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Sawmills have been decreasing in North Carolina for over a decade due to regulatory burdens and foreign competition
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson released the following statement
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Milton Friedman once observed that "nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
Published: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper released the following statement on HB 589
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2017 @ 12:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina should end the budget year more than a half-billion dollars above revenue projections, and House and Senate Republican leadership swiftly credited their tax-cutting, and regulatory-relief policies for the positive budget news
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 @ 6:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this age of cronyism and meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss partisan turnstile D.C. politics, maybe it really does take an "outsider" executive to give up power voluntarily
Published: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 @ 12:23 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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The 2016 edition of regulatory reform is beginning to emerge as both the House and the Senate piece together their respective versions, which focus on curtailing costly rules and making the process of imposing regulations more accountable to the public
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Over the past five years, North Carolina has become a more attractive place to work, live, invest, and do business.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This report is an attempt to identify the scope and cost of regulations in the state of North Carolina in a manner more comprehensive than the surveys offered by business climate indices. By these measures, North Carolina's record is mixed in terms of regulatory burden depending on the measure used.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the last two years, academics and scholars of public policy have identified North Carolina as a state with an overly complex criminal code that can ensnare small businesses, farmers, and individuals who unknowingly fail to comply with regulatory rules. In 2014, Professor Jeff Welty of the...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 12:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regulation costs already reach at least $3.1 billion annually in North Carolina and might stretch to as much as $25 billion. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report focuses on a tool designed to "rein in" state regulatory overreach.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State regulations cost North Carolina at least $3.1 billion and as much as $25 billion each year, according to a new economic analysis compiled for the John Locke Foundation. JLF is releasing the analysis along with its own report recommending a new tool to fight state regulatory overreach
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week's newsletter mentioned in passing something that this week's entry will explore further. It discussed my new report promoting a state REINS Act for North Carolina, in light of findings by Beacon Hill economists that the regulatory burden imposed by North Carolina on the private sector...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new, groundbreaking report from Beacon Hill economists estimated that in 2015 state regulations cost North Carolina's economy at minimum $3.1 billion and possibly as much as $25.5 billion.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 3:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Tuesday credited reforms in North Carolina's tax code and regulatory environment as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation recognized the state for moving into the top 10 nationally in a Chamber ranking of high-tech performance and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite recent legislation easing some restrictions on the marketplace, North Carolina's rate-setting structure for car insurance is little more than a government price-fixing scheme that hits consumers in the wallet while protecting the profits of some insurance companies, a consumer advocate...
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lower taxes and government spending. Energy policy reform.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 @ 8:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As I write this, what is turning out to possibly be the most powerful crony special interest in North Carolina is fighting to keep part of its welfare money flowing. A regulatory reform bill that reduces the amount of super expensive solar energy that North Carolina electricity users are...
Published: Friday, May 8th, 2015 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has fewer hospital beds and MRI scanners than other states, and restrains psychiatric services because of a regulatory process that protects legacy health care providers
Published: Monday, February 23rd, 2015 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the past three years, the North Carolina legislature has enacted Ronald Reagan's favorite tax reform, Barry Goldwater's favorite regulatory reform, and Milton Friedman's favorite education reform. Yet some North Carolina conservatives of my acquaintance seem to think that the Republicans who...
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 1:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the 2013 legislative session drew to a close, Gov. Pat McCrory and other Republican leaders said their main policy focus had been to improve North Carolina's lackluster economy. They pointed to several enacted bills, including tax cuts and regulatory reform, to show that they hadn't lost this...
Published: Friday, September 20th, 2013 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A friend of mine recently sent me an article from Area Development, one of many magazines that issues annual ratings of state business climates. According to Area Development's 2013 index, North Carolina is the fifth-best state in the nation to do business.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement as lawmakers adjourned the session.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regulation imposes significant costs on the economy through deadweight loss - i.e., labor and capital employed in complying with government edicts and red tape, as opposed to being used for productive purposes.
Published: Sunday, June 23rd, 2013 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina surgeon and physician groups are squaring off against hospitals in a regulatory reform battle with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer and insurance dollars at stake.
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much has changed for the good concerning North Carolina's regulatory environment with the passage of the Regulatory Reform Act (RRA) of 2011, tort reform, medical malpractice reform, and workers' compensation reform.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Jay Bailey owns Professional Eye Associates in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a family-owned and -operated business where Bailey has accrued 23 years of experience in both practicing optometry and running his own business.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 @ 1:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I see that some politicians and government officials are continuing to cite magazine rankings that paint North Carolina's business climate in a favorable light. [Sigh]
Published: Sunday, July 22nd, 2012 @ 11:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my new book Our Best Foot Forward, I analyze the economic challenges facing North Carolina and offer a 10-point plan to promote economic growth across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Consider these two facts. First, most net job creation in any modern economy comes from new companies, typically small firms that grow quickly.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Progressives make a point that conservatives ought to take to heart: taxes are far from the only factors that households and businesses take into consideration when deciding where to live, work, invest, shop, or create new businesses.
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2012 @ 12:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the demand for unpasteurized, "raw" milk is growing around the country, North Carolina remains one of 20 states where selling it is illegal. State Rep. Glen Bradley, R-Franklin, wants to change that.
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2012 @ 5:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Picture a peaceful, Amish farmer, selling one of nature's super foods - fresh, raw milk. Eager customers came from afar, even across state lines, to savor the taste and access a nutritious product. Who could oppose such harmonious commerce on Rainbow Acres Farm?
Published: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 @ 10:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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But both North Carolinians found that they had run afoul of one of the most widespread yet least-discussed barriers to creating jobs and pursing one's dreams: occupational licensing.
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2012 @ 4:02 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This article is the first installment of a three-part series examining the practice of occupational licensing in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, March 11th, 2012 @ 1:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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