The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down a decision against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Rule, a rule implemented in April to reduce some of the most toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, though Duke Energy officials say the decision will not have any immediate effect.
The justices, split 5-4, ruled that the EPA did not adequately… Read more »
House Republicans are poised to revisit an elementary and secondary education bill, months after it was controversially pulled from House consideration amid conservative objections.
The No Child Left Behind rewrite is expected on the floor in July, several members said, and to appease conservatives and outside groups who targeted the bill, House leaders will allow the chamber to vote… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country isn’t as clear-cut as it might seem, legal experts say.
It also allows ministers to refuse to marry those couples — depending on who is asked.
Suzanne Reynolds, the dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, said that the court’s decision is clear.
“States may not… Read more »
Residents and leaders representing Rowan County had mixed reactions to Friday’s Supreme Court decision declaring same-sex marriage legal nationwide.
Months after the first same-sex couples in Rowan County legally received marriage licenses, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, ruled same-sex marriage is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Writing the court’s majority opinion, Justice… Read more »
The Supreme Court of the United States effectively ruled that marriages for same-sex couples are now legal across the United States.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages on Friday, June 26. This action established a new civil right for the homosexual community, and granted a long-awaited victory for gay rights advocates on a national… Read more »
A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday has ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages.
The ruling was a 5-4 decision.
It gives gay and lesbian couples the same legal right to marry and as different-sex couples while invalidating marriage bans in other states, according to the ruling.
The ruling holds that state marriage bans violate the due process and equal… Read more »
When Ellen Gerber and Pearl Berlin began their relationship nearly 50 years ago, the two women couldn’t envision a day when they would marry.
Now, the High Point couple have lived to see it.
Gerber and Berlin, who formally married in Maine in the fall of 2013, were overwhelmed when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay marriage must be recognized in all 50 states. The… Read more »
North Carolina residents should not expect an expansion of Medicaid following Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold federal tax subsidies created by the Affordable Care Act, according to local legislators.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court upheld the ability for North Carolinians and residents of 33 other states to receive tax subsidies. The case specifically focused on whether… Read more »
About 100 veterans crowded into the Clemmons Library auditorium on Friday to seek U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx’s help in receiving a variety of health benefits.
“Thank you, veterans,” Foxx said. “We will go to the ends of the earth to help you. We see that as our obligation.”
About a dozen veteran related organizations were represented including the Disabled American Veterans, Military… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued a 6-3 opinion upholding the eligibility of federal Health Insurance Marketplace enrollees to receive tax subsidies.
“The system as it’s been is intact; there are no changes to how it’s been working," said Eric Schneider, outreach and eligibility specialist for High Country Community Health. "Everyone’s going to continue to get their… Read more »
