Kentucky lawmakers discussed a bill Wednesday that would restrict which counties can raise the occupational license tax, ...

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Texas is the third most burdensome state when it comes to occupational licensing. Licensing makes it more difficult to pursue a line of work, reduces ...

The House Commerce Committee approved occupational licensing reforms designed to help previously incarcerated individuals and improve the licensing process. Committee members unanimously approved ...

A Lexington lawmaker has filed a bill in response to Fayette County Schools thwarted attempt to raise the occupational ...

Income tax rate reduction and flattening, along with the expansion of school choice, are among the most consequential policy trends of the early 2020s. However, there is another policy trend emerging ...

Legislation that would block increasing local occupational taxes by school boards without a vote of the people in most ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A national survey finds broad support by Americans for reforms to the overly restrictive system of occupational license regulations which severely inhibit the ability of ...

One military family advocate claims the rewritten law could result in exclusion from protection under the act for military ...

A legislative panel plans to begin the first phase of a comprehensive review of the state's occupational licenses, by studying 51 licenses issued by 17 agencies, boards and commissions through August ...