New Study Shows NC Creates the Most Barriers to Earning a Living in the Region
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 9:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More recently, however, the massage board has been considering requiring a massage and bodywork license from reflexologists.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bill would eliminate provisions that broadly criminalize rules violations of certain occupational licensing boards
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Adam Thierer and Trace Mitchell write at Real Clear Policy that the Trump administration has highlighted the need for occupational licensing reform.
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2020 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, June 26, unanimously passed House Bill 770, which prevents occupational licensing boards from automatically denying a license because of a prior conviction.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Occupational licensing may have cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs and millions in economic losses, a new study from the Institute for Justice says.
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Funeral director is not exactly the kind of enterprise someone is prepared to comparison-shop for, but still, as with other services, the more options, the better for consumers
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2018 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has added her state to the list of states working to restore the right to earn a living to their citizens
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is strange, isn't it, that a state that may be indirectly responsible for touching off the de-licensing revolution among the states still hasn't joined that revolution
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In The Right to Earn a Living Act: A Well-Considered Answer to Licensing, I examined the first two statement of findings behind the Right to Earn a Living Act
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jon Sanders writes about a new report from the National Employment Law Project, which looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction records to find work
Published: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Occupational licensing rules may be keeping people from moving across state lines and toward job opportunities, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's the holidays. Time for good cheer, glad tidings and songs of the season. Good will to all, peace and joy
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2017 @ 2:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has some of the country's broadest and most onerous licensing laws, resulting in a ranking of 17th-worst, a new report says
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who should be required to get more training: An auto mechanic changing your faulty brakes, fixing your misaligned steering column, and replacing a leaky fuel pump - or a barber taking a little off the top?
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2017 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For half a century, making any reform to a state's occupational licensing system has been nigh on impossible
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civics class teaches us that each member of a legislative chamber has an equal vote. Crossover week at the N.C. General Assembly reminds us that some of those votes are more equal than others
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As hundreds of bills are filed in the General Assembly, I ask: What problem are lawmakers trying to solve? If there is one, what should government do about it
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Military members who have earned an occupational license from another state shouldn't have to wait around as North Carolina bureaucrats decide about granting a license here, some legislators say
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 9:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Here's one of those statements that seems like it can't be true and yet is firmly supported by the evidence: Americans don't move around as much as they used to.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legislative oversight committee decided on Tuesday to delay a push to eliminate and consolidate a number of occupational licensing boards.
Published: Saturday, April 9th, 2016 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I had the honor of speaking in favor of occupational licensing reform before a legislative oversight committee (you can view my presentation here)...
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2016 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina requires occupational licensing for more than 700 professions, which generates an absurd amount of bureaucracy and red tape. Occupational licensing forces people to pay a fee, and often go through needless additional training, in order to legally practice their profession in the state
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 8:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina could promote job creation, lower consumer prices, and boost opportunities for low-income families by replacing most of the state's occupational licensing with voluntary certification. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report explains why.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A U.S. Supreme Court decision that many opponents of restrictive occupational licensing rules saw as a victory for small-scale entrepreneurs may wind up being a setback, as the General Assembly's Program Evaluation Division wants to create an Occupational Licensing Commission to supervise...
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 5:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of the more aggressive states in the nation in licensing occupations. This is a significant impediment to freedom in a state that once boasted, and ought to be able to again, of being "First in Freedom."
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Late last year an audit of the State Board of Opticians determined that the board "will lack adequate funds to continue operating within the next year" and that, despite cost-cutting measures already undertaken, soon "will no longer be able to provide the licensing services and practitioner...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new audit says that the State Board of Opticians is in financial straits and won't have enough money to continue operating without changes.
Published: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 @ 11:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What can be done to help the poor is a perennial issue in politics, and with it comes what is to me a real puzzler. Why do those who seem most adamant that government programs are the best way to serve the needs of the poor also seem the least interested in whether those programs actually work?
Published: Monday, December 8th, 2014 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Supreme Court has taken up a North Carolina case that could have far-reaching impacts on state licensure. Given that occupational licensing is a modern-day guild system making it harder for people to find work – or find workers – that would be an effect greatly to be wished.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most consistent findings in economic research is that occupational licensing restricts the supply of service providers in the licensed field and thereby drives up prices.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 6:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you want a better understanding of why politicians do what they do, you have to look underneath the surface. You can't just accept what...
Published: Sunday, June 30th, 2013 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Occupational licensing has been a frequent target for our Bad Bill of the Week series, so it's not surprising that we didn't have to wait long into the 2013 General Assembly Session for a burdensome licensing bill to be filed in the General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 11:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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