EconomyCommentary
Say you got a recall notice for your car. You’d naturally be alarmed, especially after reading that the problem involved Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s the day before the Memorial Day holiday, and that can only mean one thing: It is time for President Obama to unveil his agenda… Read More
EconomyNews
In an attempt to enforce transparency and accountability, a Republican senator is attempting to restructure a federal agency that oversees a wide range of consumer financial… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The number and cost of government regulations continued to climb in 2014, intensifying Washington’s control over the economy and Americans’ lives. The addition of 27… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What do restaurant menus, refrigerators, community banks and escalators have in common? All were subjected to yet more federal regulation last year. No fewer than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
America is becoming the land of overregulation, with its entrepreneurial vitality increasingly drained by the massive expansion of the administrative state. According to a new… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The major regulations imposed by the Obama administration now cost Americans more than $80 billion a year—twice as much as the rules issued by the… Read More
EnergyNews
WINDSOR, N.Y.—Marian’s Pizza Shack sits 10 miles north of the Pennsylvania line, an invisible boundary that separates this small business from economic opportunity. After 23 years in… Read More
EconomyNews
On a hot day in Washington, D.C., a federal agency issued 11 pages of new regulations on Christmas lights and other holiday decorations, calling certain… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In some cases, federal financial regulators have to consider the incremental impact of new rules and regulations. But they hardly ever are required to examine… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Did you know Texas imposes stringent license regulations in order to open an African hair braiding business, including a requirement to attend more than 2,000… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Telecommunications policymaking has long been compared to a three-ring circus consisting of the Federal Communications Commission, the courts and Congress. Nowhere has that been truer… Read More
EconomyNews
EAST ROCKAWAY, N.Y.—For Frances Healy, a 90-year-old widow known as “Muzzy,” home is just a tease. Muzzy lives so close to her gutted, molded home—an… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If you’ve ever looked into nutrition, you’d know it is a contentious area. What’s healthy and trendy one decade is verboten the next. And, vice… Read More
Energy News
Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown met with water, agricultural, and environmental leaders to collaborate and discuss solutions to address the state’s worsening drought. .@JerryBrownGov meets… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Now, it appears the Obama administration wants to control the advice we can get from retirement planners. The administration announced it is moving ahead with… Read More
EconomyNews
They say everything is bigger in Texas. Some argue that the saying even applies to the state’s local governments. Conservatives often contend that more decision… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Should someone need a license to whiten your teeth? In February, the Supreme Court sided with the Federal Trade Commission in its antitrust lawsuit against… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
A full two weeks after voting to regulate the Internet as a public utility, the Federal Communications Commission has finally revealed the text of its… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“How can you have people who know nothing about yoga regulating yoga schools?” That was the complaint made to The New York Times by the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last week the Obama administration announced it would move ahead with a new Department of Labor rule designed to provide uniform fiduciary rules for anyone… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Here’s a quick update on the latest developments in environmental regulation: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing what likely will be the most costly… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Heritage analysts James Gattuso and Michael Sargent weighed in on the issue in a column last week: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to place… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
People who believe in the power of individual liberty and free enterprise have had a rough time lately. And with so many recent examples of… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to place massive “net neutrality” restrictions on America’s Internet providers, in the process redefining them as public utilities…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Should an individual be able to commit fraud and not face jail time or at least serious civil consequences? Too often we have seen multi-billion… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Natural resource industry leaders nationwide shuddered in February 2011 when the Environmental Protection Agency announced its intent to veto the proposed copper, gold and molybdenum-rich… Read More
Health CareCommentary
America’s doctors, already struggling with the Affordable Care Act’s regulatory burdens, could face another round of red tape—which means higher costs for ordinary Americans. The… Read More
EconomyNews
In the movie “Back to the Future Part II,” Marty McFly travels in a DeLorean to 2015 to keep his son out of jail. Now… Read More
LawCommentary
You’ll need a license from Taylor Swift if you want to market goods using a variety of phrases found in her 2014 album “1989” –… Read More
