Opinion
Puncturing Wind Power Myths
The state should repeal all subsidies supporting wind power, which should succeed or fail on its own merits.
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JLF Legal Expert Says Eugenics Compensation Should Go Only to Living Victims
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s eugenics program sterilized more than 7,600 people between 1929 and 1974. Unlike most states with eugenics policies, the number of sterilizations in North Carolina actually increased after World War II.
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Morehead City Workshop To Examine Effects of Wind Power on Coast
RALEIGH -- Experts from the John Locke Foundation, American Tradition Institute, and George Mason University will meet Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Morehead City to poke holes in the stories coastal North Carolina residents have been hearing about wind power.
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Wilmington Workshop To Examine Impacts of Wind Energy on Coast
RALEIGH — Experts from the John Locke Foundation, American Tradition Institute, and George Mason University will meet Monday, Dec. 5, in Wilmington to poke holes in the stories coastal North Carolina residents have been hearing about wind power.
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JLF Letters Stop Some Governments From Pushing Sales-Tax Increases
RALEIGH — In each letter, JLF legal expert Daren Bakst urged the school system or government to remove illegal material "immediately" from its website and to "cease disseminating" the material in any manner. He also requested public records connected with the sales-tax referendums.
Opinion
North Carolina Has An Individual Mandate
In some ways, the renewable energy mandate in Senate Bill 3 is worse than ObamaCare.
Opinion
North Carolina Has An Individual Mandate
In some ways, the renewable energy mandate in Senate Bill 3 is worse than ObamaCare.
News
Smart Meters Could Raise Costs for Consumers Using Less Electricity
RALEIGH — Utilities now have three ways to satisfy the requirement: produce their own renewable energy; purchase renewable energy from another producer; or reduce energy consumption through energy efficiency measures (although only a portion of the requirement can be met through efficiency).
Opinion
The Tar Heel State Already Has An Individual Mandate
In some ways, the renewable energy mandate in Senate Bill 3 is worse than ObamaCare. At least with the mandate in ObamaCare, you will receive health insurance. Under S.B. 3's mandate, North Carolinians will pay to receive little or nothing in return.
Opinion
Ballot Access Laws Undermine the Right to Vote
North Carolina has the nation's third-most restrictive ballot access laws for political parties. North Carolina also makes it more difficult than most states in allowing independent candidates for Congress to gain access to the ballot.
Opinion
North Carolina Needs Protection from Eminent Domain Abuse
No person should lose his home or his land because the government believes another private party can make better use of it.
News
Report Spells Out Impact of Climate Policies
RALEIGH – A new John Locke Foundation report guides North Carolinians through “vague, overbroad” policies proposed to help the state address global warming. The report shows how the policy proposals would raise taxes, hurt the poor, and limit consumers’ choices.
