This week I read something that struck me as odd. The Department of Commerce announced that U-Play, a Chinese company, had decided to build a plant in Wayne County. Commerce…
..From none other than N.C. Commerce Secretary John Skvarla, who spoke at the Better Business Bureau of Central North Carolina’s annual meeting here in Gboro: One audience member asked Skvarla…
View in your browser. 1. Skvarla on why solar subsidies should eventually end: "we need to start incentivizing other areas to grow to the stature that solar has achieved." On…
John Sander’s witty blog post below highlights what could be a first for members of the McCrory administration, namely that corporate welfare has opportunity costs. Unfortunately, as Jon points out, they…
North Carolina Commerce Secretary — by the way, what would you say a commerce secretary does here? — John Skvarla spoke recently to WRAL on incentives for energy (see the…
In the Charlotte Business Journal. Sample quote: “Unlike the JDIG program, the film incentive program does not return dollars to the state,” he says. “What we’re trying desperately to…
A press release came out from the NC Senate boasting about giving a failing program an additional $5 million for corporate welfare. I’m so glad I pay taxes so lawmakers…
View in your browser. Last week the John Locke Foundation received a letter from three US Senators as part of a nationwide witch-hunt targeting scientists, universities, advocacy groups, and think…
Out-of-context reporting can have serious consequences, as evidenced by a letter in today’s News & Observer: If the quotes attributed to DENR Sec. John Skvarla in the Aug. 20 “Under…
The News & Observer offered a generally fair representation of N.C. Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla’s speech this week to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society, but one…
On Monday, John Skvarla, who leads the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources, spoke to JLF”s Shaftesbury Society luncheon about the agency’s role and work. You can watch the…
Some people believe that economic growth and environmental protection are conflicting goals for North Carolina. John Skvarla doesn’t buy that argument. Skvarla, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and…