Increased access to Certified Nurse Midwives improves maternal and prenatal health
For Hope Lindstrom, the question of where and how to give birth is deeply personal. As a devout Christian and licensed pastor, she views childbirth as a sacred experience—one that centers her as an active, empowered participant in her care. Her preference is also guided by stories from her mother and grandmother, both of whom endured traumatic ...
Ohio entrepreneur seeks Supreme Court ruling on right to share information
When Mike Yoder started flying drones, he wasn't trying to make a statement. He was trying to solve a problem common among hunters in his area: Game sometimes runs off after being shot, and hunters have a hard time locating it. Using drones equipped with thermal imaging technology, Mike's company, Drone Deer Recovery, helps hunters locate downed ...
CON Quarterly : Happy New Year
Welcome to the first CON Quarterly in 2026— Happy New Year, Readers. 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 toâ ...
What Joe Rogan’s hemp conversation reveals about Washington picking winners
On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, Sen. Rand Paul surprised listeners (and the host) by explaining why some marijuana businesses have sided with the alcohol and pharmaceutical industries in lobbying Congress to crack down on hemp products. The reason isn't public safety. It's competition. Hemp and marijuana are variants of the s ...
Alaska breweries win First Amendment challenge
When Jessie Janes opened Alaska's first hard kombucha brewery, he imagined more than just a tasting room. He envisioned a community space where Alaskans and tourists alike could gather for live entertainment, games, conversation, and locally made drinks. Jessie opened Zip Kombucha in the heart of Anchorage after 12 years in the U.S. Army, a proj ...
The Carolina Journal : Let nurses fix NC’s health care shortage
A series of new billboard messages along I-77 outside Statesville both call attention to the problem of declining access to health care across North Carolina and propose a solution: Rural America is Dying. We Need Nurses. Not Government Roadblocks. These bright orange billboards stand in stark contrast to the surrounding rural North Carolina ...
A win in Montana Supreme Court for the right to earn a living
In Kalispell, Montana, Parker Noland thought he was doing what young entrepreneurs are supposed to do: spot a problem, build a solution, and get to work. After a medical discharge brought Parker back home from the Army, he set his sights on starting a small debris-hauling business targeting underserved construction sites around Flathead County. ...
Ninth Circuit rejects campus censorship after PLF amicus brief
In January 2022, longtime computer science professor at the University of Washington, Stuart Reges, posted his course syllabus. Buried among the usual course policies was a parody of the university's recommended "land acknowledgment"—a statement recognizing that the campus sits on land once inhabited by Indigenous tribes—in which Reges question ...
Kansas City Star : Kansas Nursing Board punished me for speaking about dementia. That’s unjust
As a licensed geriatric nurse practitioner and former tenured professor, I have served Kansans for more than three decades. I have seen thousands of patients and have never had a complaint filed against me. But in November 2024, the Kansas State Board of Nursing punished me for giving public talks on dementia, claiming I was practicing nursing w ...