North Carolina

NC State Law & Summer Camp Safety: Ensuring Kids’ Protection

TL/DR - The Raleigh Little Theatre and iLead Kids Camp in North Carolina are providing summer programs for local children. Both organizations have safety measures in place, with staff members trained in First Aid and CPR. Despite the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services stating that summer day camps are exempt from licensing if…
US News

Recall Petition Reveals Judge Overseeing Act 10 Challenge

TL/DR - A Dane County judge, Jacob Frost, who is presiding over a lawsuit to overturn the 2011 collective bargaining law in Wisconsin, known as Act 10, appears to have signed a petition in 2011 to recall the governor who enacted the law. Judge Frost, appointed to the court in 2020 by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, is expected to rule on a motion to…
US Economy

Business groups to support Biden’s climate law despite past resistance

TL/DR - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute, both influential business lobby groups, are ready to support some parts of President Biden's climate law, specifically the Inflation Reduction Act, if Republicans regain the presidency. They now back the provisions of the act that offer tax breaks for clean energy…
US Economy

Energy Groups Praise Cruz’s Bill to Cancel Biden’s Natural Gas Tax

TL/DR - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced a bill seeking to repeal the Natural Gas Tax included in President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, arguing that it would increase costs for energy customers and add an additional load on American families already battling inflation. The proposed legislation specifically aims to remove a new fee imposed…