News
Treasurer, state employees group back challenge to NC CON law
The state treasurer and state employees association support a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of the state’s certificate-of-need health care restrictions.
Opinion
The choice on housing is between affordability and control
There's a much easier and cheaper way to make housing affordable: stop trying to control the process and let the market create the housing it needs.
News
Locke defends eye surgeon’s challenge of NC’s CON law
A new John Locke Foundation brief defends a New Bern eye surgeon’s ongoing challenge against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need health care restrictions.
News
Appeals Court reverses trial judge’s decision against Montreat lodge
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed a trial judge’s 2023 decision to block construction of a new lodge in Montreat.
News
NC Rate Bureau requests 68+% increase on dwelling insurance
“Simply put, severe storm damage is becoming more common, it's impacting more homes, and it’s more expensive to rebuild afterwards," the NC Rate Bureau said.
Opinion
How housing policy is failing NC’s young people
Allowing more small homes, speeding up approvals, and prioritizing thoughtful, pro-community housing would make paychecks go further and help people stay in the communities they love.
Opinion
Anti-tariff SCOTUS brief features basic lesson on trade deficits
It’s hard to justify a national emergency based on a 50-year fact of American economic life.
News
Top NC court tackles suit over Raleigh impact fees
The court heard oral arguments Oct. 28 in the dispute between the City of Raleigh and developers who challenged the water and sewer impact fees charged between 2016 and 2018.
News
Trump to reduce tariffs on Chinese imports
China has committed to return orders of US soybean exports to previous levels.
News
Experts: Cut in tariffs on South Korea autos will help NC consumers
A key provision of the agreement was to reduce the import tariff on Korean autos and auto parts from 25% to 15% which would level the playing field between them and their Japanese competitors, according to Reuters.
News
NC imports of China’s rare earth metals spike amid trade worries
Through July year-to-date, NC’s imports of inorganic chemicals, precious and rare earth metals, and radioactive compounds rose sharply from $364.1 million to $1.1 billion — an increase of roughly 211%.
News
NC Supreme Court stays AG Jackson’s lawsuit against DuPont, Chemours
The North Carolina Supreme Court split 5-2 in granting a stay in Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s environmental contamination lawsuit against DuPont and Chemours.
