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House Bill 98 would make long overdue changes to prohibit state and local governments, public schools, and universities from requiring Covid vaccination or discriminating against the unvaccinated, and it would also protect schoolchildren from being forced to wear masks
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Starting in 2011, North Carolina lawmakers have implemented transformational changes resulting in a strong and growing economy
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill requiring low-income students who score high on end-of-year math tests to automatically be placed in advanced math classes passed unanimously in the House
Published: Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 @ 10:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 1191, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which passed the House 400 to 25. The bill passed the Senate last week 98-1, and allows for congressional review of any deal President Barack Obama reaches with Iran over Iran’s nuclear prog
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2015 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last week the NC House voted unanimously to approve a bill (HB 183) that would repeal in its entirety a contentious piece of legislation known as the Map Act. As I explained in a previous newsletter, when the General Assembly passed the Map Act in 1987 its declared purpose was...
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 12:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Energy is necessary for just about everything we do. And when the cost of energy goes up, we pay more over and over and over. Residential customers pay more to keep the lights on and the refrigerator running. Business owners pay more to keep the lights on and the machines running. Consumers pay...
Published: Monday, April 13th, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina consumers would have saved $4.2 billion since 2007 if mandates on electric power utilities to purchase expensive renewable energy had not driven costs well above the U.S. average, said a nationally recognized energy and environmental policy analyst.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters in the May 6 Republican primary for state House District 15 will choose between incumbent Phil Shepard, a two-term legislator who is a minister and civil service retiree, and Jim Morton, a farmer and retired educator running primarily on parochial issues.
Published: Sunday, April 6th, 2014 @ 10:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Affluent North Carolina residents who put solar panels on their rooftops are being subsidized by lower-income customers because of the state's renewable energy subsidies and regulations, the president of Duke Energy North Carolina told a legislative panel Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today Representative Paul Tine announced that he voted for the Tax Reform Bill, House Bill 998.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 5:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Senate tentatively passed legislation Tuesday that simplifies the state’s 1930s Depression-era tax code, provides major tax relief to all North Carolinians and makes the state far more attractive to job-creating businesses.
Published: Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 @ 6:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The state Senate, amid a rift among the chamber's leadership, gave its initial approval Thursday to a tax reform bill that would establish a flat tax, lower personal income taxes, and phase out the corporate income tax.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 1:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Republicans pushed ahead Wednesday with their version of tax reform as the chamber's Finance Committee gave the bill a thumbs up. The measure...
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2013 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative Tine announced today that House Bill 983, entitled The Fisheries Economic Development Act, will not be run this session.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 3:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Internal Republican Party politics ignited by House Speaker Thom Tillis' pending departure and a philosophical battle between moderates and conservatives...
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A contentious Senate committee hearing Wednesday on a bill to phase out multimillion-dollar state tax subsidies to select renewable energy
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 @ 9:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Representative Tine announced today that he strongly opposes House Bill 983 entitled, 2013 Fisheries Economic Development Act.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2013 @ 6:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After two hours of discussion and comment earlier this afternoon, a measure freezing the state’s renewable energy portfolio standard squeaked through a House Commerce subcommittee...
Published: Sunday, April 7th, 2013 @ 1:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill currently before the state House, H.B. 298, introduced by Rep. Mike Hager, would eliminate North Carolina's renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS) -- a state mandate that requires electric utilities to provide 7.5 percent of their power from renewable energy sources...
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 @ 9:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Green energy advocates characterize it as a jobs-killing bill, and the House leadership hasn't made it easy for the measure to move forward, but state Rep. Mike Hager said support is building for House Bill 298, his effort to end costly state tax subsidies for renewable energy.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 @ 12:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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