For generations, Alabama’s Skipper family has managed their forests with care—only to find themselves branded as stewards of an endangered snake habitat that no one could prove actually existed.

This week, a federal judge handed the family a decisive victory, ruling that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service had overreached when it declared more than 39,000 acres in Clarke County as “critical habitat” for the black pine snake without credible evidence.

Last month, after years of missed deadlines, ballooning budgets, and political theatrics, the federal government finally pulled the plug on $4 billion in funding for California’s high-speed rail project. In his latest at Fox News, PLF’s Joshua Thompson cut through the noise, describing the project as “a jobs program disguised as a train.”

Earlier this year, Spain and Portugal suffered massive energy shortages that plunged both countries into darkness. It’s no coincidence that just before the total blackout, one of Spain’s utility companies boasted “solar and wind supplied 40 percent of the nation’s electricity” in the previous year.

In their latest at The Hill, PLF’s Ethan Blevins and Jeff Jennings argue, “The government’s obsession with phasing out fossil fuels in favor of renewables is squarely to blame.”

Missouri law mandates that nurse practitioners (NPs) who want to treat patients outside a hospital setting must obtain a “collaborative practice agreement” with a physician. Put simply, NPs must pay an expensive babysitter whose permission slip lets them do the very work they’re already trained and licensed to do.

For PLF client Marcy Markes, this single regulatory hurdle—which does nothing to improve patient safety or reduce provider liability—costs more than $50,000 per year. Now, she’s fighting back.

Last week, we filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Dr. Sean Wells and the United Physical Therapy Association, challenging the constitutionality of a discriminatory Medicare provision that hurts both patients and providers.

Now, PLF’s Brittany Hunter gives us an inside look at Dr. Wells’ innovative cash-based approach to physical therapy—and why this fight is so important for him and his patients.

Earlier this week, a federal district court delivered an adverse ruling against PLF client Joe Manis in his constitutional challenge to the USDA’s in-house adjudication system.

​​​​​Although the ruling was disappointing, PLF attorney Josh Robbins notes a silver lining: “The good news is the district court correctly recognized its jurisdiction to hear Manis’s constitutional challenges under Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. FTC. This allows individuals to challenge agency structures in federal court—including whether the agency can adjudicate the claim at all—rather than being forced to endure potentially unconstitutional administrative processes first.”