Gov. Cooper’s coal-ash policy will cost hundreds of millions of dollars a year. If it were an on-budget state expenditure, it would attract significant scrutiny.
A lawsuit contends the N.C. Department of Revenue is making tax law, a job that belongs instead to state legislators.
Taking one look at Google maps, it’s easy to see why North Carolina endures more hurricane damage than some other states along the Atlantic shore. Not only does the mainland jut out farther into the ocean, but it’s also surrounded by a much wider fringe of offshore sands — known as barrier islands. To many...
A judge will hear arguments this month in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law. A Winston-Salem surgeon is challenging a provision in the CON law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI machine. Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the surgeon’s case. Guze explains why...
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses protesters’ complaints about Gov. Roy Cooper’s energy plan. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
The University of North Carolina System’s controversial chairman has resigned from that post. Harry Smith’s decision shakes up the university’s Board of Governors as that board deals with other leadership issues. That includes the search for a new system president and for a new chancellor at the flagship campus in Chapel Hill. Rick Henderson, Carolina...
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses negative consequences associated with the push for more electric vehicle use. Van der Vaart offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Smokable hemp continues to stall lawmakers trying to pass the farm bill. The Senate unanimously voted Tuesday, Oct. 1, to reject the House’s version of the 2019 Farm Act, which would ban smokable hemp by May 2020. Now, it’s up to the House and Senate on whether they will appoint conferees to sort out the...
The dispute between solar energy finance companies and the state’s revenue department has reached court. Georgia-based Monarch Tax Credits filed a lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 26, in Wake County Superior Court against the N.C. Department of Revenue and its secretary, Ronald Penny. The lawsuit claims NCDOR is breaking N.C. law in rejecting state tax credits claimed...
Gov. Roy Cooper hadn’t finished his opening remarks at the Climate Change Interagency Council meeting before noisy protesters decried his position on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. State officials joined Cooper on Friday, Sept. 27 at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh for an update on the climate council’s work. They discussed the...
Once again, a group of influential green groups and corporations are promoting a global climate strike. Today’s strike pushes young students to walk out of school and workers to leave work to protest the energy sources that keep us alive and thriving. Stunts like these may serve to raise awareness about the global climate, but...
