![]() |
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
Search Terms: john locke john locke foundation study north carolina barrier occupational licensing licensing |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: turf wars occupational licensing reform massage body work license reflexologists may 13 2021 |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: carolina journal overcriminization occupational licensing boards commissioners may 10 2021 |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: john locke foundation donald trump report occupational licensing march 2 2020 |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: freedom to work bill senate occupational licensing boards convictions june 27 2019 |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing north carolina institute for justice economics |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: funeral directors occupational licensing north carolina licensing boards regulation |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing regulation red tape north carolina |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: de-licensing north carolina occupational licensing nebraska regulation |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: right to earn a living act occupational licensing north carolina |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing convictions national employment law project arrest record |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing north carolina skin-care cosmetologist barber manicurists hvac |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing regulation north carolina voluntary certification |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing mechanics licensing rules state policy network north carolina |
![]() |
This week, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2017 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
Search Terms: bill singings governor cooper north carolina occupational licensing mental health |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing north carolina licensing boards regulation certification |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: general assembly crossover week north carolina legislative power occupational licensing |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: general assembly education textbook occupational licensing lottery north carolina |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: occupational licensing north carolina military members bureaucracy regulation |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: general assembly occupational licensing north carolina cmmitte delay jeff collins |
![]() |
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
Search Terms: civitas brian balfour bad bill of the week north carolina occupational licensing house bill 191 barber sb 623 |