Mitch Kokai

1 week ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai

More North Carolina voters oppose tariffs than support them, according to the latest Carolina Journal Poll. The same poll shows three out of every four likely voters in the Tar Heel State agree tariffs will raise prices for consumers. The numbers almost certainly would look even worse for tariff supporters without President Donald Trump’s steadfast support of the controversial policy. Four questions from the May 11-13 poll focused directly on tariffs.

1 month ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai

Environmental activists and friendly regulators might face more obstacles in the future when they employ a “sue-and-settle” strategy to change North Carolina’s rules. Members of the state’s highest court recently signaled they could take steps that would make the strategy less likely to succeed. The “sue-and-settle” label applies when an outside group sues a government agency to challenge a law […]

1 month ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai

The North Carolina Constitution guarantees the right to hunt and fish. But that right has limits. A recent decision from the state’s second-highest court explained why government restrictions on Sunday hunting comply with the constitution. Before 2017, North Carolina “prohibited all firearm hunting” on Sundays, according to the state Court of Appeals’ April 16 decision in Oates v. Berger. A Sunday hunting violation could be punished as a Class 3 misdemeanor.

1 month ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai

It’s no surprise when Democrats in the North Carolina House of Representatives complain about the way Republican leaders conduct the chamber’s business. Those complaints have become common over the past 15 years. It’s more unusual to hear a House Republican raising procedural concerns. But the frequency of those complaints is likely to rise this year, thanks to the return of Rep. John Blust, R-Guilford.

1 month ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Corey Friedman |Mitch Kokai

North Carolina’s highest court attracted national attention with its recent decision in the case of a 14-year-old who was forced to take the COVID vaccine. With a 5-2 vote, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on March 21 that Tanner Smith and his mother, Emily Happel, can pursue claims that the forced vaccination in 2021 violated their state constitutional rights. […]