Remarks by President Trump Welcoming the 2019 Stanley Cup Champions, St. Louis Blues
Published: Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Wednesday, former president Barack Obama, eager to signify his support for the U.S. national women’s soccer team, proudly tweeted a selfie showing him with a custom jersey of the team with his name emblazoned on it
Published: Friday, July 12th, 2019 @ 11:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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During a live Fox News segment on Sunday, Democratic supporters of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team chanted "f*** Trump" and bashed "racist" President Donald Trump following the women’s World Cup victory in France.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 8:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to attend the final match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Lyon, France, on July 7, 2019.
Published: Saturday, July 6th, 2019 @ 1:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, June 26, unanimously passed House Bill 770, which prevents occupational licensing boards from automatically denying a license because of a prior conviction.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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An occupational license is a special kind of government regulation known as an entry regulation.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This is a great honor for me because I'm a hockey fan and I'm a Capitals fan.
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 7:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Occupational licensing may have cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs and millions in economic losses, a new study from the Institute for Justice says.
Published: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Funeral director is not exactly the kind of enterprise someone is prepared to comparison-shop for, but still, as with other services, the more options, the better for consumers
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2018 @ 10:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Vermont man’s attempts to work as a funeral director in North Carolina were thwarted when the N.C. Court of Appeals upheld a decision rejecting his request for a reciprocal license
Published: Monday, September 24th, 2018 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has added her state to the list of states working to restore the right to earn a living to their citizens
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax Cuts are leading to a strong economy for years to come
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: Scott Crosbie
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The Wilson Times editors took the General Assembly to task for passing House Bill 277, which would create a study group to decide how to the state should regulate naturopathic doctors as "licensed health care practitioners."
Published: Saturday, June 30th, 2018 @ 8:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lot has happened in the last few days-so much that I was still in Elizabeth City, on Wednesday.
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 9:41 pm
By: Michele Rhem
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It is strange, isn't it, that a state that may be indirectly responsible for touching off the de-licensing revolution among the states still hasn't joined that revolution
Published: Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proving that great minds think alike, both Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman and the Bard himself, William Shakespeare, memorably described the human tendency towards hypocrisy
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In The Right to Earn a Living Act: A Well-Considered Answer to Licensing, I examined the first two statement of findings behind the Right to Earn a Living Act
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the Beverly Boswell for N.C. House Campaign released the following statement
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A pair of North Carolina occupational licensing boards warring over who may lawfully use acupuncture needles for treatment and therapy could thrust the state into another constitutional embarrassment, state Sen. Andy Wells said Tuesday
Published: Friday, January 12th, 2018 @ 10:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jon Sanders writes about a new report from the National Employment Law Project, which looks at how state occupational licensing laws make it difficult for people with arrest and conviction records to find work
Published: Sunday, December 31st, 2017 @ 2:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Occupational licensing rules may be keeping people from moving across state lines and toward job opportunities, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's the holidays. Time for good cheer, glad tidings and songs of the season. Good will to all, peace and joy
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2017 @ 2:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty rates North Carolina just average when it comes to occupational licensing.
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2017 @ 12:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has some of the country's broadest and most onerous licensing laws, resulting in a ranking of 17th-worst, a new report says
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who should be required to get more training: An auto mechanic changing your faulty brakes, fixing your misaligned steering column, and replacing a leaky fuel pump - or a barber taking a little off the top?
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democrat party began creeping to complete dysfunction before the lame Occupy Wall Street movement, the Socialism and Barack Hussein Obama, but, now, the Democrat party has ruptured into a full blown hemorrhage of loyal voters, flowing out and away.
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 @ 8:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, June 9th, 2017 @ 11:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2017 @ 1:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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For half a century, making any reform to a state's occupational licensing system has been nigh on impossible
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civics class teaches us that each member of a legislative chamber has an equal vote. Crossover week at the N.C. General Assembly reminds us that some of those votes are more equal than others
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As hundreds of bills are filed in the General Assembly, I ask: What problem are lawmakers trying to solve? If there is one, what should government do about it
Published: Monday, March 13th, 2017 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Military members who have earned an occupational license from another state shouldn't have to wait around as North Carolina bureaucrats decide about granting a license here, some legislators say
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 9:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The lovely December moon has risen over the field, supper is cooked and I am in another session of gift wrapping.
Published: Sunday, December 25th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Michele Rhem
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Here's one of those statements that seems like it can't be true and yet is firmly supported by the evidence: Americans don't move around as much as they used to.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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