Daryl James is an Institute for Justice writer.
North Carolina regulators crossed a line in 1973 when they told a nonprofit hospital it could not build new facilities on its own land with its own money. A new law had given the regulators veto power, but the state Supreme Court intervened and declared the statute unconstitutional. The decision was not close. The justices...
Many people will celebrate the grand opening of the Catherine H. Barber Memorial Homeless Shelter at its new location on Saturday, but not the zoning police in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. They did everything they could to block the expansion, which they saw as a threat to a vague concept they call neighborhood “harmony.” Zoning...
Small businesses need cash to grow. So North Carolina entrepreneur Jerry Johnson came prepared when he flew to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. He brought $39,500, which he had borrowed and saved from honest labor, to buy a third truck for his Charlotte transportation company. Carrying currency is...