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Advocating for making energy more affordable and reliable, Locke provides groundbreaking research and policy proposals that looks to halt the government’s destructive green energy transition.
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online that Gov. Roy Cooper argues that nearly $58 million connected to construction of the new Atlantic Coast Pipeline represents a “voluntary contribution” to…
Energy
Zinke, exploration, and gas funds
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is coming to North Carolina to meet with Roy Cooper tomorrow morning after meeting with South Carolina Governor McMaster this afternoon. WRAL reports: Both…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The Triangle made the cut as Amazon narrowed its list to 20 potential sites for a second corporate headquarters. Rick Henderson discusses the pursuit of Amazon’s HQ2 during the next…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Save now or save later? Federal tax cuts prompts Duke to propose changes
Duke outlines several options to the NCUC for pass its tax savings onto its customers, but they would depend on whether your power comes from Duke Energy Carolinas or Duke…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Road To Freedom in North Carolina
First principles are not only relevant today, we’re using them to drive North Carolina’s transformation to First in Freedom among the states. How are we doing it? WATCH.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Federal tax cuts could turn Duke’s big rate hike into a rate cut
Customers of many other utilities across the nation have been happy to see their electricity rates fall thanks to recent federal tax cuts. North Carolinians have to be wondering if we…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Appropriating the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
If the governor directs where money goes and for what purpose, is it government spending? That is just one of a number of questions that arose after Gov. Roy Cooper…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Is The $57.8 Million State Money?
Check out the latest reporting on North Carolina’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal from Carolina Journal. This story compares the agreements made by Virginia and North Carolina, and includes a great…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online features
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online on significant differences between Atlantic Coast Pipeline approval deals in Virginia and North Carolina. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why geography presents a…
Energy
Updated Carolina Journal Pipeline Story Here
From Carolina Journal: Is a financial agreement between the governor of North Carolina and a private party legal just because the governor says so? That’s the gist of the memorandum…
Energy
Listen To It Here: On His WBT Radio Show, Former Gov. McCrory Talks w/ Rick Henderson About Cooper’s Pipeline ‘Discretionary’ Fund
Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson joined former Gov. Pat McCrory on McCrory’s WBT radio show Monday to talk about the $58 million ‘discretionary’ fund outside of General Assembly authority that’s part…
Energy
It’s a Slush Fund For The Cooper Administration, Folks. Details Here.
It’s a slush fund, folks. Carolina Journal reports here on a $58 million fund outside of General Assembly authority that’s part of the Cooper administration’s deal to allow construction of…