This Week in Land Use Regulation, February 27th
News and Commentary: D.C. Policy Center has a blog post by Yesim Sayin Taylor detailing how the city's stock of rent-stabilized units has changed over the years. He correctly points [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 26th
News and Commentary The American Medical Association explains the ways for advocates of doctors to deter scope of practice laws by building relationships with legislators. For everyone else, advocating for [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 25th
News and Commentary Bill Nelson and Greg Baer at the Bank Policy Institute argue the Fed Board should set the reserve requirement to zero and is legally required to do [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, February 20th
News and Commentary Newton, Connecticut's zoning commission is reviewing proposed zoning regulation changes that would allow borough single-family houses to add "accessory apartments". While it's a small step, such measures [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 19th
News and Commentary Florida is getting closer to passing legislation that would cut licensing requirements. The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee unanimously approved the bill two weeks ago and has [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 18th
News and Commentary The Cato Institute's Daily Podcast has Diego Zuluaga discuss recent changes to mortgage lending rules. You can listen to it here. Zuluaga has also gone on the [...]
This Week in Land Use Regulation, February 13th
News and Commentary Perhaps the Sierra Club should reconsider its opposition to development in Moss Beach. That's one takeaway from Sasha Perigo's recent reporting at Curbed: San Francisco. A new [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 12th
News and Commentary Christian Britschgi at Reason reports on an astonishing occupational license sting operation by undercover sheriff's deputies in Hillsborough County, Florida. Conducted last year, the arrests of 118 [...]
This Week in Financial Regulation, February 11th
News and Commentary David Roberts of Vox covers a new climate change paper from The Great Democracy Initiative at the Roosevelt Institute. The paper argues that Dodd-Frank's Section 165 and [...]
This Week in Occupational Licensing, February 5th
News and Commentary The state of Wisconsin has observed a large increase in state-issued licenses for various types of work according to a new report by Badger Institute and Wisconsin [...]