Robert Smith

We scanned every bill in every state legislature’s current session — 190,735 of them across all 50 states — and found 719 that touch the licensing, insurance, bonding, or fees of the small service businesses we track. Illinois has the most. Kentucky has the highest concentration. And more than half of everything statehouses are doing … Read more

New Hampshire wrote its infant and toddler staffing ratios into state law in 2024 — along with a waiver the department cannot refuse without documented cause — and scheduled the whole arrangement to expire on December 31, 2026. It no longer expires. Chapter 98, signed May 28 and in force since July 27, makes the … Read more

Tennessee, New Mexico and New Hampshire have each written home-based child care into state zoning law. All three are now in force. New Mexico’s also reaches homeowners associations.