When a staffer with the National Center for Public Policy Research asked Duke Energy chief executive Jim Rogers this week about repealing North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate, the NCPPR staffer cited information from the John Locke Foundation. (“Furthermore,” said Danhof, “A study by the John Locke Foundation and Beacon Hill Institute found that North Carolina consumers will pay an extra $2 billion between 2008 and 2021 because of this law. That’s a lot of money, and because mandated energy cost increases are regressive, this is the equivalent of a tax focused on the poor.”)
The Mooresville Tribune recently covered John Locke Foundation Economics and Regulatory Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey‘s latest By The Numbers report ranking North Carolina cities and counties by their local tax-and-fee burdens. Mooresville ranked No. 1 among the state’s largest cities in the latest report.
Four more letter writers responded this week to a recent News & Observer column from Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops. The column focused on potential benefits from tenure reform. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Stoops’ research newsletter highlighting the fact that the state’s NC Pre-K program relies on vouchers.
NCPoliticalNews.com also promoted Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ latest newsletter on renewable energy mandates and Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry‘s newsletter on national issues affecting state budgets. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Curry’s column on the same topic. The N.C. State University Technician interviewed Curry about University of North Carolina system budget issues.
