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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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The State Board of Education will consider again in February a proposal enabling failing traditional public schools to apply for an exemption easing some state regulations so they can operate more like charter schools.
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 @ 10:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted in favor of legislation that would require congressional approval of federal rules that impose significant burdens on the American economy. H.R. 427.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 6:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop a state implementation plan with pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is easy to understand why North Carolina hospitals are adamant about keeping the state's certificate-of-need regulations locked in the law books.
Published: Monday, December 15th, 2014 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is easy to understand why North Carolina hospitals are adamant about keeping the state's Certificate of Need (CON) regulations locked in the law books. After all, what law better protects their fortresses from potential competitors who could possibly provide more innovative services in less...
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 6:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A state legislative oversight committee soon will look into whether state regulations need to be updated as passengers increasingly arrange rides using a smart-phone application rather than a phone call to a taxi company. Uber and Lyft are two companies that are meshing technology and...
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 9:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have been part of seemingly countless curriculum committees over the past six years, and I have read hundreds of course syllabi. It seems there are two competing trends in academia when it comes to syllabi.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 4:21 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Tax reform goes into effect in 2014, lowering tax rates for every individual and corporation in the state. Regular review and routine repeal of burdensome regulations will begin to loosen government's grip on businesses, signaling that North Carolina is again open for business and welcomes entrepren
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Affluent North Carolina residents who put solar panels on their rooftops are being subsidized by lower-income customers because of the state's renewable energy subsidies and regulations, the president of Duke Energy North Carolina told a legislative panel Tuesday.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In September, craft brewers and beer distributors were knocking heads over state regulations some viewed as favoring the interests of large beer distributors over these small brewers.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2014 @ 7:35 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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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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If you would like to start a small business in North Carolina, you might be unpleasantly surprised to learn that complying with state and local regulations can be incredibly costly and time-consuming.
Published: Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charter schools are tuition-free public schools that have more freedom than district-run public schools, but are required to meet certain state regulations, such as participation in the accountability program, the ABCs of Public Education.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Rep. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, and real estate broker Jerry Evans say regulations are stifling economic growth in eastern North Carolina's Senate District 1, a vast region of eight coastal counties.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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