On Oct. 17, John Stossel alerted “Stossel TV” viewers to the threat of California bureaucrats imposing their trucking regulations outside their own borders. The episode was given the ironic title “California’s Green Dream: Coming to Your State?” The episode focused on Pennsylvania, whose “Environmental Quality Board decided to automatically copy rules from California” and said...
Many were surprised to hear President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday about his administration’s complete turnaround in allowing the resumption of building the border wall in South Texas including Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd. He was even more surprised to learn that the waiver of 26 federal laws the Biden Administration is calling for is very similar with one exception, to legislation that Budd proposed in February.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to regulate emissions and require states to shift to clean energy sources from existing power plants. Environmentalists fear this harm to their cause, but it should be seen as an opportunity. Despite what headlines suggest, this ruling does not prevent the EPA from regulating air pollutants. Instead,...
On Thursday, June 30, the Supreme Court handed down one of its final opinions for the 2021-2022 term in what may be one of the most consequential rulings for administrative law the high court has seen in years. The case, West Virginia v. EPA, dealt with “basic questions about self-government, equality, fair notice, federalism, and...
Hemp farmers and retailers across North Carolina rejoiced Wednesday afternoon as the Senate voted 41-2 in favor of S.B. 455, Conform Hemp with Federal Law, keeping hemp legal in the state, and removing it from State Controlled Substances Act.
Hemp growers and retailers in North Carolina may be helped by a provision in a Senate bill that was discussed in a Senate committee meeting Tuesday.
Gov. Roy Cooper issued several executive orders waiving enforcement of transportation-related regulations to help the agriculture industry prepare for Hurricane Florence. If the rules can be suspended temporarily, why impose them permanently? One reason is that states must obey federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations dealing with pollution. But after the natural disaster unfolding across North...
Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues. The concerns surfaced during a Wednesday, Aug. 29, meeting of the Joint Legislative Committee on Governmental Operations. Lawmakers created an investigative subcommittee to probe Cooper’s involvement...
The House completed the snub of Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto with a 73-44 override vote, as a single Democrat, outgoing Wake County Rep. Duane Hall, joined a unified Republican caucus. The House vote on the Republican-written $23.9 billion budget Tuesday, June 12, followed the Senate’s June 7 override. A veto override requires a three-fifths...
Gov. Roy Cooper took three strikes in Wake County Superior Court this week as judges ruled in favor of the General Assembly in a continuing battle over separation of powers. Political analysts say the rulings, while an immediate defeat for Cooper, aren’t the end of the story. The setbacks involved legal fights between Cooper and...
State Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, is worried $92 million from a national Volkswagen consent decree over Clean Air Act violations might get tangled up in another separation-of-powers showdown between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly. With the nasty battle over the governor’s foiled attempt to create a $57.8 million Atlantic Coast Pipeline escrow fund...
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