One-in-five Americans need to get a government license in order to do their jobs. While supporters often claim licensing is important for health and safety or critical to ensuring high-quality ...

A report published early this month found that easing licensing requirements for physicians increases patient access to healthcare, especially among older people, and reduces cost barriers to ...

Many states are taking aim at occupational licensing in the tight labor market. Not everybody is happy about it. Here's what businesses need to know. A group of music therapists in Washington State ...

After a cascade of school shutdowns, supply chain issues, and soaring inflation, COVID-19 is still the biggest problem facing Americans. Congress remains at a policy standstill on many of these issues ...

Occupational licenses, government permission slips, are viewed as tools that provide consumer protection because they are believed to weed out those who are not qualified for a particular occupation ...

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 ...

One in five American workers need a government license in order to work. While some licensing schemes might be better justified than others on plausible health and safety grounds, occupational ...

Texas is the third most burdensome state when it comes to occupational licensing. Licensing makes it more difficult to pursue a line of work, reduces ...