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Program compensates communities for supporting the nation’s public lands, waters; invests in firefighters, police, schools and road construction
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A new report finds that North Carolina’s forest management plans effectively preserve forests while allowing for recreation and commercial use
Published: Sunday, February 19th, 2023 @ 11:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Municipal broadband supporters are gearing up to change a law passed in 2011 that restricts how cities and towns in North Carolina can provide cable and internet services, even though the law recently was upheld by a federal appeals court
Published: Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 @ 12:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed the states of North Carolina and Tennessee a victory on Wednesday when it struck down a Federal Communications Commission rule that pre-empted the states' regulation of municipal broadband service within their borders
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, the federal government owns 1.7 million acres, or 7.7 percent of the state. Federal land is found in nearly half of the state's counties, yet the majority of the federally owned land is concentrated in the western part of the state. Counties derive the majority of their...
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 9:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, the federal government owns 1.7 million acres, or 7.7 percent of the state. Federal land is found in nearly half of the state's counties, yet the majority of the federally owned land is concentrated in the western part of the state
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 4:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week the Federal Communications Commission moved to set aside North Carolina law in favor of the City of Wilson's Greenlight broadband service. My Spotlight this week explains why this was a bad decision.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 4:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Any tax-reform bill that might move through the North Carolina General Assembly will address only state-level taxes. So the topic of my column today is unlikely to lead to any legislative action in the short run.
Published: Friday, January 18th, 2013 @ 7:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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