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badly outdated Air Traffic Control was ignored as $80 Billion spent on DEI
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2025 @ 7:02 pm
By: John Steed
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Nearly three months into the fiscal year, a budget bill has finally arrived
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Amid large-scale terrorist atrocities in Israel and an active hostage situation with Hamas, Ukrainian President Zelensky cautiously asked if now would be a bad time to maybe get a couple billion dollars of US aid.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 4:30 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill on Tuesday that would prevent the Federal Reserve and the Biden administration from establishing a central bank digital currency.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat President Joe Biden has reportedly been told by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that he will need to dramatically scale back one of the top items included in his $3.5 trillion social spending bill.
Published: Thursday, August 25th, 2022 @ 11:03 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law the Parental Rights in Education Act, banning classroom discussions on so-called gender identity and sexual orientation for children in kindergarten through third grade.
Published: Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 @ 7:34 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Over the weekend, a reporter asked me to comment on Senate Bill 493.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest round in the fight over redistricting has begun in the General Assembly.
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 12:28 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In true government fashion, the NC House has tried to slip a very bad bill past the citizens of North Carolina and has rushed and hushed it in order to prejudice those most harmed, our North Carolina commercial fishermen and our fellow recreational fishermen.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:56 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday), legislators in the House Health Committee will vote on HB184 - a bad bill that will cost taxpayers and State Health Plan members more than $1 million per day if it's enacted.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2019 @ 8:44 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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For several years, North Carolina medical providers and patients have been enjoying the benefits of telemedicine – the practice by which patients consult with doctors electronically, often by video chat
Published: Thursday, June 21st, 2018 @ 11:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Early evening recriminations and allegations of bad faith to resolve the lingering House Bill 2 saga flared up Tuesday between General Assembly Republican leadership and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Friday, March 31st, 2017 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has a hidden tax, and it's probably the most expensive one you've never heard of: It's called health insurance mandates
Published: Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina families are hungry for school choice. To wit: the state’s opportunity scholarship program has had more than 15,000 eligible applicants since its inception just two years ago
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 4:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The laws of economics, much like gravity, are not subject to a vote. Unfortunately, the sponsors of HB 1046, Constitutional Amendment [to] Up the Minimum Wage, need to be reminded of this.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 5:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I received this in an email from a friend in Arkansas. He was unable to give me a source so I cannot properly credit the author. Normally I do not pass along internet blogs but this is consistent with my memory of the events of the Clintons.
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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According to recent reports, the federal government administers 126 separate programs directed at low-income households. Many of these programs are administered in partnership with state governments, while state and local governments provide still more separate programs. Spending on these...
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 2:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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With the economic collapse of the last decade brought on largely due to the bursting of the housing bubble, does anybody still think it a good idea for government to encourage investments in "underserved" populations
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state's tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax Foundation credited the tax changes for North Carolina's dramatic increase from the 7th worst business tax climate in the...
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 6:39 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina is the first state to lose a voter photo ID case and the Republicans in the state legislature were the deciding factor.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 2:52 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Liberal/progressive legislators look to add yet another official form of identification to the already lengthy list of acceptable voter photo IDs with HB 240. This bill would amend the list of acceptable voter photo IDs to include college and university ID's when the new voter ID law goes into...
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 8:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Big government "progressives" love telling other people what to do (and spending other people's money). It's all about control, as a central tenant of progressivism is a strong central state controlling what should be free, voluntary associations between citizens.
Published: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 @ 7:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Late last week the North Carolina House passed its FY 2015-17 budget proposal. The spending plan would appropriate $22.16 billion in the coming year, an increase of 6.3 percent over the amount of projected actual spending in the current budget year.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 12:42 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This week's Bad Bill of the Week features the resurrection of a Bad Bill feature from two years ago. House Bill 609, The Healthy and High Performing Schools Act, is sponsored by Reps. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Susan Fisher (D-Buncombe) and Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg). HB 609 is a near...
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 5:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina requires occupational licensing for more than 700 professions, which generates an absurd amount of bureaucracy and red tape. Occupational licensing forces people to pay a fee, and often go through needless additional training, in order to legally practice their profession in the state
Published: Friday, May 22nd, 2015 @ 8:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Would it be okay if citizens were forced to vote for a candidate against their will? Of course not.So why do certain NC legislators think it okay to force citizens to financially support candidates against their will?
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 @ 7:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two months ago, we featured as a Bad Bill of the Week HB 245, which was a bill that would funnel state taxpayer funds to a local children's museum in the bill sponsor's district.
Published: Monday, May 11th, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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In a free society, employers and employees voluntarily agree to the terms of their relationship. Unfortunately, government has for generations forcibly inserted itself into that relationship with various mandates and restrictions. Minimum wage laws, workplace requirements, and mandatory government u
Published: Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 @ 4:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Five years ago, in response to a groundswell of parental complaints, Wake County schools finally ended its long-running policy of forced busing. Wake had long been one of a few remaining holdouts still clinging to this failed experiment that disrupted so many lives.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2015 @ 4:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about why I thought President Obama's Community College Proposal was a bad idea. His plan to provide up to two years of free tuition to community college students who maintained a 2.5 G.P.A would cost $6 billion a year, is ill conceived, and based on fallacious assumptions.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2015 @ 1:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The glitz and glamour of movie and television production in North Carolina apparently is just too tempting for several North Carolina legislators to pass up. Unfortunately, they are willing to use your tax dollars to bribe more Hollywood big shots to come to the Tar Heel State.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2015 @ 9:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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They say "timing is everything", but it's hard to understand the timing behind this week's "Bad Bill of the Week"; House Bill 239, Restore Early Voting Days. HB 239's primary sponsors Larry Hall (D-Durham), Marvin Lucas (D-Cumberland), Garland Pierce (D-Hoke) and Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford) are...
Published: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015 @ 10:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The NC General Assembly was shut down for about two weeks due to snow and other bad weather. The Bill submission deadline was not extended due to the weather, so we are jumping through hoops now to get our Bills into Bill Drafting before the submission deadline on March 18th.
Published: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: Michael Speciale
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This week's Bad Bill has a title only George Orwell would love. Senate Bill 354, sponsored by Angela Bryant (D-Nash) and Ben Clark (D-Cumberland) is titled "North Carolina Healthcare Jobs Initiative."
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 9:07 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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There's an old saying that says "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." The phrase is used to emphasize the fact that simply making something easy to do does not guarantee anybody will do it.
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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We and many other grassroots entities - have been howlin' mad about Gov. Pat's $40 million corporate welfare giveaway.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 10:27 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Wikipedia defines "pork barrel" spending as "the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district."
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 2:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Proving yet again that corporate welfare is a bipartisan problem, four Republican legislators last week introduced House Bill 117, NC Competes Act. The primary sponsors of the bill are Reps. Susan Martin (R-Wilson), Charles Jeter (R-Mecklenburg), Jeff Collins (R-Nash) and Bob Steinburg...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:43 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Politicians love to use their power to dole out favors and privileges to politically-connected special interests. They also love to interfere with the economy, attempting to impose their preferences upon investors and consumers through a hodgepodge of taxpayer handouts and targeted tax breaks.
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 5:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Significantly lower gas prices at the pump the last several months have put more money in the pockets of NC motorists. But because of the adjustable portion of the state gas tax, lower gas prices would also mean less money to state government coffers. Apparently, some state legislators can't...
Published: Thursday, February 19th, 2015 @ 1:27 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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