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Morris Kleiner provides analysis on the effect of Minnesota's licensing laws.

First, Cohen conducted an in-depth examination of the civil war in Sierra Leone (1990-Dr. Morris Kleiner, a professor of labor policy at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, said that the state's current licensing laws reduce jobs and discourages entrepreneurship. Kleiner added that SF 1629 could stimulate over 15,000 new jobs in Minnesota by converting the current licensing laws to less restrictive regulations. The bill passed through the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee meeting Wednesday morning and was re-referred to the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.

JD Supra
February 20, 2012

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