For the first time in more than two decades, China has been knocked off the top spot when it comes to the source of goods imported to the United States. According to 2023 trade reports US imports from Mexico rose nearly 5% in 2023 to more than $475 billion, while imports from China fell 20%...
The federal government believes North Carolina’s new law banning gender transition surgeries for minors violates the US Constitution. Federal officials offered that opinion in a court document filed Friday.
Splits were evident among 14 judges of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, as they held a rare “en banc” hearing Thursday in a case involving North Carolina State Health Plan coverage for treatment sought by transgender people.
On Aug. 16, supermajorities in both the North Carolina House and Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto on House Bill 808, Gender Transition/Minors, along with five other bills. H.B. 808 now becomes state law and will prevent those under 18 from receiving experimental sex-change treatments.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled Sept. 21 for oral arguments in a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments used by transgender patients. The entire group of eligible 4th Circuit judges will hear the case, Kadel v. Folwell.
Twenty-one state attorneys general have asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to accept a friend-of-the-court brief supporting N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan. Folwell and the health plan are defendants in a case involving transgender health care. Participating states include three of North Carolina’s four neighbors.
The Pritzker family has spent billions of the Hyatt fortune to fund charities influencing society's perception of gender fluidity. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been serving on the Duke University Board of Trustees since 2017, a time period during which the health system has taken strides in this direction.
Editor’s note: Graphic language The debate around childhood gender transitions has become a cultural flashpoint in 2022. Arkansas, Alabama, Arizona, and Texas passed bans on youth gender surgeries and hormone treatments — with 15 other states considering such bans — while California and New York are considering laws making themselves places of “refuge” for youth...
The Federal Reserve announced an increase in interest rates Wednesday, the largest increase in a single meeting in nearly 30 years. The Biden Administration is blaming Putin and says inflation is global. Economists tell a different story.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Wednesday, March 2, to include new banned products. Russian vodka is no longer available in North Carolina. The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, through an executive order, has pulled the products from its more than 430 stores across the state. Executive Order No. 251, which Gov. Roy Cooper signed...
With an ever-expanding federal government, the U.S. has fallen out of the top five countries for economic freedom, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. America now ranks as No. 6, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Georgia. The U.S. ranked particularly poorly in its size of government and freedom to...
