It takes the grit of a ‘mountain man’ to protect his land against the government

 

“I’m just a mountain man at heart,” says Wil Wilkins, the petitioner in one of PLF’s upcoming Supreme Court cases, Wilkins v. USA. He loves his home in Bitterroot National Forest—which is why he’s fighting for it in court.

Brittany Hunter brings readers inside the life of Wil, a 72-year-old blacksmith who says he’s not going to let the government run him out of his mountain home.

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The Hill: Congress can ensure charter school funds reach those who need it

 

It isn’t often that a government agency sandbags a program that Congress has entrusted it to execute. But that’s the case with the Department of Education (DOE) and the federal Charter Schools Program. Joe Luppino-Esposito says the DOE’s war on charter schools violates the separation of powers, and it’s time for Congress to put the agency in its place.

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New Jersey craft brewers fight protectionist restrictions

 

Death of the Fox Brewing Company makes craft beer and coffee. Its owners are home brew hobbyists who turned their passion into a small, thriving business—any hobbyist’s dream. But then New Jersey’s booze bureaucrats imposed a long list of severe restrictions on “limited breweries” like Death of the Fox, limiting their ability to show sports championships on TV, host trivia nights, play live music, or partner with food trucks.

Now Death of the Fox is fighting back.

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