Barber and cosmetology boards mandate hundreds of hours of training. Anything less would jeopardize health and safety, they claim. But after years of debate, Iowa lawmakers decided to call the bluff. House File 711, which Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed on June 6, 2025, allows barbers and cosmetologists to work without an occupational license, as […]
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Meagan Forbes is the director of legislation and senior legislative counsel at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Va. She wrote this for InsideSources.com.