A report published early this month found that easing licensing requirements for physicians increases patient access to healthcare, especially among older people, and reduces cost barriers to ...

More than 20% of America’s workers need permission from the government in the form of an occupational license before they can practice their profession. The occupational licensing burden placed on ...

In Illinois, nearly 1 in 4 workers requires an occupational license to perform more than 100 different professions. That includes barbers, hair braiders, interior ...

I do research on occupational licensing, and when I ask people to guess the state with the heaviest licensing burden, they often name New York first. They’re usually shocked when I tell them that New ...

CHARLESTON — Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s bill to allow for new residents to transfer their occupational and professional licenses from another state to West Virginia received its first vetting Monday in a ...

Nearly one in three Americans needs an occupational license to legally do his or her job. On average, low- and medium-income jobseekers in licensed professions are required to spend nine months in ...

Business licenses are essential formalities that legally permit the operation of businesses within a specific jurisdiction. They are the government’s way of ensuring that companies abide by the ...

Dr. Bill Klenk, president of the West Virginia Board of Dentistry, is sworn for Monday morning’s Senate Government Organization Committee meeting. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) ...