General Assembly
Legislative oversight protects liberties, saves taxpayer money, and maintains constitutional balance
A recent oversight hearing in the North Carolina House provided fireworks, but it also made an honest assessment of problems in Mecklenburg County and took steps towards addressing them Legislative oversight maintains the…
The lingering effects of bad policy choices
On Nov. 20, Duke Energy announced that it had requested rate increases from the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) of 15.0 percent for Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) customers and 15.1 percent for Duke Energy Progress…
MVP Southgate gets a key state permit after years of denials
With the MVP Southgate project getting a critical state water permit, North Carolina is finally set to get its second interstate natural gas pipeline The state would have already had more pipelines were it not for Gov. Roy…
The budget failure and its consequences
Last month, I urged the North Carolina General Assembly to send a biennial budget to Gov. Josh Stein’s desk before Thanksgiving. I suggested that date for clear reasons: Since at least 1995, the General Assembly has always…
Duke plan confirms greater productivity of nuclear, natural gas
Duke’s latest resource plan filing shows how unreliable its planned new solar capacity is relative to new nuclear and natural gas capacity The plan shows that natural gas is roughly twice as productive as solar, while nuclear…
More reliability coming for North Carolina power consumers
The latest resource plan filed by Duke Energy reflects a rapidly changing energy environment in North Carolina The good news is that there will be much more reliable, baseload-capable natural gas and nuclear capacity added to…
Now that the General Assembly has redrawn congressional districts redrawn, consider reform
The North Carolina General Assembly has joined other states in mid-decade redistricting ahead of the 2026 elections Recent redistricting reform legislation has all the elements needed to prevent gerrymandering in North…
When the budget deadline died
North Carolina is now nearly four months into the fiscal year, yet lawmakers have not enacted a budget for the 2025–27 biennium — or even sent a proposal to the governor’s desk. Before 2016, when a budget wasn’t in place by…
Do private schools in North Carolina have room to grow?
A new report from the John Locke Foundation sheds light on private school capacity in light of rising private school enrollment and increased participation in North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship voucher program Although…
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