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How Occupational Licensing Might Boost Utah’s GDP and Employment Outcomes

In 2019, Arizona became the first state to require that state licensing agencies recognize an equivalent license issued by another state and issue a reciprocal license to practice in Arizona.

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Biden Forgot We No Longer Work in 1930s Conditions

In the latest mishandling of the modern-day economy, the Biden Administration announced earlier this week a draft rule that will effectively put many gig workers out of work.

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Zipline Is a Glimpse Into What Drones Should Already Be Doing

Zipline, the latest drone delivery service to launch in Salt Lake City, is unlike the rest. Instead of a four-prop quadcopter that hovers in place, Zipline drones look more like airplanes with a fixed wing design that weighs up to forty pounds and can travel over fifty miles. 

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Don’t Fear the Robot Pizza Maker

Low wages and lack of no upward mobility. Sound familiar? While these are the current complaints behind the restaurant service worker shortage, they aren’t new.

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Why Is a Licensing Board Trying To Shut Down a Small Business Owner?

Ryan Crownholm, who owns and operates MySitePlan.com, was issued a $1,000 citation and asked to suspend his business operations after a California professional licensing board claimed that Crownholm and his company illegally practiced land surveying without a state-mandated occupational license. 

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If Your Occupational License Is Suspended, You Might Be Out of Options

Licensing restrictions are housed in individual states' statutory or administrative laws. At first, these seemingly innocent laws appear to simply define what a specific occupation is and what a practitioner of the occupation may do as well as establish conditions for entry into an occupation. However, there is a sinister side to occupational licensing.

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