversight avoids hyper-cautious top-down regulation and enables swifter access to the substantial benefits of safe A.I.
If you want to keep the lights on, it might be a good time to shop for a generator.
The record penalty seems to be based less on the Facebook parent company's lax data practices than the U.S. intelligence community's data-collection programs.
Thanks to Sackett v. EPA, the feds can no longer treat a backyard puddle like it's a lake.
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Possession and home cultivation will be legal as of August 1, and licensed sales could begin in late 2024.
Oregon liquor regulators were caught diverting prized whiskey for personal use.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
No amount of experience can solve the "knowledge problem."
His licensing proposal would slow down A.I. innovation without really reducing A.I. risks.
Americans collectively spend billions of hours each year preparing their taxes. Rather than adding a government-run website into the mix, politicians should just simplify the tax code.
If government officials and lawyers create a new legal framework for A.I.-generated content, society risks losing the potential benefits of the next tech revolution.
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