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Conservatism in the modern era
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2025 @ 12:41 pm
By: Nick Fritz
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The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon's legal fight against North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions on healthcare providers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Duke Health and UNC Health are battling at the state Court of Appeals over state regulators' decision to allow a new 40-bed UNC Health hospital in Durham County.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 8:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has denied a request to take up a case involving legal challenges to government agency decisions.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As of now, only two third-party candidates have announced their campaigns for NC governor and they are both libertarians, setting up a third party primary for Super Tuesday in March, 2024.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the new North Carolina General Assembly session commences in January 2023, a mix of old and new faces will be present, along with revisiting some old issues and brand-new ones.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 7:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Stephanie Brinson is an advanced practice registered nurse seeing thousands of patients a year, along with five other APRNs, in a Garner practice open seven days week.
Published: Monday, May 8th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new study says North Carolina's certificate of need law has denied the state nearly $1.5 billion in health care investment over the past decade.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 9:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court can address "rampant confusion" about the state's certificate-of-need law, according to the latest filing in a case involving a New Bern eye surgeon.
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It is, as Ronald Reagan so eloquently put it in the campaign speech he delivered on October 27, 1964 in support of Republican presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. That memorable speech has been titled
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As the North Carolina General Assembly plans to return to Raleigh Tuesday, The N.C. Healthcare Association has indicated a potential break in the standoff over certificate-of-need reform. Disagreements involving CON have helped block a deal for Medicaid expansion.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 11:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Talks continue between both the N.C. House and Senate with no imminent solution on Medicaid expansion.
Published: Sunday, August 28th, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's certificate-of-need law.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 11:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A New Bern-based eye surgeon continues his campaign against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions.
Published: Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 @ 3:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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After last year's lockdown it's great to once again gather with family for the holidays.
Published: Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021 @ 1:57 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed the state’s decision to award InSight Health Corp. a certificate of need for a mobile PET/CT scanner.
Published: Thursday, August 26th, 2021 @ 4:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We expect health care providers to focus on improving people’s lives.
Published: Monday, July 26th, 2021 @ 8:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The purpose of the certificate-of-need law, according to the state health department, is to restrict “unnecessary cost increases” and “limit unnecessary services” in health care across the state.
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 5:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to our business climate and economic prospects, North Carolinians are used to receiving accolades.
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 @ 6:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to an inherent right, nothing is regulated quite like the Second Amendment.
Published: Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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So many families are dealing with it. Someone close to you is troubled to the point that you’re worried about their future.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 @ 4:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bowling alleys are finally allowed to reopen in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 8:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has decided to waive Certificate-of-Need (CON) restrictions on hospital beds in response to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2020 @ 3:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Uncertainty clouds the discussion of how the U.S. should fight the spread of the COVID-19, the flu-like respiratory disease that originated in China in December and was first reported in the U.S. in late January.
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2020 @ 1:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Winston-Salem surgeon thought he had a good legal case against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law back in July 2018. More than 18 months later, he still thinks so.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2020 @ 8:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On November 20, investigators hired by the North Carolina General Assembly testified Gov. Roy Cooper had “improperly used the authority and influence of his office” to pressure Duke Energy for concessions as it sought permits for a natural-gas pipeline.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 4:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few days, the legislature finally adjourned and ended one of the longest legislative sessions in recent history.
Published: Monday, November 18th, 2019 @ 8:11 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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No one had access to an MRI machine in 1603. But a legal principle dating back at least that far could help some N.C. patients get easier, less expensive access today to this vital modern-day medical device.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2019 @ 7:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House of Representatives recently released their budget, and the Senate released their version of the budget last week.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 @ 3:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bipartisan group of House members hopes to break a regulatory chokehold on surgical facilities.
Published: Friday, May 10th, 2019 @ 4:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When the United States refuses to act with any conviction, this is what we get.
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 3:19 am
By: Ryan Case
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Regardless of the election results, on Wednesday all of us at the John Locke Foundation will come to work with the same goal we've had since the doors opened in 1990: Restraining government to its core, constitutional functions and enacting policies that expand freedom and opportunity
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Often the best thing government can do is get out of the way. We've seen the results of that type of approach over the last six years with less government regulation, fewer taxes and greater access to free markets
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2016 @ 4:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the framers met in Philadelphia in the blazing summer of 1787, fierce debate ensued.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 9:05 pm
By: Ryan Case
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