Solar takes a big hit from the House
Late last night the NC House approved an amendment to an otherwise little-discussed regulatory reform bill. The amendment would cap the state's renewable energy portfolio standard and eliminate the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Lawmakers work late into the night
The House passed roughly 70 bills during 10 hours of floor debate Wednesday and early Thursday as crossover loomed, finally adjourning at 2:26 a.m. with no plans to take more votes until Tuesday... Read More
Poverty Center's loss is UNC's gain
On Feb. 27, the UNC Board of Governors voted to close the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at its Chapel Hill campus. Many on the left and faculty within the UNC system argued the board’s... Read More
Lawmakers push raft of education bills in advance of crossover deadline
As the April 30 ‘crossover deadline’ nears — at which point a bill must be passed by one legislative house in order to have a shot at becoming law — members of the General Assembly scrambled... Read More
Alvin York
I didn’t see much sense in making a lady in Indiana (or anywhere else) cater a gay wedding if she didn’t want to, so I said the Religious Freedom Act sounded like a fine idea – which turned out... Read More
Duke, legislature must confront contamination near coal-ash dumps
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, April 28, 2015. Here in North Carolina, we take clean water for granted - until we can’t. Some residents near Duke Energy coal ash dumps, including the one at... Read More
Still not prosperous
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 29, 2015. A report published last week adds grim context to good news about North Carolina’s 5.4 percent unemployment rate. While more people are working... Read More
Why N.C. car insurance rates are the lowest in the nation
Editorial by Eric Frazier, The Charlotte Observer, April 29, 2015. Government is pretty distrusted these days, but here in North Carolina, motorists of all political stripes can rightfully sing the... Read More
Good cop, bad cop with Pat McCrory
When it comes to the treatment of Gov. Pat McCrory's administration, the House often is the good cop, and the Senate is the bad cop. Or maybe the Senate is the strict parent, while the House is more... Read More
Fallacies impede sound policy
Those who advocate rational public policy, based on a thorough understanding of the principles of human action and the benefits of voluntary exchange, are bound to be disappointed much of the time... Read More
