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Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses on the American South. One of the articles is about Georgia’s film production incentives, entitled “How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South.”…
John Locke Foundation director of regulatory studies, Jon Sanders, weighs in on Georgia’s film incentives and why North Carolina should not follow suit. Time Magazine’s Aug. 6 special issue focuses…
Not only does Amazon require tax incentives beyond anything North Carolina currently offers — 25 years' of tax refunds is insufficient! — but also it wants a much greater mass…
Ben Shapiro muses at National Review Online about the shocking nature of this week’s major developments in the race for the White House. It wasn’t shocking news that Barack Obama’s…
Among the policies the legislature must confront this year is whether to extend the corporate welfare to Hollywood. The film industry’s incredibly generous refundable tax credit will expire at the…
I propose the following new definitions: Security – Setting your person and property up for violation. I thought of this yesterday when I saw a key-making kiosk at Lowe’s. You…
In his famous “A Time for Choosing” speech of 1964, Ronald Reagan observed, No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments’ programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a…
View in your browser. Automobile emissions inspections have been in the news this week as the North Carolina Division of Air Quality (DAQ) held a public hearing over eliminating inspections…
View in your browser. Education Policy Many kids started back to school this week, including students at Rolesville High. Terry Stoops, Director of Education Studies, wrote about their new $75…
I wonder, amid all the reaction to Miley Cyrus’ weird, lewd, and flat-out bizarre performance at the Video Music Awards (go ahead and search for it if you wish; I…
View in your browser. North Carolina’s film tax incentive program is in the news again. The Fayetteville Observer recently carried a puff piece about how "Stars have aligned for North…
There are lots of people in Charlotte in general and on the east side in particular think that converting Eastland Mall into a movie/film studio is a great idea. I’m…