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Money topped the list of needs from North Carolina’s institutions of higher education in a meeting Thursday, April 2, of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 Education Working Group.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 10:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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History is full of examples of failed government reforms. Sometimes those failures stem from government agents’ inability or unwillingness to translate legislative reformers’ ideas into action.
Published: Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 @ 4:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 290, originally filed as the Distillery Regulatory Reform Bill, will soon become law.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 536, ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, cleared the N.C. House, 91-24, on Tuesday, July 9, and was sent to the Senate.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 2:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Bill 536, ABC Omnibus Regulatory Reform, has cleared the N.C. House committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations and heads to the floor for a vote.
Published: Wednesday, July 10th, 2019 @ 1:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Trump Administration's regulatory reform efforts have saved American families and businesses $23 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 by getting rid of unduly burdensome and unnecessary regulation.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 5:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S. House of Representative on Friday, July 13, voted to close a loophole in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which requires agencies to curtail the regulatory costs on local governments and businesses
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The General Assembly tried but failed Thursday to clean up its act
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2017 @ 1:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Airbnb, Uber, Etsy, and other companies within the sharing economy could see friendly regulatory reform from President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, based on remarks Chao made at a meeting last year to the American Action Forum
Published: Thursday, December 1st, 2016 @ 11:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2016 edition of regulatory reform is beginning to emerge as both the House and the Senate piece together their respective versions, which focus on curtailing costly rules and making the process of imposing regulations more accountable to the public
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2016 @ 5:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, we're celebrating the birth of our nation — which began with resistance to bureaucratic tyranny and protests against excessive taxation.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 11:09 am
By: Brant Clifton
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A friend of mine recently sent me an article from Area Development, one of many magazines that issues annual ratings of state business climates. According to Area Development's 2013 index, North Carolina is the fifth-best state in the nation to do business.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2013 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement as lawmakers adjourned the session.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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North Carolina businesses have struggled mightily against the 15,000+ new regulations, amendments and rules that have been implemented in our state over the past decade. Our high unemployment rate and stagnant growth are proof that you cannot regulate an economy into riches.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 1:33 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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A bill intended to reduce medical-related lawsuits and expenses stemming from the state's certificate of need process and to make it easier for private
Published: Saturday, May 11th, 2013 @ 10:22 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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North Carolina surgeon and physician groups are squaring off against hospitals in a regulatory reform battle with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer and insurance dollars at stake.
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In my new book Our Best Foot Forward, I analyze the economic challenges facing North Carolina and offer a 10-point plan to promote economic growth across the state.
Published: Saturday, June 16th, 2012 @ 12:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Progressives make a point that conservatives ought to take to heart: taxes are far from the only factors that households and businesses take into consideration when deciding where to live, work, invest, shop, or create new businesses.
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2012 @ 12:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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