Occupational Licensing
Publications
January 17, 2020
Senator Joanne Comerford
Chair, Senate Committee on Public Health
State House, Room 413-C
Representative John J. Mahoney
Chair, House Committee on Public Health
State…
From reason:
Positive momentum on occupational licensing reform in Iowa:
“One quarter of Iowa’s workforce requires some kind of professional license. If that sounds like a lot, that’s…
From reason:
“Making boards more accountable to the public can help reduce the likelihood of regulatory capture,” says Shoshana Weissmann, a fellow with the R Street Institute, which advocates for…
From Step Up Podcast:
The purple-haired social media influencer with 50,000 twitter followers talks about how she’s made mundane topics like occupational licensing reform great again!
WASHINGTON (Jan. 7, 2019) – The R Street Institute applauds the enactment of the Portable Certification of Spouses (PCS) Act, signed into law in December by the president.
Introduced by Senators…
From Heartland Institute:
The Heartland Institute’s health care policy advisor Sarah Lee interviews Courtney Joslin, resident fellow in commercial freedom at Washington, DC’s R Street Institute,…
WASHINGTON (Jan. 6, 2020) – Nearly 30 percent of Americans must have an occupational license in order to work. Each specific license has a unique set of requirements, which makes it more difficult…
If they are, in fact, married to a servicemember who has been transferred and have a current occupational license in good standing, then Georgia ought not prevent them from working. Rather, the state…
From PEW:
There are current efforts at both the federal and state levels to remove this consequence of student loan default. Dalal and Thompson, “The Self- Defeating Consequences”; R Street…
From Battleground Florida with Christopher Heath:
R-Street Senior Manager Shoshana Weissmann joins the podcast to discuss Occupational Licensing and how barriers to employment limit job…