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North Carolina’s no-more-stringent law forbids state environmental agencies from imposing stricter environmental regulations than required by the federal government
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dependable Energy Supply Essential to Maintain the State's Economic Growth and Citizens' Economic Stability
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 11:52 am
By: ENC NOW
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The U.S. Supreme Court will review Friday the case of a charter school in North Carolina labeled a "state actor." School choice supporters believe that type of label could lead to more regulations for charter schools nationwide.
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 @ 11:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging 2017 and 2018 state laws addressing hog farm regulations.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2023 @ 9:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A split N.C. Appeals Court panel has blocked a lower court order dealing with disputed state animal waste regulations. Those rules will be delayed as a legal dispute proceeds.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2022 @ 12:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has granted a temporary stay in the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation's challenge of state animal waste regulations.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed 11 bills into law Thursday, the closely-watched state budget was not one of them.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House passed H.B. 768, the 2022 ABC Omnibus, by a vote of 100-9 Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine announced during the early morning hours on Sunday that Russian missiles have hit a radioactive waste disposal site near the capital city of Kyiv.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 9:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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At Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design in Greenville, N.C., students are looking toward the future. Here they learn to cut, curl, and color hair, but also tend to customers and build their client base.
Published: Monday, September 27th, 2021 @ 11:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Cases involving a high-profile political activist and a controversial state medical regulation await the N.C. Court of Appeals as it returns to regular in-person hearings this week.
Published: Monday, August 16th, 2021 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new state law streamlines permitting for hog farms that capture biogas, and it moves some control over farming regulations to the local level.
Published: Sunday, July 18th, 2021 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Bruce Schroeder couldn’t give the best treatment to women with breast cancer. State regulations blocked him from buying up-to-date mammogram machines.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 12:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NCGOP applauds the Rules Commission’s unanimous rejection of the election law changes proposed by the State Board of Elections
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 1:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told three of the state’s largest cities to ease up on strict coronavirus regulations or risk defending their rules in court.
Published: Thursday, May 14th, 2020 @ 11:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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A small group of N.C. voters are suing the state and the N.C. State Board of Elections over absentee voting regulations, but demands in the lawsuit may lead to election fraud, or the appearance thereof, legal and political analysts say.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 5:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Most states are following the president's reopening guidelines.
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: LifeZette
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While North Carolina continues to seek ways to fill medical provider voids across the state, government regulations block one partial solution.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 4:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Not long ago I wrote a report on the importance of sunset provisions with periodic review of state regulations. In it I equated reviewing old state rules with cleaning out a toolshed.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 11:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Commonly known as the "anti-monopoly clause," this provision has been part of North Carolina's constitutional endowment from the very beginning
Published: Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the state decides to regulate an industry, it doesn't necessarily apply the same level of regulation it uses for other regulated industries.
Published: Thursday, February 14th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State laws and regulations prevent municipalities from collaborating with Internet Service Providers in public-private partnerships that could bridge the urban-rural digital divide, the N.C. League of Municipalities says
Published: Sunday, March 25th, 2018 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently enacted North Carolina renewable energy regulations to control costs and help green energy flourish will be a model other states embrace. Or don't
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over Democrats’ objections, on Thursday the Republican-controlled House passed Senate Bill 68, merging the state’s ethics and elections boards, along with some lobbying regulations
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) commended the Trump administration’s withdrawal of the Water of the United States (WOTUS) rule, and released the following statement
Published: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 @ 12:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Craft brewers say North Carolina is suppressing growth and have filed a complaint saying that two state laws are unconstitutional and nothing more than economic protectionism
Published: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Bill Cook's General Assembly Update for the February 27, 2017
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2017 @ 10:26 am
By: Bill Cook
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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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Many state agencies are skirting legislation requiring them to determine whether the regulations they collectively impose are necessary, said Garth Dunklin, chairman of the state Rules Review Commission
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's craft brewers want a fair system
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 9:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study finds that expanding the scope of practice for midlevel health care providers, including chiropractors and physical therapists, may improve the efficiency of the health care market in the United States
Published: Friday, October 21st, 2016 @ 3:29 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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Imagine a college student who has just formed a student group. In order to generate interest in this group, the student goes to the student union and passes out flyers for the inaugural meeting
Published: Thursday, July 21st, 2016 @ 5:04 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Budget writers working on the state's 2016-17 spending plan received the OK to increase the amount of money to open new psychiatric beds around the state from $12 million to $18 million, using proceeds from the sale of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh, while eliminating a controversial regulation.
Published: Saturday, June 25th, 2016 @ 1:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate on Monday approved its version of regulation reform on a mostly party-line 30-15 vote.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Heidi Ganahl, owner of the Camp Bow Wow boarding centers and day camps for dogs in several states, says North Carolina's regulations on pet boarding facilities aren't consistent with those elsewhere and often appear to be arbitrary and not aligned with any demonstrated need to protect the safety...
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recent years, the microbrew industry in North Carolina has come into conflict with state regulations artificially limiting the growth of an otherwise booming business model. Specifically, North Carolina law mandates that a microbrewery may only distribute and sell its own beer if it sells less...
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 10:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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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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