In New Jersey, a PLA cost taxpayers $153,000 more for the same road
Earle Asphalt Company has been building the infrastructure that holds New Jersey together since 1968. The company has grown into one of the state's most established heavy civil contractors, with a workforce of 650 employees and a portfolio that includes major public projects like the New Jersey Turnpike. The company was recognized as a New Jerse ...
American Heroes : Is a doctor’s call a crime? Listen to this week’s American Heroes
Could it be a crime for a doctor to speak with their own patient across state lines? In California, yes. In this week's American Heroes, Kathy Hoekstra sits down with Dr. Sean McBride, a nationally recognized radiation oncologist who is taking on California's telehealth restrictions. This case is about whether doctors in one state can spe ...
A historic home birth in Nebraska
On April 26, former PLF client Hope Lindstrom gave birth to a healthy baby girl at home under the care of certified nurse midwives (CNMs). It was the first legally authorized CNM-assisted home birth to ever take place in Nebraska. Hope made history, but she never thought she'd have to fight so hard for a right as personal as where and how to giv ...
New Orleans social worker continues fight for her right to earn a living
In the fall of 2023, New Orleans entrepreneur Ursula Newell Davis received disheartening news: The Supreme Court had declined to hear her case, signaling the disappointing end to her legal battle against Louisiana. For years, Ursula had been fighting for her right to open her business—Sivad Home and Community Services—to offer in-home respit ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal : How this Kansas law will protect nurses from clerical errors
While Amy Siple, a nurse of 30 years, was on leave to care for her husband during his cancer treatment, her nursing license lapsed over an unpaid fee. That paperwork mistake triggered a disciplinary action that could permanently damage her career.They turned a minor error into a full-blown disciplinary proceeding.Now, Kansas has acted. House Bill 2 ...
New York Post : How NYC’s elite high schools discriminate — on mayor’s orders
Yi Fang Chen's son certainly had the grades to get into New York City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School. Just one problem: He's the wrong race. Chen's son was the victim of the city's Discovery Program, which was meant to be a limited, optional back door into the city's specialized high schools for disadvantaged students who failed to meet ...
The Hill : New York’s race-based STEM programs face constitutional challenges
For nearly 40 years, New York State's Science and Technology Entry Program or STEP has offered middle and high school students extra preparation for college and careers in science, technology and health fields. About 11,000 students participate statewide each year. But STEP's admissions rules did something shocking: They imposed stricter income ...
CON Quarterly : New papers, trends, and an update on the RHT Program
Welcome back to your quarterly dose of Certificate of Need news— As a reminder, in markets where the government requires a certificate of need or CON, those who wish to offer a new service or expand an existing service must first prove to a regulator that the service is needed. As the name suggests, the regulator's primary task is to deter ...
Can the government weaponize an anti-SLAPP statute?
On Tuesday, Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Caitlyn Kinard urged a California court to strengthen First Amendment protections for Americans who find themselves targeted by the government for their speech. Kinard argued before California's Third District Court of Appeal in a case that asks whether a government agency can use the state anti-SLAP ...