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How a Budget Provision Keeps the Cooper Administration from Creating a Tax out of Thin Air

The Biden administration seeks to fund extreme environmentalist initiatives at the state level, including cap and trade programs. Such programs amount to “an energy-rationing scheme that acts as an energy…

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Environment

How the Budget Stops California from Setting North Carolina’s Transportation Policy

North Carolina’s no-more-stringent law forbids state environmental agencies from imposing stricter environmental regulations than required by the federal government. In 2022, as per his agreement with California Gov. Newsom, Gov.…