By Michael Bastasch Published: March 20, 2015 The Obama administration has unveiled new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, imposing stringent requirements for oil and gas drilling in areas already struggling to boost production. The Department of the Interior’s new rules set standards for cement casings of fracked wells, public disclosure of the chemicals used…
Harebrained Nanny State Arrests Woman For Braiding Without a License Isis Brantley is one of the country’s leading African hairbraiders. She works with everyone from Grammy Award-winning artist Erykah Badu to the homeless. But Texas will not permit Isis to teach hairbraiding for a living unless she spends 750 hours in barber school, passes four…
Recently, the Dallas County Commissioners voted to extend their “Safer At Home” order until May 15. Dallas, which is the most densely populated and second most populous county in Texas, has taken additional measures past those mandated for the state as a whole given it’s risk of becoming a hotspot for the COVID-19 pandemic. As…
Last week saw a major victory for property rights and an end to another Endangered Species Act horror story. The saga began in 2012 when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that 1,544 acres of land in Louisiana was “critical habitat” for an endangered species known as the dusky gopher frog. As a result of this…
Our country has erupted with calls for justice for both George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who were murdered at separate times, in different cities, and in different ways. Floyd was murdered by an authoritarian brute who used his power to stand on Floyd’s neck for no good reason. Taylor was murdered by a systemic policy…
After the Sanders big primary win in Nevada last week, Democrats are deeply split on a nominee and again, may not be willing to accept the candidate voters select. Billionaires are promising to spend whatever money needed to defeat President Trump. President Trump insists on inflicting political wounds on himself. Millions of people are moving…
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