The plan acknowledges adding more solar and wind generation raises rates and harms job creation
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To meet the law’s requirements of being least-cost while maintaining grid reliability, the Utilities Commission’s initial “Carbon Plan” sees natural gas as a “bridge fuel” until sufficient zero-emissions resources “are available and can replace at scale what gas contributes to the system”
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The legislature has passed several measures in the past two years that local distillers say have benefitted their business operations and improved their relationship with the state ABC Commission.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is asking the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block a challenged state law against campaign lies. Stein seeks a ruling by Friday.
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 1:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein wants a federal court to declare a 1931 state law unconstitutional.
Published: Monday, July 25th, 2022 @ 7:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawyers representing N.C. legislative leaders defend a state law that sets out rules for felons to regain their voting rights.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2022 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State lawmakers have approved over $500 million in school safety funding since 2013, and Gov. Pat McCrory created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools that year
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers are trying again to eliminate the use of hand-held cellphones by operators of motor vehicles.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 12:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 and the ongoing fallout from the pandemic will likely dominate the 2021-22 session of the General Assembly.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 12:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A number of lawmakers are pushing Gov. Roy Cooper to allow races at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord next month — even if the stands are empty.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2020 @ 1:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Jane, a Raleigh-based cosmetologist, wanted to keep working when her salon closed March 25. She didn’t know providing in-home manicures was illegal.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 @ 12:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The loudest proponents of alcohol reform in North Carolina — lawmakers such as Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, and Sen. Rick Gunn, R-Alamance — now have their colleagues’ unwavering attention.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law The Vacation Rental Act, Senate Bill 483. The legislation restricts local governments such as Raleigh’s to regulate short-term rentals.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 7:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina's craft brewers want a fair system
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study finds that expanding the scope of practice for midlevel health care providers, including chiropractors and physical therapists, may improve the efficiency of the health care market in the United States
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas Action has released its annual Conservative Effectiveness Rankings of North Carolina state lawmakers for 2016.
Published: Sunday, October 2nd, 2016 @ 9:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes criticized Roy Cooper for refusing to sign on to the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Obama administration over its directive mandating school-aged boys and girls be allowed to share the same showers, locker rooms and restrooms. The lawsuit also seeks to preserve...
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:16 am
By: Chris Downey
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As regular readers already know, civil asset forfeiture is a legal process that empowers government agents to confiscate property they suspect has been used for, or derived from, criminal activity. It is a civil action against the property itself, which means the owner need not be convicted of a...
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of North Carolina’s largest school districts is calling on the College Board to delay for one year its new Advanced Placement U.S. History course, labeling it an inaccurate, deeply biased, revisionist view of America.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 8:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At both the federal and state levels, debates about tax reform often devolve quickly into wildly conflicting claims about winners and losers.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina's tax code, however, I'd say the reverse...
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A proposed state law would prohibit North Carolina cities and towns from using zoning laws to control the way houses look.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2013 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As state lawmakers made their way back to work Jan. 9, they faced nearly 200 protesters on the lawn in front of the General Assembly building.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 11:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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