North Carolina has regressed on government transparency. The General Assembly has made itself functionally immune to the state’s public records law, and some local governments are skirting the open meetings…
The Carolina Journal’s Brianna Kraemer reports on an encouraging development in House Bill 402, the NC REINS Act. It’s not just that the bill, which has already passed the House,…
Jonathan Turley writes for the New York Post about Democrats’ reactions to a recent high-profile arrest. Across the country, a new defense is being heard in state and federal courtrooms.…
On April 16, the North Carolina state House passed House Bill (HB) 402, the NC REINS Act (the acronym stands for “Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny”). As…
This is the third of a four-part series covering our findings in “Reforming North Carolina’s General Assembly.” Part One covered legislative pay, Part Two dealt with session limits, and Part…
This bill helps provide a check on unchallenged power of the governor's office to single-handedly appoint allies onto these highly influential boards.
Even in the bastion of duplicity, representatives in Washington D.C. must attach their names to their pork spending projects in a piece of legislation, a bare minimum for transparency’s sake. …
In our state constitution, laws are made only by elected legislators accountable to the people. Regulations carry the force of laws but are made by bureaucrats in the executive branch…
The recently enacted budget bill makes two badly needed changes to the Emergency Management Act (EMA) One of those changes ensures that the governor may only exercise extraordinary emergency powers…
Such debate from their elected representatives over a potential major change is exactly what people should be able to expect.
Program Evaluation Division has served a useful purpose, but it was limited in what it could recommend. Partisan staff can more easily identify solutions, provide strategic advice, and answer “why”…
The North Carolina Emergency Management Act (EMA) delegates too much power to the executive branch and provides too little legislative guidance and oversight. This article proposes specific changes to the…