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New study shows licensure is no boon—it’s a barrier

November 20, 2024 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

There’s a reason James Carville once quipped, “It’s the economy, stupid.” The economy is a perpetual concern for people, because it affects their ability to put food on the table and pursue their calling. The economy was also front-and-center in the 2024 presidential election. Both candidates promised to grow the economy and ...

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Reparations Roundup : November 2024

November 20, 2024 | By ANDREW QUINIO

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs with race-based eligibility.  Because certain reparations proposals would inevitably advantag ...

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Neighbors are trying to stop this Montanan from caring for his disabled, veteran brothers

November 20, 2024 | By BRITTANY HUNTER

Clancy Kenck bought land in Missoula, Montana, with the intention of building a duplex where he and his two older brothers could live. Both his brothers are suffering from declining health issues, and Clancy wanted to provide them with care that would help make their lives a little easier. The road to executing his plan … ...

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National Review : It’s Time to Reclaim the West from Federal Control

November 19, 2024 | By ETHAN BLEVINS

Nowadays, there’s too much law and just one god — a federal bureaucrat. This is not what the Framers pictured as the federal government’s proper role. … ...

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The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution : A Primer

November 11, 2024 | By JOSH ROBBINS

If you’re accused of a crime in the United States, Article III of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that you will receive a trial by jury. The Sixth Amendment expanded that right to also guarantee “a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury,” in which you are “confronted with the witnesses against you,” can compel ...

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Victory! City backs down over $20,000 ‘inclusionary housing’ fee

November 07, 2024 | By DAVID DEERSON

The City of Healdsburg, California, has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed less than two months ago by Jessica Pilling, a local mom represented by Pacific Legal Foundation. Jessica sued the City in September over its “inclusionary housing” ordinance, which tacked a $20,000 fee onto her family’s homebuilding project. The City has now ...

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Government kills pet squirrel P’Nut in Fourth Amendment horror story

November 04, 2024 | By DANIEL WOISLAW

In a small corner of New York State, a family’s quiet, peaceful home was shattered by an unthinkable intrusion. Environmental police stormed in, seized a rescued orphan squirrel named P’Nut, took him away, and put him down. All because his owner allegedly didn’t have the right license. That’s right: In New York you need a & ...

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The Everett Herald : Everett measure would make housing crisis worse

October 29, 2024 | By JOHANNA TALCOTT

No one disputes that environmental preservation is a laudable goal, but laws that seek to further that goal should contemplate the tradeoffs involved. … ...

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Kamala Harris’s economic plan is a misguided path to equality

October 29, 2024 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Kamala Harris wants an “opportunity economy for black men.” Invoking her experience attending civil rights marches as a child, she recently promised to “remove historic barriers” that have prevented “wealth creation, education, employment, earnings, and health.” Economic opportunity is an important and underappre ...