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How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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Waiting to work
How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking barriers in occupational licensing 
Dec 4, 2019

A 2017 study found that in Texas it takes 10 times longer to become a cosmetologist or barber than an emergency medical technician because of occupational licensing requirements. If licensing requirements are actually meant to protect the public, then that doesn’t make much sense. But that’s the truth behind occupational licensing: A growing body of research suggests that licensing imposes substantial costs that outweigh the […]

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AFP-AR Urges Reform to State’s Broken Occupational Licensing System
Sep 18, 2019

Little Rock, AR – Tomorrow, the Arkansas Legislative Council will begin the first phase of a six-year comprehensive review of every one of the state’s 307 occupational licenses. The first phase, through August 2020, will focus on 51 of those licenses. Americans for Prosperity-Arkansas (AFP-AR) welcomed the review and has long-advocated for reform in the state’s occupational […]

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