Obamacare and SCOTUS, 10 Years Later
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as Obamacare, was designed to patch the insurance gaps between Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored health care, which is bolstered …
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Jared Polis Wants To Leave You Alone
Last December, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was one of the few Democratic governors willing to talk sensibly about pandemic policy after more than 18 months of blue-state lockdowns, mask mandates, …
Labyrinthine Zoning Rules Restricted Homeless Shelters During the Pandemic
When Interfaith Sanctuary purchased an old Salvation Army building on State Street near downtown Boise, Idaho, in early 2021, it seemed like a dream come true. Everything about the property …
You’re Wrong About Disinformation
Humans get stuff wrong. We do it all the time. We’re biased and blind and overconfident. We’re bad at paying attention and terrible at remembering. We’re prone to constructing self-serving …
This Michigan Town Repealed a Ban on Fortunetellers, but Might Break State Law if It Tries To Regulate Them
Until last month, reading someone’s palm for pay could technically land you a $500 fine, 93 days in jail, or both in Petoskey, Michigan, thanks to an ordinance banning fortunetelling …
Brickbat: Up for Rent
The British government is set to unveil a law that would force landlords to rent out empty retail spaces. The law would let local councils mandate that owners place shops …
Ohio’s Taxman Is Tailgating NASCAR
During Prohibition, souped-up cars that could outrun the cops made for successful bootlegging. Today the corporation that runs America’s most successful stock car racing series, NASCAR, is likewise trying to …
Who Will Pay for the Roads?
The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in November, shifts federal highway policy further away from the free market model of “user …
Will Environmental Regulations Stop SpaceX?
A federal court is mulling whether Elon Musk’s SpaceX should have to complete time-consuming and expensive environmental reviews of private space launches for its satellite-beamed internet service, Starlink. The legal …
Forward Party announces “data as a property right” policy
Not everyone in the US is preoccupied with how using Facebook and social media provided by other massive tech corporations affects user happiness – there are those who are, or …