How Missouri and Other States Can Foster Entrepreneurship by Reforming Local Regulations
Entrepreneurship is the backbone of vibrant local economies, yet many cities unintentionally stifle this vital engine of growth through cumbersome...
Temporary Licenses for Out-of-state Workers
Recently, the Missouri Senate held a hearing on Senate Bill (SB) 817, which would modify some occupational licensing requirements in...
Senate Bill 88 and Licensing Restrictions
Show-Me Institute researchers have been vocal proponents of reducing government barriers to workers, including hair braiders, park photographers, and many...
The Price of Starting a Business in St. Louis
Would you want to open a restaurant in a city that requires 35 steps, multiple licenses, and $3,750 in fees...
“Sunrise” Study Questions Legitimacy of Occupational Licenses
If occupational licenses are meant to protect consumers, should licenses be created at the behest of lobbyists instead of consumers?...
Costs of a Cosmetology License
Would you spend over $14,000 on extra schooling to make barely more than minimum wage? It sounds ridiculous, but that’s...
Legislator Training Resource Page – Education Choice in Missouri
Watch the recorded program here PROGRAM AGENDA Program Open Dr. Susan Pendergrass – Director of Research and Education Policy at...
Missouri Should Follow Our Neighbor’s Lead and Review Occupational Licensing
Should you need to train for 175 days to be a skin care specialist? How about more than 700 days...
Pennsylvania is Reducing Licensing Barriers. Why Doesn’t Missouri?
Following in Arizona’s footsteps, Pennsylvania enacted an occupational licensing reciprocity law on July 1. This means Pennsylvania will accept occupational...
Hair Braiders Challenge Regulatory Requirements
Should hair braiders have to go through the same expensive and rigorous training as cosmetologists? A group of Missouri women...
The School Choice Barrier from the State of Maine
We often complain about the rancor in politics these days, but politics has always been filled with acrimony and bitterness....
The Supreme Court Can Put a Nail in the Anti-Catholic Coffin
This week, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case out of our own backyard that wrestles with a...
Hair Braiders Continue Missouri Licensing Fight
Last month we published a paper on medical licensing and reforms that could make care more available to Missouri patients,...
Hair Braiders’ Hands Tied by Missouri’s Twisted Regulations
Joba Niang and Tameka Stigers are two successful entrepreneurs who provide African-style hair braiding for their communities. They’re also both...
Show-Me Now! No More Tangles For Hair Braiders?
David Stokes, the Show-Me Institute Director of Local Government Policy, talks about the Institute for Justice’s lawsuit challenging Missouri’s onerous...
Hairbrained Licensing Of Hair Braiders
Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed suit in federal court in Saint Louis to overturn Missouri’s awful licensing system...
A Free Speech Win In Saint Louis
St. Louis resident Jim Roos, in front of the offending sign. Photo by the Institute for Justice. Good news for...
Using Your Property to Criticize Us for Taking Your Property? You’d Better Believe That’s Illegal
On Wednesday, lawyers from the Institute for Justice will argue before the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Saint...
Which Is Government Protecting: Consumers From Food Poisoning, or Existing Businesses From Competition?
Apparently, Saint Louis isn’t alone in its issues with food trucks. The Institute for Justice launched a lawsuit challenging a...
IJ Video: “Why Can’t Chuck Get His Business Off the Ground?”
Yesterday, the Institute for Justice posted a video that illustrates the kinds of obstacles that entrepreneurs face when starting new...
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