New lawsuit: Outdoor adventure guides battle the president’s unlawful workplace power grab

Duke Bradford opened his outdoor adventure business, Arkansas Valley Adventures, in Colorado in 1998. Today, his 250 employees provide a full slate of year-round activities, headlined in the summer by multi-day guided rafting trips.

Connected to the federal government only through a special use permit to operate on federal lands, Duke’s company nonetheless counts as a federal contractor under the Biden administration’s new wage mandate that takes effect next month.

The president, however, does not have the authority to impose minimum wages by administrative fiat. Duke is fighting back in federal court.

The Hill: HHS wants to return to shadow lawmaking—it should not

Government’s use of guidance documents as enforceable law has been wrong for decades. Courts and federal statutes state so plainly—and repeatedly, as did regulations written during the previous administration.

Adi Dynar explains, however, that the Department of Health and Human Services is on the verge of returning to so-called shadow lawmaking, impacting millions of Americans’ health and pocketbooks.

New report: Homeowners lose 87% of their equity in unlawful foreclosure process

When Lawrence Calkins went to the town clerk’s office to pay his late tax bill on his Ware, Massachusetts, home, he didn’t understand why the woman refused to take his money.

In the months that followed, Lawrence found himself tangled in the state’s tax foreclosure system that took his family home and all the equity invested in it. Unfortunately, Lawrence is not alone. The system unjustly robs millions of dollars in home equity from Massachusetts homeowners every year.

A PLF examination found that when homes are foreclosed to pay property tax debts, Massachusetts homeowners lose an average of 87% of their homes’ equity—nearly $260,000 per home.

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