Previously, I’ve written on how restricting licensing opportunities for the formerly incarcerated hurts those most prone to recidivism by restricting their employment opportunities, making these laws a potential risk to [...]
Today is Milton Friedman’s 106th birthday. In celebration, let’s take a look at what he had to say about occupational licensing in Capitalism and Freedom. Though published in 1962, his [...]
For licensing boards to effectively regulate who can become a practitioner in their field, they have, to some extent, the ability to determine what economic activity falls under their jurisdiction. [...]
1. Another occupational licensing reform advances in Ohio. 2. How training requirements at co-op preschools hurt parents. 3. Victory for eyebrow threaders in Louisiana.
Over the past few weeks, a bill in the Ohio state legislature (SB 255) that would force a regular review of Ohio’s occupational licensing requirements has passed the state senate [...]
Co-op preschools involve parents as well as teachers in the education of young children. For parents, it’s both a good way to watch the beginning of their children’s schooling while [...]
In response to litigation brought by the Institute for Justice, the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology adopted a regulation exempting eyebrow threaders from receiving an esthetician’s license. The threaders’ fight [...]
1. Susana Martinez issues executive order to review New Mexico's occupational licensing requirements. 2. New research on how restrictions on licensing for felons decreases statistical discrimination for minorities. 3. Sunset [...]
Occupational licensing reform is on the march, and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez is getting in on the action. Last week, she issued an executive order on licensing. According to [...]
Occupational licensing laws across the country need to be revamped in many different ways, including with respect to denying occupational licenses to felons. But Peter Blair and Bobby Chung have [...]