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The Most Bizarre Licenses in Michigan

Potato dealers, foresters, butter graders and more

… work. (Unlike other state licenses, these requirements only … surprisingly, occupational licensing barriers that make it harder … have both high occupational licensing barriers and punitive ‘good … firm, analyzes occupational licenses across the 50 states. “License to Work” ranks the states …

Lawmakers Have a Chance to Fix Michigan’s Licensing Laws

… few years is occupational licensing laws. Here’s why we care … lawmakers are doing about them. Licensing requirements are meant to … don’t need an occupational license, but they are still subject … outcomes. In occupational licensing, the government regulates … workforce is subject to licensing rules. And many licenses …

Detroit Should Lessen Licensing Requirements

Mackinac Center op-ed published in Wall Street Journal

… removed the arbitrary occupational licensing laws that are preventing it from … Brookings Institution paper that licensing requirements cost consumers more … Economic Advisers. Such unfair licensing requirements also disproportionally … Michigan lawmakers have reformed licensing requirements at the state level …

An Opening for Michigan Licensing Reform

When the state asks for higher fees, repeal the mandates

… $147 million in revenue for licenses and permits. But the total … The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, or … departments. Last year, Michigan’s licensing apparatus collected a total … how much some occupation’s licensing fees subsidize the cost of … legislators should eliminate licensing requirements for occupations …

State Licensing Laws Affecting Where People Choose to Live

Another reason to loosen labor regulations

… spectrum strongly suggests that licensing is usually arbitrary and … new paper, “Occupational Licensing and Interstate Migration,” suggests that strict licensing laws are specially harmful … Further, the paper says, licensing laws affect where people … states with fewer occupational licenses. States with a 10 percent …

Detroiters Benefit From Snyder Licensure, Criminal Records Orders

Initial applications for state jobs and licenses won’t ask about criminal records

… administering occupational licenses to remove a check box, commonly found on license applications, which asks, … criminal record when processing licensing applications, which will … 6280 would prohibit state licensing boards from barring an individual … law governing a particular license specifies that the felony …

Should A Past Crime Bar Someone From Becoming A Roofer?

Michigan gets poor grades on licensing laws that keep reformed criminals unemployed

… jobs to get an occupational license, which in returns meeting … title of an occupational licensing scorecard published by the … grade on how fairly its licensing laws treat applicants with … the scorecard, the state's licensing laws fail to give due process … that part of the scorecard. Licensing boards here also do not give …

June 7, 2013, MichiganVotes.org Weekly Vote Report

Votes on National Guard pensions, hunting licenses

… the annual off road vehicle license tax from $16.25 to $26.25 for a license that does not authorize operation … increase hunting and fishing license fees: Passed 77 to 32 in the … structure of hunting and fishing license fees in a manner that would increase license fees for most sportsmen. For …

Unlocking Economic Opportunity in Michigan

New report exposes state’s occupational licensing problems

… look at the occupational licensing laws that impact nearly one … certain jobs. While some licenses may protect public health … consequences of occupational licensing. Michigan's licensing landscape: A comprehensive examination of the state's licensing mandates, including the number …

Barriers to entry: Occupational licensing laws hold Michigan back

About 160 occupations in Michigan now require a license

… quality haircut? Occupational licensing creates a hindrance to economic … it impossible to thrive. Licensing imposes a range of requirements … services for consumers. While licensing has a role in the society … has extended the scope of licensing requirements beyond what … in Michigan now require a license. But for many of these professions, …