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“There's a deep state in every bureaucratic agency.”
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 1:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper Issued Executive Order No. 139, which will provide additional regulatory flexibility to help ensure capacity in the state’s health care system and improve its ability to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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It's no surprise that N.C. legislators might disagree about regulatory reforms that make substantive changes to state policies
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2017 @ 9:22 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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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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John Cochrane (AKA "The Grumpy Economist") has posted a long meditation entitled "Rule of Law and the Regulatory State" in which he makes a very important...
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last night, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015, which would block the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from putting into effect its proposed Waters of the United States rule (WOTUS).
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2015 @ 10:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's been a little over one week since the House filed HB 200, which would loosen up the state's Certificate of Need (CON) law - a regulatory burden requiring medical providers to ask permission from the state and their competitors before expanding their businesses.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislation limiting assertive regulatory actions by executive branch agencies is gaining interest in the General Assembly and in state capitals around the country. Supporters say a state-focused version of the federal Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, or REINS, Act, could...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers wrapped up the 2013 legislative session with a bill embracing broad regulatory reform. The 68-page bill crossed into several functions of state...
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state House Thursday struck a blow for broad regulatory reform. Senate Bill 112 seeks to streamline the rulemaking process, protect grandfathered zoning decisions, prohibit zoning protest petitions, and remove industrial commissioners from state personnel protections. The bill also would...
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a legislative session featuring proposals to rewrite the tax code, take important next steps on regulatory reform, give parents more school choice, and restructure...
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 @ 12:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. John Torbett, R-Gaston, last week failed to persuade the House Regulatory Reform Committee to loosen up the state's certificate of need law - the statute...
Published: Saturday, April 6th, 2013 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The past two years have shown that the General Assembly is serious about regulatory reform, an attitude that is very welcome - not to mention vital to improving the state's business climate.
Published: Friday, February 1st, 2013 @ 9:30 am
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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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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