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Kaelan Deese of the Washington Examiner reports on one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s top cases this term. The Supreme Court will weigh arguments … in a case that challenges…
Inflation continues to wreak havoc on small businesses. The percentage of small business owners reporting inflation as the biggest business problem is at the highest level since 1980. Expectations have dropped each…
The unlegislated tax of inflation plagues small businesses with higher costs, threatens to reverse recovery, and stifles optimism. Unlike an Apple or a Walmart, the average small business cannot draw…
Margot Cleveland of the Federalist shares her disappointment with a recent argument at the U.S. Supreme Court. All the petitioners needed was for the Supreme Court to enter a stay…
Today’s oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court about the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate produced a fascinating exchange, courtesy of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Biden’s mandate seeks to use an…
The U.S. consumer-price index (CPI) rose 0.9% in October, doubling the September rate increase. At an annual rate, CPI rose 6.2%, hitting a 30-year high. As inflation intensifies for everyday…
Cooper's corporate welfare tally for 2020 is jaw-dropping: $519.3 million pledged to just 48 corporations. Supposedly that would lead to 11,600 new jobs, which is only about one-nineteenth the number…
Jay Heflin of the Washington Examiner highlights business owners’ concerns about potential legal liability linked to COVID-19. Business owners won’t rest easy if Congress shields companies from coronavirus-related lawsuits since…
Jay Heflin of the Washington Examiner highlights a potential change to federal COVID-19 relief. Lawmakers are eyeing changes to the $600 payment boost to unemployment benefits to alleviate the incentives…
Randall Forsyth of Barron’s reports that President Trump’s trade policies might be influencing government employment numbers. Hints of the possible impact of the trade wars were visible in the May…
That’s the subtitle of a recent Volokh Conspiracy blogpost in which Jonathan Adler discusses an Obamacare challenge that’s currently being litigated in Texas. Adler’s no fan of the Affordable Care…
In North Carolina, occupational regulation tends to be an all-or-nothing thing. Either the state applies the most extreme form of regulation (licensing), or it mostly leaves the occupation alone. This…