If 2018 was the year of occupational licensing reform, 2019 just might be the year of local licensing preemption.

That’s good news, given the success states like Nebraska and Missouri had over the past year in passing sweeping reforms to push back against licensing’s creep into more workers’ lives. Now, lawmakers are turning their attention to another problem that’s a little closer to home — local occupational licensing.

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