The N.C. General Assembly was correct in voting — unanimously — to extend a deadline for businesses to renew state alcohol permits.
Published: Sunday, July 12th, 2020 @ 2:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The bill would also provide temporary accommodations for students enrolled in driver’s education in the spring semester
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2020 @ 12:56 am
By: Keith D Kidwell
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Federal officials stripped a Michigan dam’s license to operate in 2018, turning oversight over to state regulators before the dam failed on Wednesday and caused severe flooding throughout the region.
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2020 @ 3:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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Retired health care workers will be able to regain licensure more quickly as North Carolina prepares for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus.
Published: Sunday, March 15th, 2020 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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FishingLicense.us wins Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2020 @ 3:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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A January 27 article in the News & Observer announced that a bill to make North Carolina a license state for selling liquor is unlikely to receive a vote this year.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Oklahoma, a state that sits in the unique crosshairs of the South, Midwest, and Southwest regions of the nation, is one of the most reliably Republican states in the country.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 6:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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On August 27th, House Bill 597 was signed into law containing a key provision that will allow any volunteer firefighter that has been an eligible member of any volunteer fire department for five consecutive years
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 6:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill making it easier for someone to become a licensed funeral director has cleared the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 25th, 2019 @ 4:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill allowing for a provisional funeral director license is moving through the Senate with little pushback from lawmakers. But some funeral directors and the N.C. Board of Funeral Service aren’t happy with the measure.
Published: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 @ 10:13 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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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, June 19, approved a bill making it easier for former criminal offenders to become licensed professionals.
Published: Thursday, June 20th, 2019 @ 10:38 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The number of licensed professions has grown in the U.S. has grown exponentially since the 1950s.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 12:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill expanding where automatic license plate readers can be deployed has passed the N.C. House Transportation Committee, despite objections from several members over privacy concerns.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Changing how North Carolina regulates liquor sales would require major adjustments, the state’s Program Evaluation Division says in its latest report
Published: Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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BCCC can get students certified to drive commercially in less than 6 months and for under $600.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 12:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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The House unanimously voted Thursday, May 17, to approve a bill allowing nationally certified school psychologists to work in North Carolina
Published: Monday, May 21st, 2018 @ 5:16 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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Foster youth of legal driving age and their caregivers can now be reimbursed for costs related to obtaining a driver's license through a new pilot program
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 4:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Sanctuary state of California gives Illegal Immigrants drivers' licenses, no questions asked; now the state of California is directing their DMV to register everyone with drivers' license to register to vote, we also assume with no questions asked.
Published: Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 @ 2:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, bipartisan legislation co-introduced by U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) that streamlines and eases the burden on the process whereby active-duty military, reservists and veterans apply for their commercial driver's license was signed into law
Published: Tuesday, January 9th, 2018 @ 6:20 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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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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Yesterday, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) that streamlines and eases the burden on the process whereby active-duty military, reservists and veterans apply for their commercial driver's license passed out of the S
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2017 @ 10:11 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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The battle to preserve the state's certificate-of-need laws is about to get personal
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 11:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an effort to provide relief to residents impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Pat McCrory has directed the Division of Motor Vehicles to temporarily waive certain fees for customers in three additional counties affected by Hurricane Matthew
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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As part of Governor Pat McCrory's 'Driving Change' initiative to improve customer service and decrease wait times at the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), more than 500,000 drivers have now taken advantage of online license renewals saving more than 248,000 hours in DMV office lines
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2016 @ 10:26 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Many view regulations as a nuisance to life in this country, or an outright infringement on our rights. These people are clearly delusional
Published: Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 @ 10:39 pm
By: Sabe Wilis
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Driving without a license at my age is apparently another benefit of medicare. My doctor told me so.
Published: Tuesday, May 17th, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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