The Kansas Legislature unanimously passed a bill overhauling the rules for when police can seize property under a practice known as civil asset forfeiture. The Kansas House and Senate voted 120-0 and 35-0, respectively, to send S.B. 458 to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk earlier this month. Among its provisions, the legislation would make offenses […]
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law today that will prohibit bystanders from getting too close to police and other first responders. The legislation, Senate Bill 184, makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder after receiving a verbal warning to stay away. The law includes […]
Nearly $100 billion of money allocated to help state and local governments through the COVID-19 pandemic remains unspent. That’s the conclusion of a report published this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, passed soon after President Joe Biden took office, allocated $1.9 trillion intended to speed up […]
No more legal abortion in Arizona:Â Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Arizona upheld a 19th-century law that bans all abortions, except in cases where the mother’s life is in peril, with no exceptions made for rape or incest. The law stipulates two to five years in prison for those who aid abortions. But it’s not all […]
The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees. CNBC claims this could help freelancers “recover lost wages.” That’s just nonsense. The new rules will make it harder for some freelancers to support a family. My new video shows how it will also make it harder […]
The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees. CNBC claims this could help freelancers “recover lost wages.” That’s just nonsense. The new rules will make it harder for some freelancers to support a family. My new video shows how it will also make it harder […]
Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week’s stories include: The Saudi Arabian government is downsizing its ridiculous plans to build “The Line.” Hawaii is considering giving counties the power to ban short-term rentals. A study examines when affordable housing mandates get you less affordable housing. But first, our lead story […]
People took sides over the COVID-19 lockdowns, but the pandemic proved one thing for certain: Workers can thrive without regular, in-person supervision. Yet, the Mississippi Real Estate Commission has failed to keep up. Despite overwhelming evidence from nearly every industry, the government commission clings to an old, unwritten policy that requires real estate agents to […]
It’s been a rough couple of years for government-controlled liquor systems. In 2022, news broke of an inside job at the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC), in which a former state employee tipped off private collectors about which state-run liquor stores were expecting deliveries of rare and sought-after bourbons. Last year, Oregon Liquor and […]
In the face of scathing, bipartisan criticism, the Colorado legislators who wanted to ban guns from a long list of “sensitive places” have reconsidered that constitutionally dubious plan. The original version of Senate Bill 24-131, introduced on February 7, would have made it a misdemeanor to carry firearms in more than two dozen types of […]