NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING UPDATED NEWS RELATED ARTICLES

NASCLA would like to share some National Occupational Licensing News related articles, press releases, etc. that have been published by various organizations.  

We will continue to share more information as it is received.

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING ARTICLES – 2018

• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AWARDS $7 MILLION TO STATES TO SUPPORT OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REFORM (by Egan Reich, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 6-25-18)
• Capitol Views: Occupational licensing overhaul still afloat (by Jeremy Alford, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, 5-9-18)
• Rules block therapy grads from N.C. jobs (by Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service, 4-16-2018)
• In welcome win against overregulation, 7 new licenses killed in New Jersey (Forbes Opinion, Institute for Justice, 3-6-18)
• 'Conservative' Utah lawmakers love playing Big Brother (Opinion, Desert News, 3-8-18)
• A Radical Way to Rein In Occupational Licensing (ThinkAdvisor, 3-8-18)
• Sununu's deregulation push gets support (New Hampshire Union Leader, 3-7-18)
• Opinion:  License to block people from getting work (MyAJC, 3-7-18)
• Colorado Senate Republicans seek to slash job licensing regulations (Denver Business Journal, 3-6-18)
• Public protection, professional licensee misconduct, and private admonishments: why we opposed HB 465, Section 11 – Bluegrass Institute
• House Approves Bill To Ensure Dreamers Get Professional Licenses – WBAA 920AM West 
• Dreamers likely to get licensing reprieve (The Journal Gazette, 3-2-18)
• Parker Snider: Alabama can do more for its military families (Alabama Today, 3-2-18)
• Obscure professions required to be licensed by state of Illinois (Fox 55, 3-1-18)
• House bill would reduce training hours for barbers, beauticians (The Famuan, 3-1-18)
• General Assembly Passes Bill to Protect Workers Struggling With Student Loans (Alexandria News, 3-1-18)
• Gov. Rickets signs occupational licensing reform for Nebraska abstracters (Nebraska.TV, 3-1-18)
• Congress urged to help reform state occupational licensing (Bloomberg BNA, 2-27-18)
• Occupational licensing reform finds rare bipartisan consensus (Free Beacon, 2-27-18)
• Resolution by Rep. Buzz Brockway calls on Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Council to perform reviews (Gwinnett Daily Post, 2-24-18)
• Trump White House economists said some good things about land deregulation.  But what about taking action? (American Enterprise Institute, 2-23-18)
• Deregulation that frees the economy (White House Council of Economic Advisors, 2-21-18)
• Job-licensing requirements in Nebraska face scrutiny (Associated Press, 2-20-18)
• New Elevator Regulations Are Coming Up (Habitat, 2-20-18)
• Occupational licensing blunts competition and boosts inequality (The Economist, 2-16-18)
• Legislature joins push to delicense, deregulate all sorts of professions and jobs (Arizona Capitol Times, 2-16-18)
• It’s mandatory?   Government licensing bipartisan problem (Daily Journal, 2-14-18)
• Nebraska Governor Ricketts signs common sense occupational licensing reform legislation (STL News, 2-14-18)
• Is Trump’s bonfire of regulations boosting economic growth? (Newsweek, 2-13-18)
• Advocacy group seeks cuts in R.I.’s workplace regulations, license requirements (Providence Journal, 2-13-18)
• Editorial:  Virginia’s excellent, bipartisan regulatory reform plan (The Free Lance Start, 2-13-18)
• Tennessee bill would limit licensing denials of ex-offenders (US News, 2-13-18)
• Deregulation gets three-party push in Nebraska Legislature (Journal Star, 2-13-18)
• What’s been the economic impact of Trump’s deregulation push? (Ricochet, 2-13-18)
• Fresh Start legislation removes licensing barriers for released prisoners (The Chattanoogan, 2-12-18)
• NCARB responds to concerns about licensing (Arch Paper, 2-12-18)
• Virginia on cusp of historic regulatory reform (The Roanoke Times, 2-12-18)
• Eye on Boise:  Lawmakers say they want to ease state licensing rules (The Spokesman-Review, 2-11-18)
• Government licensing: A bipartisan problem (Pal Item, Opinion, 2-10-18)
• The winds of regulation (Common Sense, 2-9-18)
• A glimmer of regulatory sanity in Capitol Square (The Washington Post, 2-6-18)
• Some occupational licenses benefit businesses, owners say (Reading Eagle, 2-6-18)
• Northam, Cox agree to roll back state regs (Bacon’s Rebellion, 2-6-18)
• Democrats these days hate deregulation, but once upon a time they loved it (LA Times, 2-8-18)
• See who wants to change the rules about who can touch your hair (AZ Central, 2-4-18)
• Opinion:  Cutting red tape isn’t the panacea Trump thinks it is – nor is it as easy (Market Watch, 2-2-18)
• Opinion:  Iowa workers burdened by excessive licensing laws (The Gazette, 1-26-18)
• Licensing laws have long been a drain on the economy.  But Florida could soon see reform. (The Heritage Foundation, 1-19-18)
• A House bill means less training for cosmetologists in Florida. What does it mean for public health? (WUFT-FM, 1-17-18)
• Deregulation is an anti-racist policy (American Institute for Economic Research, 1-16-18)
• In La., florists need a license. Governor questions why (Houma Courier, 1-16-18)
• Gov. John Bel Edwards ‘not sure why’ Louisiana requires florists, others to be licensed, wants review (The Advocate, 1-14-18)
• Research:  occupational licensing reduces racial and gender wage gaps (CLEAR blog, 1-10-18)
• Advancing the profession of code regulated interior design – the Full Monty (Professional Interior Designer Blog, 1-10-18)
• Are Ohio’s licensing rules out of whack? (Dayton Daily News, 1-6-18)
• The state of occupational licensure in Nebraska (Mercatus Center George Mason University, 1-3-18)
• A Rising Threat Level (National Society of Professional Engineers, Jan/Feb 2018)

Interesting source providing a library of papers on labor studies conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Not all apply to Occupational licensing, but some may be useful:

• http://www.nber.org/papersbyprog/LS.html

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING NEWS CLIPS

• POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Resolution by Rep. Buzz Brockway calls on Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Council to perform reviews – Gwinnett Daily Post
• You need a license for that (WBUR 90.9)
• Why Democrats should get on board with processional licensure reform (Tennessean, Opinion)
• Effort to launch review of occupational licenses stalls, appears dead for session (Nebraska Radio Network)
• Don’t punish people with delinquent student loans by revoking their work licenses(The Daily Signal)
• Licensed to work:  Making it easier to move to NH (Union Leader, Editorial)
• Lawmakers OK bills restricting local control of employment, residential development (Daily Reporter)
• Is licensing antipoor? (Inquirer.net, 2-20-18)
• It's harder to become a hair-braider than an EMT. Who's to blame? (OZY.com, 2-20-18)
• Hutchinson appoints group to study occupational licensing (Arkansas Times, 2-16-18)
• Bill to reduce regulation for occupational licenses set to go before full legislature (NTV-TV, abc affiliate, 2-16-18)
• Democratic lawmaker sued over alleged open records violation (US News & World Report, 2-16-18)
• Faison introduces fresh start for felons act (Citizen Tribune, 2-20-18)
• Criminal charges filed against former Utah mortuary workers accused of mishandling human remains (Salt Lake Tribune, 2-15-18)