Patri Friedman and Mark Lutter: Does a City Need a State?
In a particular version of Simply Asking Questions recorded earlier than a reside viewers on the Honduran island of Roatán, Cause's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe speak with Mark Lutter, founding father of the Charter Cities Institute, and Patri Friedman, founder and board member of Pronomos Capital, a enterprise capital agency that invests in constitution cities. The dialog came about on the Various Visions for Governance convention sponsored by the Cause…
The Biden Administration Is Letting Private Sponsors Welcome More Migrants
The 2 African refugees arrived in Oneonta, New York—a quaint, upstate faculty city of simply over 12,000 individuals—in summer time 2023. By then a gaggle of volunteers had been making ready for them for "six, seven, eight years." Mark Wolff, communication chair of The Otsego Refugee Resettlement Coalition (ORRC), says his group needed to put its hopes of serving to refugees on maintain throughout the Trump administration, which cut the refugee cap…
New SEC Rules Will Force Companies To Report Climate Change Data to Investors
The Securities and Change Fee (SEC) has gone rogue. The fee has now finalized a rule that can bully publicly traded firms into reporting environmental data that has no relevance to the monetary considerations that matter to buyers. As a lot as environmental activists might want this data to disgrace firms into embracing their political agenda, it isn't the SEC's position to demand financially irrelevant disclosures—a lot much less to…
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: (Vol. 15)
Nice moments in unintended penalties—when one thing that seems like a terrific thought goes horribly flawed. Watch the whole series. Half 1: Sport Engine The yr: 2018 The issue: Too many loud autos within the metropolis of Edmonton! The answer: Erect sound monitoring display boards in numerous areas within the metropolis, alerting motorists if they're exceeding the 85-decibel degree restrict by displaying their present noise degree. Feels like a terrific thought,…
A Bipartisan Tax Hike Won’t Fix This Deficit
The Republican chairman of the Home Finances Committee made information just lately by asserting that if his celebration is severe about altering the fiscal path we're on, they will have to contemplate elevating taxes. Politics is about compromise, so the chairman is true. Each aspect should give somewhat. Nonetheless, "placing taxes on the desk" isn't as easy a repair to our debt issues as some assume. current Congressional Finances Workplace…
Republicans Use Fuzzy Math To Claim Large FBI, ATF Cuts in Budget Bill
Earlier this week, lawmakers on the Home and Senate Appropriations Committees put forward six spending payments that may fund the federal government by means of the tip of the yr. In a press release, Republicans on the Home committee bragged that the payments would "save taxpayers greater than $200 billion over the following ten years"—a time period over which the Congressional Price range Workplace predicts the nationwide debt will develop…
Arizona Is Weighing Nonsensical New E-Verify Measures
Republican lawmakers in Arizona are advancing a group of payments focusing on unlawful immigrants and their actions within the state. One specifically, House Concurrent Resolution (HRC) 2060, has the potential to disrupt all method of peaceable financial interactions. Arizona regulation requires that each one employers use the federal E-Confirm program to make sure that employed workers are eligible to work in the US. HCR 2060 would add to current necessities…
Rudy Carey Was Pardoned, but the Virginia Law That Kept Him From Working Is Still on the Books
In 2018, after 5 years of working diligently as an habit counselor in Virginia, Rudy Carey obtained devastating information: He may not legally work. The rationale? His felony file included a barrier crime. Barrier crimes are convictions usually involving abuse or neglect that may impede a person from later employment. Many states have such legal guidelines in place. Virginia's barrier crime law prohibits people with a conviction for any of…
Inside Texas’ Explosive Growth and Future Housing Reforms
Joyful Tuesday and welcome to a different version of Lease Free. This previous week, I used to be in Austin, Texas, for this 12 months's YIMBYtown convention of activists, lecturers, architects, builders, and extra, all there to speak about methods to make housing extra ample and reasonably priced. I am instructed it was the most important YIMBYtown convention but—an indication of a rising and rising bipartisan motion. Because it was…
Oregon Legislators Vote To Recriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession
Oregon legislators final week overwhelmingly approved recriminalization of low-level drug possession, reversing a landmark reform that voters endorsed once they handed Measure 110 in 2020. Gov. Tina Kotek has indicated that she is inclined to signal the invoice, ratifying a regression pushed by unrealistic expectations and unproven assertions. "With this invoice," Senate Majority Chief Kate Lieber (D–Portland) claims, "we're doubling down on our dedication to ensure Oregonians have entry to…
