John Locke Updates: Land Use Planning

Try as I might, I can’t see the wisdom behind this proposed “transformative” projects expansion. I can’t. It’s terrible. For as long as I can remember, governors have tried…

Transportation planning in North Carolina took a wrong turn in 1987 when the General Assembly approved a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. The Map Act…

North Carolina House Bill 56 got a lot of press earlier this autumn when the General Assembly overrode the governor’s veto of the legislation.  But most of the discussion…

This week, Carolina Beach’s Town Council met to discuss regulations on accessory buildings.  According to the Town Council’s own documents, the discussion started because “A few of the Commissioners…

Since the idea was announced in 2015, I’ve been keeping an eye on a proposed ballpark in downtown High Point.  No one who’s read anything I’ve written…

The House GOP Obamacare-lite bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), has officially cleared the House of Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees and is now being reviewed…