Occupational licenses harm economic growth, are about protecting producers, not consumers, and have been increasing in extent in Minnesota in recent years. The fight to license our music therapists illustrates all…
Americans move around less than they used to. Research suggests that expanded occupational licensing requirements and more expensive housing have contributed to that. That is a problem for the US…
While Minnesota's occupational licensing environment might not be as challenging as in some other states, there is room for improvement and, at the very least, the growth of recent years…
Most regulation isn't about protecting the public or the consumer, it is about protecting producers at the expense of the public and the consumer. Occupational licensing is no different.
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
When I think about influential education reformers over the last half-century – especially scholars and practitioners who have been creatively consequential over the entire period – Ted Kolderie is a…
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
The optics may be different than the case featuring a showdown between an inflatable Mario outside a Florida video store and local authorities determined to ban it. But the same…
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
There are numerous myths concerning educational choice programs. But in order for parents and students to make well-informed education decisions, these myths must be debunked.
Special Screening of Little Pink House on Friday, April 27 at 7:30 PM CDT at the Lagoon Cinema 1320 Lagoon Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55408. After the film there will be a…
Occupational licensing requirements are presented as 'consumer protection' but really only protect producers, making us all worse off. Minnesota has, traditionally, had an accommodating environment but between 2012 and 2017,…
Reforming excessive state-based occupational licensing requirement is the issue that has a U of M labor professor sounding like a disciple of Milton Friedman and expressing strong support for legislation…
There’s plenty of threats for the state to keep track of about when it comes to crossing state lines. Most Minnesotans wouldn’t put grapes on the watch list. Yet state…
When’s the last time DFL and GOP legislators agreed on anything? To prove there’s an exception to every rule, lawmakers in the Minnesota House joined their counterparts in the Minnesota…
Former union chief George Parker now advocates education “by any means necessary”
Police can’t search your property without a warrant, so why should housing inspectors be any different? That’s the crux of a case going before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday,…
Editor’s Note: One of the most important themes in last month’s elections had to do with the many millions of Americans who believe they are stuck in place occupationally and…
Another Minnesota city, North Mankato, has restricted one of Americans’ most fundamental property rights – the ability to rent out one’s home. But North Mankato faces not only constitutional concerns but…
Brooklyn Center, Minn.—For the second time this year, a Twin Cities suburb has turned back a controversial proposal to curtail one of its residents’ fundamental property rights—a homeowner’s freedom to…
Judy Santiago just wants a level playing field with the Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin nurses who compete with her. Minnesota has granted reciprocity to licensed nurses…