Regulation

The growing efforts by state and local governments to stop hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas could end up in the Supreme Court—because they may unconstitutionally limit property owners’ ability to profit from their mineral rights.

Fourteen groups representing free-market advocates opposed to Internet regulation, filed comments with the FCC, calling on the Commission to delay any effort to issue "Network Neutrality" regulations until Congress has provided the agency clear authority to do so. 

IPI recommends passage of a "clean" reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA).

The Left can't convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to outlaw the chemical BPA, so it wants the Environmental Protection Agency to take over.

States are wrestling with one of the key aspects of ObamaCare: keeping premiums low. But that also meant consumers had fewer providers to choose from, since the doctors needed to be willing to accept lower reimbursements.

An outrageous law on the books in Michigan restricts the ability of Michigan consumers to resell event tickets as they see fit, and that specifically makes it illegal to sell a ticket for above face value.

Coalition letter urging Congress to act expeditiously in expressing its understanding of the proper role of the FCC in regard to regulating the Internet, and urging the FCC to wait for Congressional direction.

An outrageous Michigan law dating back to the 1930s restricts the ability of consumers to resell event tickets they have purchased. It’s a protection for teams and venues and a restriction on the freedom of consumers to enter into voluntary transactions with one another.

More and more voices are joining the chorus of dissent towards the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (H.R.4301), the Sheldon Adelson-backed federal bill to ban online gambling.

When Toyota announced that it was moving from California to Texas, everyone understood why. Because of its high taxes and regulations, California ranks among the worst states in the nation in which to do business. Of greater concern is the fact that the same thing is going on at the national level.