Watch the entire debate with public comment here. The joint legislative Rules Committee spent two hours debating legislation that among other measures would ban abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy with some exceptions
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 12:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If lawmaking power is supposed to be forever separate from the powers of the executive branch, then how is it that state agencies can create what amount to laws?
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 4:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to block an automatic tax increase on employers. Senate Bill 311 would maintain the state’s current tax for funding unemployment insurance.
Published: Sunday, November 28th, 2021 @ 8:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Food and Drug Administration announced late last week that it reversed its position and will not seek to charge distillers a $14,000 fine for operating as “drug facilities.”
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 @ 11:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Republicans made many changes when they came into the majority of the General Assembly, but one of their most important is one of the least known.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much of the commentary surrounding the recent born-alive abortion-survivors bill assumes the issue is dead.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Longtime fans of pro basketball remember the "Jordan rules." The term described a strategy designed to limit the game's most powerful player
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 @ 6:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are four words among many in the state constitution. But their meaning could invalidate all laws passed in a 2016 special session of the General Assembly if a three-judge Superior Court panel decides they enshrine fundamental right predating the American Revolution
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 1:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week I looked into the proposed “rules throttle” in the conference report for House Bill 162. As I see it, it’s an intriguing reform proposal that just needs a little more clarity and little more accountability
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 10:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government red tape slows down the economy. That is a consistent finding in economic research literature
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2018 @ 2:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republican-led N.C. House is scheduled to vote Thursday on overriding five vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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