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New Carolina Journal Online Features
Jeff Moore reports for Carolina Journal Online on the latest example of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions causing problems for health care consumers. John Hood’s CJ Opinion highlights a massive funding…
Transportation
More Woes at NCDOT; and How to Fix Them
The bad news for North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (NCDOT) continues. A May 2020 audit found that NCDOT overspent by $742 million in the fiscal year ending June 30 ,2019…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Hey Charlotte: If spending has such great “economic impact,” why hide huge cost overruns?
My latest article for the American Institute for Economic Research takes note of the fact that, thanks to Eric Rowell of Hunterville’s question, the celebrated “economic impact” study for Charlotte’s proposed…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Democrats on Capitol Hill Face Internal Battle Over Spending
Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner predicts a tough September for congressional Democrats. House and Senate Democrats will have to resolve a bitter internal battle over spending in order to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
$1.1 Trillion Federal Infrastructure Bill Tees Up $3.5 Trillion Spending Spree
The infrastructure bill (H.R. 3684), passed by the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support on August 10, expands government power, puts America into more debt and sets the stage for a dangerous $3.5…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Jeff Moore reports for Carolina Journal Online about manufacturers and activists speaking against a proposed N.C. energy bill. John Hood’s CJ Opinion highlights N.C. lawmakers’ plans to increase capital spending.…
Transportation
Private Jets Jammed Martha’s Vineyard Airport for Obama’s Birthday Party
From an article published in The Vinyard Gazette: The Martha’s Vineyard Airport reported a major jam-up of private jet traffic over the weekend, much of it stemming from President Barack…
Transportation
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Features Racial ‘Equity’ Agenda
Dan Lennington writes at National Review Online about one disturbing element of President Biden’s infrastructure plan. Democrats in Congress and the Biden administration have embarked together on an ambitious racial-equity…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
More Right-of-Center Praise for Private Space Travelers
Editors at the Washington Examiner join the chorus encouraging more private space travel. One could hardly have expected such rage and discontent at the fact that billionaires such as Jeff…
Transportation
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Does Little for Bridges
Dominic Pino writes at National Review Online about President Biden’s questionable approach to infrastructure. “President Biden’s infrastructure deal will rebuild thousands of bridges,” says the official White House Twitter account.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Inflation, Infrastructure, and a GOP Challenge
Christian Datoc of the Washington Examiner reports on the political debate surrounding a proposed federal infrastructure package. The bipartisan infrastructure framework negotiations have seemingly driven an inflation-shaped wedge between centrist…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
National Review Praises Space Efforts from Bezos, Branson
Editors at National Review Online offer kind words about two high-profile entrepreneurial efforts in space exploration. Over the last two weeks, a new frontier in space travel has been opened…