Andrew Stuttaford of National Review Online explores recent actions of the world’s foremost climate alarmists. Those trying to justify the destructive policies of the “race” to net zero like to…
This week, JLF’s Jon Sander’s published a research brief on film incentives prompted by a statement Gov. Roy Cooper released this week: [H]is press release announc[ed] the creation of a “Governor’s Advisory…
What should such an advisory council do? Preferably, play the role of servus publicus and keep reminding the governor, "Hominem te esse memento!" That is: Remember that you're mortal man.
This week, JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief on Gov. Roy Cooper’s Clean Energy Plan (CEP). Sanders writes: Governor Roy Cooper’s unserious “Clean Energy Plan” (CEP) identified 164 organizations…
Who are the top “stakeholders” when it comes to getting electricity in North Carolina? This isn’t a trick question, no matter how baffling it may seem to the Cooper administration.…
DEQ lists 164 "stakeholders" to develop a "Clean Energy Plan." They identify "key stakeholders" as those "with a vested interest in clean energy." OK, so who cares for affordable, reliable,…
A bill filed in the General Assembly would bring back North Carolina’s unaccountable film tax incentives. The incentives had sunset in 2014 and been replaced by a grant program, which…
Recently, I was researching on an economic modeling company called Regional Economic Modeling, Inc., better known as REMI. REMI is one of several companies that produce economic models used by…
Restoring the old film tax incentives, however, would not just keep North Carolina heading in the wrong direction. It would loop the seatbelt through the steering wheel and put a…
The Mercatus Center explains why Amazon chose where it did for its HQ2(s) — and what lessons cities need to draw from it. Those lessons will sound familiar to JLF…
A bill introduced this week in the North Carolina Senate would choose “economic development” policies over economic growth policies. It’s not a good choice if the aim is actually to…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online looks back at the decade of evidence surrounding the government bailouts of 2008. General Motors just shared some very bad news: It is closing…