Our legislature continues to dance to the tunes played by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 10:16 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), along with Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, just released their 2023 annual report of Rich States, Poor States.
Published: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 @ 8:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State of the State feed back
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 10:55 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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New business creation filings grew 40% in 2021 over 2020, for a total of 178,300 new businesses in the state.
Published: Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled Dec. 7 for oral arguments in Moore v. Harper, the N.C. redistricting case that has attracted national attention.
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 @ 3:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thirteen states have filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting N.C. lawmakers' arguments in a redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Cooper tout government intervention to force offshore wind energy development off North Carolina beaches as a way to create jobs and grow the economy
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 @ 2:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina No. 1 in CNBC's Annual Competitiveness Rankings
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Coming this fall
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 7:37 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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The American Legislative Exchange Council just released its 2022 “Rich States, Poor States” report.
Published: Saturday, May 7th, 2022 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is drawing attention to North Carolina’s No. 2 ranking in a new assessment of states’ economic outlook. The Tar Heel State trails only Utah in the ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Soars to No. 2 Ranking on Key National Economic Outlook Index; State Debt Set to Fall Over 60% in 8-Year Period
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2021 governors’ report was released by the free-market-focused American Legislative Exchange Council in late March, and many conservatives were surprised that Democratic N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper received a better-than-average rating on his performance.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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NCACC Weekly Update — July 23
Published: Thursday, August 5th, 2021 @ 10:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Things are quiet this week on Jones Street in Raleigh, even as work on a state budget plan, which the governor may or may not sign, looms in the legislature.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 6:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina is among the top five states in the nation on metrics such as tax rates, size of state government, and income transfer programs, according to a new report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Published: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 11:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s not difficult to find bad policy examples from government-enacted lockdowns due to coronavirus, yet virtually none are worse than the idea of the federal government bailing out the states.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 3:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A court ruling will force N.C. lawmakers to redraw state House and Senate election maps for 2020. Regardless of how that process plays out, the state will need another set of new maps in 2021.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 @ 9:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina continues to attract national attention for the success of its state-level tax reforms.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 2:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina was seventh-best among states for its economic outlook, says the 2018 edition of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Rich States, Poor States
Published: Thursday, April 26th, 2018 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Republicans have enjoyed majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly for nearly seven years now, and pretty soon Phil Berger and Tim Moore will be asking for two more
Published: Saturday, September 16th, 2017 @ 10:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to disputes about free speech, "snowflakes" occupy both sides of the aisle
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2017 @ 12:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told attendees of the Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in Denver, that choice in education is good politics because it's good policy
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Spokesmen for North Carolina Republican U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr condemned Senate Democrats' attacks on the John Locke Foundation, Carolina Journal, and 47 other organizations that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., accused of concocting a "Web of Denial" through research and reporting
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2016 @ 12:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Local media and leftist blogs are drenched in outrage over House Bill 2, which was known as "the Bathroom Bill" until they figured out they needed to focus attention about it somewhere else.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2016 @ 11:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina was lauded for "impressive reforms" curtailing its regulatory burdens on businesses and individuals, and national policy analysts discussed methods of further reducing costly restrictions during a June 22 teleconference call
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economic outlook ranked second in the United States in a new analysis of all the states' economic competitiveness from the American Legislative Exchange Council
Published: Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The John Locke Foundation's First in Freedom Index ranks North Carolina No. 36 in the nation and No. 8 in our region in regulatory freedom
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, October 24th, 2015 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina's legislative session (presumably) winds down over the next couple of weeks, it seems increasingly unlikely that the cap on state spending growth and other provisions of the proposed Taxpayer Protection Act will pass this year. The Senate approved the measure a few weeks ago...
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2015 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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