Jimmy Carter, America’s 39th president, died Sunday. Carter won a Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, served one term as governor of Georgia, and was the oldest former president in American history—he turned 100 three months ago. As The New York Times notes, Carter “outlived not only his wife but his vice president, most of his cabinet, key aides and allies as well as the Republican president he defeated and the Republican challenger who later defeated him.” […]

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Bryan Bowers and his business partner, Mike Licata, planned to build medical office space across from a new hospital in downtown Utica, New York. The Oneida County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) nixed that plan by agreeing to take the property so a competing business next door could use it for a parking lot—a land grab that a state appeals court approved last February. The U.S. Supreme Court invited such abuses with its 2005 ruling in Kelo v. City […]

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Volunteers in western North Carolina trying to help people left homeless by Hurricane Helene say local building officials are standing in their way by requiring permits for temporary shelters. “The red tape is an issue, now I can tell you, our organization, and I’m 100% okay telling you this, we have been operating on the premise of forgiveness not permission,” said one volunteer. Another volunteer said that to get around the permitting process, they are building insulated buildings […]

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