RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation celebrates the North Carolina General Assembly’s override of Governor Stein’s veto of the REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny —…
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation strongly condemns Governor Josh Stein’s veto of House Bill 402, the REINS Act. This legislation, passed with robust support in the North Carolina General…
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,…
RALEIGH — Donald Bryson, President and CEO of the John Locke Foundation, issued the following statement in response to the North Carolina Senate and House Budget proposals: The competing versions…
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…
Introduction Over the past decade and a half, North Carolina’s regulatory environment has improved steadily. Under Republican leadership, the General Assembly has passed Regulatory Reform Acts regularly since 2011. They…
North Carolina’s administrative code is cluttered with over 1,000 rules whose authorizing statutes have been repealed. Though technically repealed, they were kept on the books owing to quirks in the…
Editors of the Washington Examiner praise an idea from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. When the $80 billion President Barack Obama spent on infrastructure failed to stimulate the…
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…
Locke report identifies three reforms to bolster quick action at a lower cost North Carolina is well-positioned to close the gap in access to high-speed broadband in our state’s rural…
On June 2, NC State University’s Institute for Emerging Issues published an episode of their podcast, “First in Future,” with JLF’s Jordan Roberts as a guest. Roberts and podcast host…
Budget, Taxation, and the Economy Introduction North Carolina’s strong fiscal position at the start of the COVID-19 crisis was a combination of planning and providence. Since 2011, the Republican-led General…