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North Carolina has tremendously benefited from tax reforms begun over a decade ago. Energy efficiency mandates that began in the late 2000s and continued into the early 2010s created an…
In “How to Stem the Tide of Socialism,” Amity Shlaes tells the story of an effort to educate the public about the dangers of socialism that paid big dividends in later…
Houseboats may soon be banned on Fontana Lake. There are many. They have been there for decades. People who live in houseboats believe they are being victimized by TVA cutbacks.…
View in your browser. This week’s newsletter looks at a debate over the value of solar generation in Tennessee, which in part echoes and in part illuminates the discussion here.…
You want simplicity in your federal tax code? Deroy Murdock has a deal for you. He explains in a column posted at National Review Online. Under the new GOP Congress,…
You might think that most examples of extraordinary government overreach adopted during the height of the Great Depression faded away once economic prosperity returned. If so, you obviously haven’t considered…
Jim McTague ponders with amusement the strange case of President Obama’s proposal to study potential privatization of the Tennessee Valley Authority. As McTague notes in his “D.C. Current” column for…
Jim McTague‘s latest “D.C. Current” column in Barron’s tells us that — you might want to sit down to prepare for this shocking news — politicians continue to make the…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s writes in the latest issue about a “modest proposal to study the possible sale of the Tennessee Valley Authority.” The president’s budget message calls for a…
It is hoped the brewers locating in the Asheville area will donate spent brewers’ grain to biodiesel manufacturers. A grant of $750,000 has already been awarded from the Biofuels Center…
The TVA has settled to pay North Carolina $11.2 million over five years for reparations for air pollution from its power plants. The first year, a hubbub erupted because a…
The NCGA decided to go 50-50 on this year’s extortion from the TVA. The plan was, at least according to some sources, to award $11.2 million to counties in the…