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From corporate hiring to government policy, litigation is increasingly becoming the preferred method of shaping national outcomes.
Published: Sunday, March 8th, 2026 @ 11:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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"Current environmental laws put our readiness to counter Communist China at risk."
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2025 @ 7:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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"This initiative marks a decisive action by the Trump administration to accelerate American supply chain independence."
Published: Thursday, July 17th, 2025 @ 11:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina’s no-more-stringent law forbids state environmental agencies from imposing stricter environmental regulations than required by the federal government
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Milwaukee County passed a resolution granting nature equal rights to mankind — the first move of its kind in the state.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 6:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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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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Gov. Roy Cooper signed an “Memorandum of Understanding” with California Gov. Gavin Newsom to promote “zero-emissions” trucks and buses
Published: Thursday, December 8th, 2022 @ 6:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democrat 'green' spending bill comes with environmental costs
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:27 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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N.C. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed 11 bills into law Thursday, the closely-watched state budget was not one of them.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly continued taking up significant, and at times controversial, policy items this week.
Published: Thursday, June 9th, 2022 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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With a given law, sometimes clever hucksters, devious minds, and malicious enforcers and officials can twist “legal” implications out of it that clearly were never intended.
Published: Friday, March 4th, 2022 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Biden, who has been attempting to block funding for construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 10:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Trump on America’s Environmental Leadership
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:20 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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DEQ Secretary Michael Regan has named a 16-member Environmental Justice and Equity Advisory Board
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 11:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says an ethics complaint filed against him by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization is tainted by election-season politics
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, President Donald J. Trump released his legislative goals to rebuild our Nation's crumbling infrastructure
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 @ 1:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On its face, the agreement between the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Commonwealth of Virginia looks similar to the deal the pipeline operators signed with Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 @ 11:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Gov. Cooper will veto House Bill 56, An Act to Amend Various Environmental Laws. Gov. Cooper shared the following veto message
Published: Thursday, September 21st, 2017 @ 5:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The General Assembly reconvenes Friday for another special session, primarily designated for redistricting business
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 1:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When it comes to regulations, it’s an invisible tax. Such taxes are especially onerous when unnecessary and over-burdensome
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 9:17 pm
By: Bill Cook
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After Roy Cooper launched yet another negative ad attacking Governor McCrory earlier today, the McCrory campaign released a new ad which sets the record straight on coal ash.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 5:34 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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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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The NC General Assembly was in session until 1:30 am hammering out Amendments to the budget, and it was passed 93-23, with 11 Republicans and 12 Democrats voting against and sent to the Senate.
Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 @ 5:48 pm
By: Michael Speciale
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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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Governor Pat McCrory signed legislation this evening that amends several areas of environmental law. The legislation, House Bill 157, was introduced by Rep. Pat McElraft and Rep. Rick Catlin and passed the General Assembly today.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 3:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, last week accused committee Democrats of an "attempt to silence" the John Locke Foundation - and 106 other organizations that have expressed skepticism over apocalyptic claims of the role of human...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commissioners spent the afternoon walking the halls of the Legislature to meet with their Senators and Representatives and discuss county issues.
Published: Sunday, June 1st, 2014 @ 9:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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There's a story unfolding in Hyde County with Rose Acre Farms that every North Carolinian should not only be aware of but fighting mad about.
Published: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: Hood Richardson
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents one Forsyth County case in which Map Act restrictions have limited private...
Published: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina maintains one of the nation's most restrictive versions of the Map Act, which can freeze property development within proposed road corridors for years.
Published: Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Enough with the hysteria, finger pointing and partisanship already. The Duke Energy coal ash spill needs immediate action, there’s blame enough to go around and we need to focus on fixing problems.
Published: Friday, March 7th, 2014 @ 2:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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A battle over the North Carolina State University Endowment Fund's right to sell its 123-square mile forest to an Illinois-based agribusiness firm appears to have ended.
Published: Monday, December 23rd, 2013 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) joined with Governor Pat McCrory and other officials in a press conference at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center in Dare County, held Friday, Dec. 6.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 5:59 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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