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Lawyers representing the NC State Board of Elections and local district attorneys urge a federal judge to reject a request from critics of state felon voting restrictions.
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 10:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The vast majority of Americans, when asked if they agree with the statement “There are two genders, male and female,” said they agree, a new poll has found.
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 @ 11:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein does not oppose state legislative leaders intervening in a lawsuit challenging state restrictions on abortion pills.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 12:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected without comment a proposal to speed up consideration of a lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 4:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The uncooperative attitudes some are currently exhibiting brings back memories of North Carolina’s history of recalcitrance.
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 4:18 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A growing number of N.C. sheriffs won’t enforce Gov. Roy Cooper’s restrictions against indoor worship services as outlined in his latest executive order.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 11:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Several Republican lawmakers are challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest executive order and how it treats religious services.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 8:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ramesh Ponnuru explains at National Review Online why he’s not as concerned as others about recent comments from the U.S. attorney general.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators are looking at a controversial reform to lower patients’ medical bills for surgery in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 @ 7:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A surgeon’s lawsuit against state restrictions on medical equipment has fallen victim to an obscure procedural rule.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 6:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A surgeon fighting state restrictions on medical equipment lost a court battle Friday, Jan. 9, when Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire dismissed his specific complaints and sent his broader constitutional challenge before a three-judge panel.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 3:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would align laws for North Carolina craft distilleries more closely with rules governing wine and craft beer easily cleared the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, June 18. It now heads to Senate Rules.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 @ 2:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Third parties would face a lower hurdle in seeking a spot on North Carolina's election ballot, under a bill that cleared a state House committee this morning.
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medical technology that seemed relegated to science fiction is at hand, but fast-moving innovations are threatened by established interests and government regulations, said a panel of medical and academic experts at the State Policy Network's recent annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 2:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The obvious problem with the cause often identified as "states' rights" is that it has sometimes been used to defend odious practices such as slavery and segregation. There's an even more basic problem, however, and it lies in the wording of the phrase itself. Governments can have...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The drive-bys are telling us that the medical school at East Carolina is in deep trouble.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 11:09 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A legal challenge to the General Assembly’s new rules on public use and behavior at the legislative complex could reshape public access and speech rights on public property all the way down to local governments.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Continuing fiscal challenges were front and center during the regular meeting of the East Carolina University Board of Trustees held July 17-18 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 4:34 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler recently said he may revisit state restrictions on municipalities' involvement in the broadband business. Those comments have raised some eyebrows, both in the broadband industry and among public policy analysts.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina can help prevent unnecessary increases in health care costs by repealing a 35-year-old law that has failed to address that goal. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report delivers that verdict.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 @ 5:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare, was passed in 2010 in a hurried process that allowed for little understanding of what was in the 2,700-page document.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 10:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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