State legislative leaders are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling striking down part of a North Carolina law restricting access to the abortion pill mifespristone. Lawmakers filed their notice of appeal Thursday, one week after the US Supreme Court rejected a separate challenge to the drug from abortion opponents working with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
If our exposures are lower than safe limits of other government authorities, then we would not expect to see much if any health issue and cleaning up such minimal contamination would be a waste of money.
Having guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens creates safer communities. But you don’t have to take my word for it — the data prove it.
A federal judge has decided not to grant an injunction against the US Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit challenging the agencies' definition of federally protected wetlands. Property owner Robert White is challenging federal regulation of his forested land near the Pasquotank River.
Nearly 30% of US workers need a license to perform their duties, and the barriers to market entry can be onerous in North Carolina.
A split federal Appeals Court panel has blocked Novant Health’s $320 million purchase of two Iredell County hospitals. The Federal Trade Commission had asked the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to issue an injunction as the federal agency appeals a lower court order.
Groups with no direct connection to a fired Winston-Salem State University professor's legal dispute have taken an interest in its outcome.
In the town of Cedar Point, a subdivision development has encountered a major roadblock after the discovery of Native American artifacts and some human remains. State archaeologists believe these findings are of historical significance, which has halted the project after only about three dozen homes were built. This situation has highlighted the confusion and delays as the lines of bureaucratic jurisdiction become blurred.
All 46 senators present voted in favor of House Bill 250, which allows someone who has a second driving while impaired offense to get a limited driving privilege as long as their vehicle has an interlock installed.
Let's avoid the governmental quick fixes that actually make the problems worse, even if we may benefit from their short-term relief, and instead focus on keeping things affordable for consumers through market-based solutions.
On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court voted 9-0, led by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, to deny a bid led by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine to restrict use and access to the abortion pill, mifepristone.
