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NC is headed this direction thanks to RINOs like Sen. Jim Perry and Sen. Phil Berger
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Steed
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I can understand those who say they would rather “push a Ford than drive a Chevy.” And it is acceptable that some prefer Coke to Pepsi. There’s even space for those misguided souls who would rather have a Big Mac than a Whopper. Those are personal preferences and subject to personal opinion.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 9:47 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Lower income taxes allow people to keep more of their hard-earned money and spend it on their needs
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 11:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeanne Van Staalduinen teaches at Terra Ceia Christian School in Beaufort County
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Nash County Republican sat through two legislative meetings in two weeks hearing Duke Energy officials describe subsidies and carve-outs handed over to the solar energy industry at taxpayer expense
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hillary Clinton claims to admire Margaret Sanger, her tenacity, her courage, and her vision. Unfortunately, few people truly understand Sanger's vision. Even less know it's being implemented even today.
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 11:00 pm
By: Pat Riot
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Is the full picture of our labor market captured in the official unemployment rate?
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 11:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The career of Calvin Coolidge, one of the greatest leaders in American history, has a lot to teach current and prospective leaders right here in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 9:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A novel justification for governments heavily subsidizing otherwise unsustainable, expensive, inefficient renewable energy is to argue that all energy sources get subsidies. The general assertion is true as far as that goes. Still, the argument is often used as a variant of...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The rhetorical case for renewable energy seems, at its core, to be this: Why rely on traditional sources that burn expensive energy and emit carbon dioxide when you can replace them with energy freely provided by nature that emits nothing?
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians are forced to pay twice to prop up the state's renewable energy lobby: once in the form of higher taxes and again for higher electric bills to support a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS).
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2015 @ 6:15 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The rhetorical case for renewable energy seems, at its core, to be this: Why rely on traditional sources that burn expensive energy and emit carbon dioxide when you can replace them with energy freely provided by nature that emits nothing?
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2015 @ 4:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate over North Carolina's renewable energy policies continues this week, even as the North Carolina Senate takes up other issues. The News & Observer hosted opposing op-eds, one from former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, and the other from yours truly.
Published: Monday, June 22nd, 2015 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report from a renewable energy industry group fails in its goal of deflecting attention away from costs generated by North Carolina's renewable energy mandate. That's the assessment of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report...
Published: Saturday, June 20th, 2015 @ 4:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A mandate that 12.5 percent of North Carolina's energy eventually would come from renewable sources or energy efficiency was a bad idea back in 2007, when the idea was included in Senate Bill 3
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 1:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2013, RTI International teamed with LaCapra Associates to report on "The Economic, Utility Portfolio, and Rate Impact of Clean Energy Development in North Carolina." Prepared for the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA), the report made fantastic findings that North Carolina's...
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to higher education, most politicians are cheerleaders. They're content to speak the usual pieties about the importance of college and never do anything that could upset the status quo.
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 4:36 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Over the last several years there have been a great many claims about energy subsidies and which sources get more, renewables or traditional sources like coal or oil.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when debates over educational standards were "wonky" (read: boring) discussions of goals for student learning? Unfortunately, those days are long gone.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm highly educated, very qualified. I don't need training. I need a job.
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2012 @ 11:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the "better late than never" file, some North Carolina leaders might be rethinking one of their worst policy decisions in recent years.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2012 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2007 the North Carolina General Assembly passed far-reaching electricity regulations, typically referred to as Senate Bill 3. At the heart of this bill is a 12.5 percent "renewable energy and energy efficiency portfolio standard."
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2012 @ 11:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wind projects on the North Carolina coast are meeting resistance from three fronts: concerns over bird kills, worries about military training, and GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's opposition to favorable tax treatment for specific industries.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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