Gov. Roy Cooper took three strikes in Wake County Superior Court this week as judges ruled in favor of the General Assembly in a continuing battle over separation of powers. Political analysts say the rulings, while an immediate defeat for Cooper, aren’t the end of the story. The setbacks involved legal fights between Cooper and...
After operating a little more than a year, the Amazon Wind Farm, North Carolina’s only large-scale wind energy project, continues to cause concerns. The project — located in Perquimans and Pasquotank counties near Elizabeth City — generated just 75 percent of its expected power. Military officials also remain uneasy about the wind farm’s interference with...
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, answers host Tom Campbell’s question about confusion surrounding Duke Energy’s two distinct N.C. operations. Gray offered these comments during the March 30, 2018, edition of “NC SPIN.”
Typically, “saving American jobs” is the reason given for implementing protectionist trade measures, i.e., tariffs and quotas. The argument goes something like this: Foreign producers of a product are offering American consumers a more attractive price or better-quality product than they can get from American producers of the same product. This can occur for any...
What’s the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle? Keep on keepin’ on. Reforms since 2011 have transformed our state into an economic powerhouse, creating jobs and opportunities like never before. Tax cuts begun in 2011 have put $5 billion back into the economy; $10 billion by 2022. All North Carolinians...
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 774: The General Assembly continues to raise questions about negotiations that led Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers to set up a $57.8 million fund that would be controlled by Gov. Roy Cooper. Leading legislators have labeled the money a “slush fund” that seems to violate constitutional rules about the use...
The General Assembly continues to raise questions about negotiations that led Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers to set up a $57.8 million fund that would be controlled by Gov. Roy Cooper. Leading legislators have labeled the money a “slush fund” that seems to violate constitutional rules about the use and oversight of state money. Carolina Journal...
Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to bypass the N.C. General Assembly in negotiating a $58 million discretionary fund linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Way offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says Gov. Roy Cooper was within his constitutional authority to create a $57.8 million side deal to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. But he thinks the relevant public records should be released to show precisely how it came about. Jackson, flanked by state Reps. Garland Pierce, D-Scotland, and Bobbie Richardson,...
It seems like all public officials celebrate transparency, until it applies to them. Case in point: Gov. Roy Cooper, who (years ago as attorney general) wrote the introduction to the North Carolina Guide to Open Government and Public Records for the N.C. Press Association. “The spirit with which public officials work to comply with the...
The state Republican Party has asked for a federal investigation of the side deal struck between the Cooper administration and the utilities that will operate the $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. At a Tuesday press conference at the federal courthouse in Raleigh, NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes and Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse announced the complaint against...
