Christopher Jacobs writes for the Federalist about another example of media malfeasance. Congress may have spent most of the last few weeks out of session. But despite lawmakers decamping from…
A provision in last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” mandates that beginning in 2028, the maximum provider tax rate states are allowed to charge will be reduced from 6…
Recent changes enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) place North Carolina's Medicaid financing model directly at risk. If North Carolina’s Medicaid program is to remain viable over the…
Today a group of North Carolina House Republicans unveiled the NC Health Care for Working Families bill. By all indications, it is a Medicaid expansion bill which closely mirrors plans…
That’s the subtitle of a dissertation by UCLA PhD candidate Anne Elizabeth Brown. From the abstract: I find that ridehailing extends reliable car access to travelers and neighborhoods previously marginalized…
Walter Williams‘ latest column at Human Events focuses on government rules that restrict people’s ability to earn a livelihood. If a person wants to go into business as a taxicab…
That’s the premise of a typically hard-hitting column by Walter Williams that recently appeared in the Casper Star Tribune: The president of the NAACP’s St. Louis chapter, Adolphus Pruitt, has petitioned a…
It’s not surprising. Set up additional hoops for entrepreneurs to jump through, and you’ll kill entrepreneurial activity. Put barriers in the way of people looking to work, and you’ll reduce…
Reuben Fischer-Baum and Carl Bialik of fivethirtyeight.com provide an update on Uber in New York City. The ride sharing company’s impact is mixed, depending upon where in the city you…
Why has Uber stirred up such controversy? Because the company and similar outfits such as Lyft and Sidecar have challenged entrenched interests like the New York City taxi mogul profiled…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s explains in his latest editorial commentary why it’s better to lighten the regulatory burden for taxicabs than to add new regulations for Uber, Lyft, and similar…
One likely issue to come up in the 2015 legislative session is if, how and what to regulate ride for services companies like Uber and Lyft. What we know is…