Private investigators visit crime scenes, handle firearms, and conduct surveillance. Oceanside resident David Knott does none of this. Yet regulators 2,000 miles away in Illinois accused him of ...

The Biden administration has been shaken by an unexpectedly (to it) terrible April jobs report featuring 6.1 percent unemployment and only 266,000 new jobs last month. Those worried about the ...

More than 20% of America’s workers need permission from the government in the form of an occupational license before they can practice their profession. The occupational licensing burden placed on ...

The main point of occupational licensing is, we're told, to protect the public from incompetent and crooked practitioners in various trades and professions. That licensing more often protects the ...

Inflation is a leading concern for voters as they prepare to head to the polls this fall. And families are right to worry; prices rise faster than incomes as the costs of everyday life suddenly exceed ...

Income tax rate reduction and flattening, along with the expansion of school choice, are among the most consequential policy trends of the early 2020s. However, there is another policy trend emerging ...

In Illinois, nearly 1 in 4 workers requires an occupational license to perform more than 100 different professions. That includes barbers, hair braiders, interior ...

Texas continues to set records for labor force size and employment, showing everyday citizens the value of our state as a place to live and work. This also means that the Texas Legislature took reform ...