We liked President Trump’s Executive Order in January entitled “Unleashing Prosperity through Deregulation,” and not merely because it was a nod to our own name. Trump set a goal of ending ten existing federal rules, regulations or guidance letters for every new one created. So far he has kept up the pace to achieve just that.

The latest effort comes from the Department of Labor, which has just announced the ending of 63 “costly and burdensome” regulations, most left over from the Obama and Biden years.

Headed for the scrap heap are Labor regs mandating wage and overtime pay for in-home care workers and one promoting union organizing in certain job categories. Programs that promote apprenticeships will no longer have a requirement that could involve “the illegal selection of apprentices based on race and sex.”

We expressed skepticism when Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer was appointed by President Trump in January, and noted her somewhat pro-union record in Congress. But she is stepping up to the plate on the White House’s deregulatory agenda. We look forward to her releasing new rules in the future that ease burdens for independent contractors and question the mandating of union wages for almost all federally-subsidized construction projects.