Families claim contractor collected thousands for unfinished renovations across Randolph County; licensing board says court ...

Licensing boards are perhaps the most powerful labor institution in American history. The best estimates available suggest that roughly 30 percent of American workers are now required to get a license ...

Optometrist Paul Archambault talks with U.S. Army veteran Kenneth Chavis during a glaucoma examination at the Fayetteville VA Medical Center. Optometry is one of several professions regulated in North ...

Occupational licensing laws—those mandates that workers in hundreds of professions obtain a license before earning a living—lock people out of jobs while failing to make services any better. The ...

The intrusive methods licensing boards use to evaluate physician impairment may actually promote stigma around mental health -- without improving patient safety Sharing a history of mental health ...

Many occupational-licensing laws are beyond absurd, acting as barriers to employment rather than ensuring the safety and quality of license-holders’ work. In some states, you need a license to be a ...

The most important intervention in the United States labor market is not unionization or the minimum wage. It is professional licensing—government-required permission to work in a particular ...