Miami, FL – Maritime workers face some of the most hazardous working conditions, often encountering serious injuries while performing their duties at sea. The Jones Act, a critical piece of U.S.

A 100-year-old law that artificially inflates the price of shipping freight by water in the United States is widely understood to be an economically inefficient bit of protectionism. Could it also be ...

Outdated restrictions on internal shipping no longer bolster national security and, in fact, hinder national economic development. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a bill that would repeal the ...

The recent opinion piece by D.C.’s Colin Grabow in Hearst Connecticut Media outlets is the latest salvo in a long-running campaign by right-leaning think-tanks to repeal the Jones Act, which ...

The Trump administration authorized lifting the act on Thursday. — -- After public pressure mounted, the Trump administration on Thursday authorized that the almost century-old Jones Act be ...

U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) claims that repealing the protectionist Jones Act would hollow out the country’s maritime strength. But the dire effects he warns of are exactly what the law has ...

Faced with widespread voter frustration over energy costs and limited capacity on pipelines delivering natural gas to Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont pitched an idea to Congress during his annual State ...

Crowley Maritime, an American shipping company, recently announced that it raised the U.S. flag on a 31-year-old French-built LNG carrier to comply with the Jones Act—a 100-year-old law—finally ...

Steve Forbes seconds Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s call to rethink the Jones Act, a misbegotten law passed over a century ago, which increases the costs of goods and serves no arguable purpose.

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Faced with widespread voter frustration over energy costs and limited capacity on pipelines delivering natural gas to ...