A unanimous three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, and against the Department of Environmental Quality, in a dispute over animal-waste permits.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel of the NC Court of Appeals will decide whether state environmental regulators followed the proper procedure when adding conditions to state animal waste permits.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The N.C. Farm Bureau Federation has filed a new document detailing the "sue-and-settle" scheme it believes has influenced disputed state animal waste rules.
Published: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall announced during this month’s small business week that new business filings are still at near-record levels in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, June 11th, 2023 @ 11:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s administrative code is cluttered with over 1,000 rules whose authorizing statutes have been repealed
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2023 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Institute for Justice (IJ) has released an update of its stellar “License to Work” report, which examines the burdens of occupational licensing regulations across the country.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"We can’t wait for the housing market to stabilize itself. We need to be aggressive in our attempts to create and preserve our affordable housing," said Wake County Housing Affordability and Community Revitalization director Lorena McDowell.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 3:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Along with being one of the greatest documents for human liberty ever created, the Declaration of Independence provided an extensive list of how King George III had abused and usurped Great Britain’s American subjects’ rights under God and the law.
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 2:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Increasing productivity is the key to wealth creation
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government efforts to make things “affordable” instead typically make things worse
Published: Sunday, July 24th, 2022 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Big pharma's way of keeping covid alive
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 12:33 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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North Carolina Senate Democrats unveil a plan for families that includes picking up where Biden's Build Back Better bill left off.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Look to the top left of the chart below. It’s a stunning number: $30 trillion-plus. That’s where the national debt stands. Peruse the other associated numbers to see the devastating burden this places on each one of us.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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End-of-year report is show of strength ahead of 2022 primary
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 7:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At the close of the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule instituting a periodic review process with a sunset provision for all agency regulations that affect small businesses.
Published: Friday, December 17th, 2021 @ 11:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You’re a mean one, Mr. Biden. Turns out, Joe Biden is shaping up to be the Grinch who stole both Christmas AND Thanksgiving this year.
Published: Monday, November 15th, 2021 @ 8:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Lawmakers are returning to Raleigh, and they have a loaded agenda.
Published: Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 @ 10:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On July 8, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon issued his “Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs,” which served to herald a new era in Federal Indian policy: Indian Self-Determination.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 4:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Movement to eliminate a rule for landline telephone carriers that remains in force for broadband providers could speed expansion of high-speed internet to areas lacking it.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 @ 3:04 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medical expenses in America are on the rise, and the medical insurance industry plays a huge role in this trend.
Published: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 @ 10:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hospital leaders are sharing concerns about protective equipment and lower revenue as lawmakers look for ways to help the health care system fight COVID-19.
Published: Monday, March 30th, 2020 @ 12:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President Donald J. Trump remains committed to protecting every student’s constitutional right to pray in school.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 12:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative (NCOHC) announced today that the North Carolina Rules Review Commission has given its final approval of an important rule change that will open doors for access to quality, preventive oral health care for the state’s most underserved.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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During 2018, North Carolina lost some 338,000 private-sector jobs, or 9.1 percent of the total. Did you happen to notice this economic catastrophe?
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2019 @ 9:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since the beginning of his Administration, President Trump has put patients first so every American has the highest quality of healthcare in the world.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 8:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One thing about the administrative state in North Carolina is that it carries on regardless of the party in power.
Published: Monday, September 30th, 2019 @ 8:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump has made supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) a priority of his Administration.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 5:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please sign a truce over the budget, University of North Carolina System interim President Dr. Bill Roper asks of the warring branches of state government.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans made many changes when they came into the majority of the General Assembly, but one of their most important is one of the least known.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although policymakers sometimes portray increasing access and reducing cost as separate objectives for health care reform, the two are closely related.
Published: Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 @ 5:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger laid out contrasting visions for North Carolina state government
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2019 @ 12:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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