Jessica Thompson, attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses Ole Time Smokehouse’s lawsuit challenging Farmville Food truck rules. Learn more here: “Food truck owner files court challenge against Farmville regulations.” (Editor’s note: The new rules require a 100-foot buffer between the food truck and a brick-and-mortar restaurant’s property line.)
Senate Republicans back Medicaid expansion, with health care access reforms
The N.C. General Assembly's Senate leadership announced a health care proposal that includes Medicaid expansion under the federal entitlement program, the Affordable Care Act. The bill contains with work requirements for Medicaid expansion enrollees, and measures bill sponsors say would cut regulations on the healthcare industry that limit the number of providers and facilities. State Medicaid expansion could put more than 600,000 able-bodied, working age adults onto taxpayer-funded healthcare program.