Health Care
How To Save $2 Billion In Health Care Costs
Hard to imagine, but in a Weekly Standard piece, Ike Brannon makes the case that this is true: We could save $2 billion by adopting a more efficient eye dropper to…
Alcoa
producer of aluminum
Liberty
Who’s not running?
With the latest reports on retirements of Sen Fletcher Hartsell (CJ readers may remember his involvement with the Alcoa/Yadkin River Trust controversey) and now Sen. Dan Soucek (CJ readers know…
Liberty
Mecklenburg commissioners’ terms, presidential visit, Alcoa victory, and other items
The Charlotte Observer interviewed John Locke Foundation Senior Political Analyst Mitch Kokai for an article about the latest attempt to lengthen Mecklenburg County commissioners’ terms to four years. The Fayetteville…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online on a development that could end the state of North Carolina’s nearly eight-year battle with Alcoa over control of hydroelectric dams on the…
Liberty
National attention, talked-about tweets, and other items of interest
The John Locke Foundation attracted attention this week for its role in the emergence of a strong state-level conservative movement across the country. Chairman John Hood cited JLF among the…
Liberty
Judge dismisses N.C. Alcoa lawsuit
U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Boyle has dismissed the state of North Carolina’s long running lawsuit challenging Alcoa’s ownership of 40-mile segment of the Yadkin River bed. At issue was…
Law & Public Safety
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online that N.C. state government plans to continue its fight with Alcoa over relicensing of hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River. John Hood’s Daily…
Liberty
Medicaid reform, drone rules, Alcoa court win, and other items of interest
The Lumberton Robesonian, N.C. Spin website, NCPoliticalNews.com, and N.C. Senate Republicans all took note of Becki Gray’s Carolina Journal column focusing on the state’s Medicaid reform debate. The Laurinburg Exchange…
Liberty
Alcoa prevails in licensing lawsuit
Seems like it took a while for this one to wind its way through court —-CJ’s Don Carrington reports a federal judge has ruled in Alcoa’s favor in the lengthy…
Law & Public Safety
New Carolina Journal Online features
Don Carrington reports for Carolina Journal Online on Alcoa’s victory against the N.C. state government in a court battle involving future control of hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River. John…
Elections & Public Integrity
Another dubious ‘green’ scheme
Jillian Kay Melchior shares with National Review Online readers details of the latest case of “green” cronyism involving the Obama administration. The Department of Energy last week announced a conditional…
Energy
Walter Williams explores manipulation of energy prices
Walter Williams‘ latest column urges us to “follow the money” as we examine why natural gas prices differ so substantially in the United States and other countries. What partially explains…