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Estimated Impacts to Cost and Reliability of Duke’s Portfolio 3
Portfolio 3, like the other three portfolios, would rely heavily on new solar, but it ties with Portfolio 4 for the largest proposed addition of new nuclear capacity and would be less…
Education
On This Day in NC | September 12 – 16
September 12, 1977 A former student at the University of North Carolina, Jeff MacNelly created the comic strip, “Shoe.” On this day, it began being published in newspapers. September 13, 1925…
Education
Which states value education freedom?
The Heritage Foundation released its Education Freedom Report Card. The report measures four broad categories (School Choice, Transparency, Regulatory Freedom, and Spending) that include more than two dozen discrete factors.…
Energy
Estimated Impacts to Cost and Reliability of Duke’s Portfolio 2
This post discusses Portfolio 2 of the four Duke portfolios. Portfolio 2, like the other three portfolios, would rely heavily on new solar, but it would be the portfolio most…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
$1.2 Million Giveaway to Battery Company is a Lose for the State Taxpayer
According to the latest press release from the Governor’s press office, Governor Roy Cooper pledged $1.2 million in taxpayer dollars to a battery company for their expansion. If it is true that…
Liberty
Europe’s in Crisis After Decades of Green Energy Policies
Europe is facing a potential crisis this winter due to the damaging effects of green energy policies. After years of relying on cheap Russian natural gas while pursing carbon neutrality,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Student Loan Forgiveness is Not Emergency Funding and May Be Taxed
The Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury distributed $800 billion of emergency funding via the newly created Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to save businesses from permanent closure during the Covid pandemic.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Report: Record 63% of small businesses freeze hiring
Nearly half of small businesses say their business may close this fall.
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Elections & Public Integrity
We Can Expect a Precipitous Drop in Mail Voting in 2022, and That’s Good
Voting by mail increased in 2020, but by less than election officials anticipated. The proportion of ballots voted by mail will decline significantly in the 2022 election. The decline in…
Health Care
The CDC Quietly Removed Key “Facts” About mRNA Vaccines
Read the whole thing. Two changes I'd like to highlight here are (a) changes to the CDC's early discussion about "temporary discomfort" from the injection and, even more importantly, (b)…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
US Jobs Report Sees Workers Reentering Labor Force
The national unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 3.7% in August, according to the latest release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The uptick in the unemployment rate is largely…
Energy
Implementation of H.B. 951: What’s on the Road Ahead?
Click here to proceed to André Béliveau’s post, “Implementation of H.B. 951: What’s on the Road Ahead?“