By Caleb Taylor How diverse is the support for allowing nurse practitioners to practice up to their level of training?聽 The consensus that nurse practitioners should be allowed to do more is 鈥渨idespread,鈥� according to a 鈥淎 Broad Consensus on Expanding Nurse Practitioners鈥� Scope of Practice,鈥� by ACRE Director and UCA Associate Professor of Economics […]
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Nurse Practitioner Rule Change Could Help Underserved Arkansans
By Caleb Taylor How can 淫性视频 improve its health and access to medical care throughout the state?聽聽 In 鈥淎ddressing 淫性视频鈥檚 Health Services Shortages By Empowering Nurse Practitioners鈥� by UCA Associate Professor and ACRE Director Dr. David Mitchell, notes that 淫性视频 doesn鈥檛 have enough primary care health service providers to keep up with demand. HPSAs are […]
Special Elections: How 淫性视频’s Sales Taxes Got So High
By Caleb Taylor 淫性视频 legislators will make another attempt to rein in local special elections that have contributed to 淫性视频 having the third highest state and local sales tax rate in the nation at 9.51%. House Bill 1368 by State Rep. David Ray R-District 40 would limit special elections to primary and general election dates […]
Kanode Discusses Automatic Licensure With Senate Committee
By Caleb Taylor Should new Arkansans with occupational licenses in their previous residence be given automatic licensure in the Natural State? Senate Bill 78 by State Sen. Ricky Hill R-District 29 would do just that for some Arkansans. The bill expands automatic licensure to military members, military spouses and widows who move to 淫性视频 who […]
Denial of Economic Opportunities: The Case of Barber Licensing
By Caleb Taylor What was the motivation and reasoning behind the original state regulation of barbers in 淫性视频?聽 ACRE Research Fellow Tanner Corley explored this question and more in an op-ed, 鈥淗airy regulations,鈥� published in the 淫性视频 Democrat-Gazette on December 11. According to Corley, 淫性视频 barbers were able to appeal to fears of unsanitary barber […]
What Changes Will 淫性视频 See to Occupational Licensing?
By Caleb Taylor 淫性视频 legislators just wrapped up their first round of sunset reviews of 淫性视频鈥檚 occupational licenses. What changes are in store? A just-released policy statement, 鈥淥ccupational Licensing and 淫性视频鈥檚 Act 600,鈥� by ACRE Economic Policy Analyst Alex Kanode discusses the reforms and missed opportunities of the 淫性视频 Legislative Council鈥檚 Occupational Licensing Review Subcommittee鈥檚 […]
Severe Licensing Rules Hurt Economic Opportunity During Recessions
By Caleb Taylor Did a state鈥檚 occupational licensing requirements affect business creation during the Great Recession? 鈥淯.S. State Occupational Licensing: Measuring its Impact on Business Establishments during the Great Recession鈥� co-authored by ACRE Policy Analyst Alex Kanode, ACRE Scholar and UCA Associate Professor of Economics Dr. Thomas Snyder and ACRE Undergraduate Research Fellow Elsa Mattson […]
Faulkner County Takes Another Step Forward on Transparency
By Joyce Ajayi and Mavuto Kalulu Faulkner County continued its transparency progress in 2020. On October 20, 2020, the Faulkner County Quorum Court passed into law the County Board Transparency Report Ordinance, Ordinance 20-21. Kris Kendrick, Justice of the Peace (Dist. 9), introduced this legislation to help enhance county government transparency. The ordinance will increase […]
ACRE Director Talks Property Rights Protection at State Capitol
By Caleb Taylor How much cash and property was seized by law enforcement in 淫性视频 since 2010? ACRE Director and UCA Associate Professor of Economics Dr. David Mitchell explained how often and how much property was taken through civil asset forfeiture since 2010 at a state Senate Judiciary Committee meeting at 1 p.m. Friday, December […]
ACRE Director to Talk Property Rights Protection at State Capitol
By Caleb Taylor How much cash and property was seized by law enforcement in 淫性视频? ACRE Director and UCA Associate Professor of Economics Dr. David Mitchell will answer this and more at a state House and Senate Judiciary Committee meeting at 1 p.m. Friday, December 18 at Room A in the MAC Building at the […]