Opinion
Sharing NC’s fruits with the rest of the nation
A scholar from the libertarian Cato Institute recently publicized North Carolina's unique constitutional provision protecting economic liberty.
News
Appeals Court declines rehearing, accepts publication of CON ruling
The full 15-member state Court of Appeals will not rehear a case from western North Carolina involving a certificate-of-need dispute. The court announced that decision Wednesday, along with its decision to publish its original March opinion in the case.
Opinion
Biden’s latest vehicle regulation will ban most new gas cars by 2032
By all accounts, President Biden is going to be spending a lot more time in North Carolina. But I’d wager to guess he won’t say a thing during his visits about what his administration has just done to ban most new gas, diesel and traditional hybrid vehicles by 2032. If this is news to you,...
News
Sowing Resilience Heroes: Kamren Lewis, UNCP Food Pantry
Kamren Lewis talks about food insecurity amongst college studentes.
News
Sowing Resilience Heroes: Dr. Peter Morris
Dr. Peter Morris, executive director of Urban Ministries talks about food deserts and food insecurity in Wake County.
Video
The Debrief: Locke locks in top priorities for 2024 legislative session
On this week’s edition of “The Debrief”: State lawmakers are ramping up work for their short election-year session, and the John Locke Foundation’s CEO tackles the organization’s top legislative priorities for 2024. The head of the Civitas Center for Public Integrity addresses major election-year priorities. We also address the heavy hand of government regulation, which...
News
Appeals Court to consider private police patrol of I-77 work zone
North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide whether a state Justice Department employee violated a private police force’s rights by blocking its traffic work for an Interstate 77 toll lane project. A Superior Court judge ruled in August 2023 in favor of the private company.
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Appeals Court tackles Chapel Hill inclusionary zoning challenge
North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide in the months ahead whether a developer can continue to seek a refund of more than $800,000 in fees paid to Chapel Hill in connection with the town’s inclusionary zoning rules. The developer challenges the fee as unconstitutional. A three-judge NC Court of Appeals panel heard more than an hour of oral arguments on the issue Wednesday.
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Federal judge strikes down part of NC law restricting abortion pill
A federal judge has thrown out part of North Carolina’s state law restricting access to an abortion pill called mifepristone. The judge ruled that state lawmakers cannot overrule the federal Food and Drug Administration’s previous decisions about the pill. Yet US District Judge Catherine Eagles’ 49-page order Tuesday also upheld portions of the law that the FDA has not addressed.
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Phone carriers slapped with fines for selling location data – a political commodity
Four of the nation’s largest phone carriers must pay a combined total of nearly $200 million for selling customers’ location data to third parties unlawfully, sparking conversations around privacy and technology policy. The Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon illegally shared access to customers’ location information without consent and...
Opinion
Fate of NC’s CON law sits in state Supreme Court justices’ hands
A New Bern eye surgeon challenges a law that costs his patients time and money.
News
The budding NC market for safe, consistent hemp products
There is a new and thriving market for hemp products in North Carolina and across the country; you’ve probably noticed the convenient store shelves full of CBD gummies, smokable hemp flower, vape pens, and more. But who’s making them, and by what standards, is often an open question in this new free-for-all economy. The nascent...
