President Joe Biden said an Israeli occupation of Gaza would be a “big mistake” and that there must be a “path to a Palestinian state” in the wake of the ongoing deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Published: Monday, October 30th, 2023 @ 9:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Occupational therapy professor enlists ECU filmmakers for public safety service project
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 8:48 am
By: ECU News Services
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New Study Shows NC Creates the Most Barriers to Earning a Living in the Region
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 9:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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ECU’s occupational therapy program a perfect fit for Rogan twins
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 8:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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ECU to offer North Carolina public universities’ only Doctor of Occupational Therapy program
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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More recently, however, the massage board has been considering requiring a massage and bodywork license from reflexologists.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 2:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bill would eliminate provisions that broadly criminalize rules violations of certain occupational licensing boards
Published: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Occupational therapists who move to North Carolina would have an easier time getting back to work under a bill in the General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 7:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Donors make largest planned gift in allied health history
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 1:18 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Adam Thierer and Trace Mitchell write at Real Clear Policy that the Trump administration has highlighted the need for occupational licensing reform.
Published: Thursday, March 12th, 2020 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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