News
Proposal would shift energy costs to large users, promote self-generation
NC lawmakers advance bill shifting energy costs to large users while encouraging self-generation and protecting households from rising utility expenses.
News
Locke backs doctor’s CON challenge in new NC Supreme Court filing
The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law with a new filing at the state’s highest court.
Opinion
Lawmakers have chance to end state’s CON game
A vote for Senate Bill 48 could end ongoing legal disputes about a regulation that stifles health care competition.
Opinion
It should be easier to work
Consumers in places where occupational licensing is stricter, and prices higher, are not more satisfied with the work performed than are consumers in less-regulated places.
Opinion
Court ruling highlights problem plaguing N.C. certificate-of-need regime
The courtroom fight over a government permit ignores a key fact important to health care consumers in North Carolina.
Opinion
Increasing allowable sales at distilleries would give businesses fighting chance as N.C. ABC trims product list
The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission is trimming the number of products it lists because, to be blunt, some of those items — i.e. bottles — just aren’t selling. In an email to suppliers Wednesday, sent on behalf of ABC administrator Agnes Stevens, the goal is providing “the optimum selection of products and sizes to meet...
Opinion
North Carolina’s anti–price gouging law makes things worse, not better
The forecast for Hurricane Florence looks bleak. It’s hard to imagine as of this writing, but if the storm proceeds the way it’s predicted to go, then by next week people’s lives and neighborhoods in many areas of the state, from the coastal towns to the central Piedmont, will be radically altered. In the next...
Opinion
Asheville Declares War on Airbnb
Asheville, a tourist mecca, is pursuing a policy that could damage that reputation.
Opinion
Asheville’s Odd War Against Airbnb
Fuzzy economic logic drives the city’s campaign to limit short-term home rentals.
Opinion
Workers Gain from Freedom
When governors and state legislatures make their economies freer — through tax relief, regulatory relief, and labor-market reforms — who stands to benefit?
Opinion
Big Government Slams Small Firms
Researchers found that, adjusting for other factors, the number of small firms tends to be lower in states with more and costlier regulations.
Opinion
Time to Flush the Nanny State and Shine the Light on Unseen Freedoms
The Founders had no need to spell out your right to choose your own light bulb and toilet. They protected that right just the same.
