Among the stupid ideas burdening health care in this country are "certificate of need" laws that require government permission to open new medical facilities or expand existing ones. Such laws are ...

Nadine’s Hair Braiding in Bowie, Maryland, has seen its business skyrocket because of the owner’s fresh ideas, along with help from a viral TikTok video. Nadine Djuiko, an immigrant from Cameroon, cut ...

Louisiana hair braiders and a New Orleans lawmaker say they plan to keep fighting to remove the state's burdensome licensing requirements after a bill died in committee during the recent legislative ...

One year ago, Sonia Ekemon, 41, led the fight to make it legal for Idahoans to braid hair without a cosmetology license. After the law passed in March 2022, Ekemon launched one of Idaho’s first hair ...

Nadine Djuiko braids extensions into a client’s hair with one hand and answers her phone with the other, while switching between speaking French and English as she talks to staff and customers. She’s ...

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That's not just describing Sade Simmons' experience as a hair braider. That's been life itself. She thought she was on a path to a law enforcement career. Then, a destructive interstate car crash took ...

Mesyah, 10, said when she first got her hair braided as a little girl, she loved how it made her feel free and like herself. But since entering a more diverse school district in the city of Troy with ...

Standing out in the Columbus hair braiding industry became even more important during the pandemic when spending hours in close contact with clients risked COVID-19 exposure. Hair braiding shop owner ...