As a recipient of State Policy Network’s community engagement grant, the John Locke Foundation was pleased to partner with Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines and spread the principles of…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
A bipartisan group of N.C. legislators unveiled this afternoon House Bill 399, the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act. It aims to transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from the adult…
Not only has North Carolina retained its Certificate of Need program long, long after Congress repealed the federal mandate as a hopeless failure (in 1987), but among the remaining CON states,…
View in your browser. North Carolina has one of the most aggressive Certificate of Need (CON) programs in the nation. A bipartisan bill introduced this week in the North Carolina…
As previewed today at CarolinaJournal.com, Rep. Marilyn Avila, R-Wake, led a news conference this afternoon promoting legislation to loosen North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Two co-sponsors joined Avila for the briefing:…
A press conference is scheduled for today at noon on reforming North Carolina’s onerous Certificate of Need (CON) law. Representative Marilyn Avila will discuss House Bill 200, legislation that would open…
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way reports on North Carolina’s anti-competitive “Certificate of Need” laws. North Carolina has fewer hospital beds and MRI scanners than other states, and restrains psychiatric services because…
Governing magazine reports here on the fight in several states — including North Carolina — to repeal costly renewable energy mandates that have cost consumers billions in added electricity costs.…
The N.C. Values Coalition issued the following news release on Thursday. ——————————————————- Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Values Coalition released today their 2014 Pro-Family Scorecard. The Scorecard scores members…
Hood breaks down where the democrats have the best chance to pick up legislative seats in this morning’s DJ. Turns out the battle may be focused in Wake County. In…
John Hood discusses why Wake County is likely to be the focus for state Democrats in their quest to win seats in the legislature this fall. Analysis by two different…