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A judge will hear arguments this month in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's certificate-of-need law A Winston-Salem surgeon is challenging a provision in the CON law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI machine Jon Guze John Locke Foundation director of legal studies has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the surgeon's case Guze explains why he believes the CON law is unconstitutional If North Carolina decides to move forward with legislation to allow dental therapy it will be good to know how that process has played out in other states Sal Nuzzo vice president for policy at the James Madison [... more]

The N C Association of Educators union is urging public school teachers across the state to skip school on May to take part in a march and rally in Raleigh Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies analyzes the union's goals He also discusses the potential impact of the lost day of classroom instruction Ever since North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly embarked on major tax reform in the state has served as a model for state-level tax reformers across the country Grover Norquist president of Americans for Tax Reform discusses North Carolina's successful [... more]

One coastal North Carolina county is fed up with solar energy operations Currituck County commissioners have enacted a moratorium on new solar operations Carolina Journal recently highlighted the commissioners' concerns Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson highlights key points from the Carolina Journal report Some advocates are pushing North Carolina to engage in mens rea reform Mens rea is Latin for guilty mind The idea is that some state laws especially those linked to regulations do not specify that a person should have an intent to do harm before they can be charged with a crime Joe Luppino-Esposito policy analyst for Right on [... more]

North Carolina taxpayers have spent millions of dollars and might spend more to restore a Hyde County landmark before turning it over to a private partner to run as a for-profit enterprise Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief explains why this arrangement for the Lake Mattamuskeet lodge is raising red flags for government watchdogs Every American president has been a leader but some have exhibited much better leadership than others Attorney Talmage Boston has used public cross-examinations of presidential historians and other experts to identify key traits shared by the most successful leaders among the presidents He compiled those observations in [... more]