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‘Right to Try’ moves through NC General Assembly

Companion legislation, HB 1029 and SB 871, have been moving through the General Assembly this week as bill sponsors seek to allow patients with terminal or severely debilitating diseases, who have exhausted all other options, to partake in experimental treatments when recommended by a physician. Both the House Health Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee took...

Katherine Zehnder

Neal Jackson, Tyler Brooks

Liberty’s second chance: NC Supreme Court to review forced-vaccination decision

The North Carolina Supreme Court has chosen to review this case, and the plaintiffs hope that this will finally bring about a just outcome and prevent this from ever happening again.

North Carolinians deserve clarity on the legal status of poolsharing

Homeowners should have the opportunity to make use of their private property to make ends meet. Consumers should have more choices for spots where they can swim. But above all else, the law should be clear to all.

Stephen Kent

Federal Appeals Court rejects lawsuit against EPA over PFAS testing

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected four environmental groups’ lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency over PFAS testing. The groups had argued that the federal agency had effectively denied a petition to test certain chemicals at a Chemours plant south of Fayetteville. The split 2-1 ruling Monday affirms a decision from US District Judge Richard Myers favoring the EPA.

FDA’s ‘digital-only’ label mandate for prescriptions endangers NC jobs, patients

Rural, low-income, and older patients without access to broadband, smartphones, or tech skills may not be able to take their medications correctly if they can’t access printed labels.

Dave Joesten

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Invisible Threats: PFAS and the push for policy reform in North Carolina

From a manufacturing point of view, the chemicals are extremely useful. But from a consumer point of view, health concerns loom.

Brianna Kraemer

Judge rejects FTC plan to block Novant’s purchase of NC hospitals

A federal judge has refused to issue an injunction blocking Novant Health’s $320 million purchase of two hospitals in Iredell County. The Federal Trade Commission had requested the injunction as part of a federal antitrust action.

State Supreme Court takes second COVID bar shutdown case

The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take a second case related to Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown of bars during the COVID pandemic in 2020. In both cases, the governor challenges lower court rulings favoring bar owners.

House Health Committee Discusses ‘Right to Try’

House Committee discusses 'Right to Try' bill.

Katherine Zehnder

Top NC court urged to consider two legal battles pitting GOP lawmakers against Cooper

North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders are asking the state Supreme Court to take up two disputes with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Both focus on changes to appointments for state boards and commissions. The state’s high court would have to bypass the Court of Appeals to take the cases, both titled Cooper v. Berger.