Becki Gray

Senior Vice President

Posts by Becki Gray (page 7)

  • Wind farms or national security? Eminent domain taking or police power? Sorting it out.

    An interesting land use bill is working it’s way through the General Assembly. You may recall a CJ report from Sept 2015 raising concerns about wind farms interfering with military operations. HB 763 modifies the permitting process for wind farms allowing the Dept of Military and Veteran Affairs…
    Becki Gray, June 22, 2016

  • Occupational licensing restrictions so bad even the federal government stepping in to address the problem.

    Occupational licensing restrictions, essentially a tax on jobs are clearly a problem in NC as regular readers of this blog have learned here and here and here.  Although NC has some of the most restrictions impacting jobs, the problem is pervasive across the country and now for…
    Becki Gray, June 21, 2016

  • CON laws hurting NC; Also hurting Tennessee

    You’ve read all about how Certificate of Needs laws are hurting North Carolina, limiting access, driving up costs and compromising quality of health care.  While the federal government and twelve states have repealed their CON laws, many states, including our neighbors are also moving towards a repeal. A legal…
    Becki Gray, June 20, 2016

  • Time for patient driven, not hospital controlled health care. Break up the monopoly.

    The US Department of Justice and the Attorney General of NC filed a lawsuit against North Carolina’s largest hospital conglomerate, Carolinas HealthCare System (CMS) this week. The complaint alleges CMS has used their market power to charge higher prices, control access and reduce competition by “using unlawful…
    Becki Gray, June 11, 2016

  • Strategic Transportation Investment program. Good idea. Now let it work.

    As you may be aware, both the House and Senate budgets repealed the $500,000 cap on state funding for light rail. For those of us who are not big fans of light rail and believe that taxpayers funding of rail, be it light rail, commuter rail or passenger rail…
    Becki Gray, June 6, 2016

  • What’s killing jobs and stalling the economy? For one thing, occupational licensing. #reformit

    A WSJ piece over the weekend looks at what’s killing jobs and stalling the economy. Many of North Carolina’s reforms have led to a more robust recovery here but there’s still much work left to be done. For much of the nation’s history, this process of what…
    Becki Gray, June 6, 2016

  • These are a few of my favorite things from the Senate budget…..

    There’s a lot to like in the Senate budget. I highlighted a few of my favorite things in the House budget two weeks ago. The Senate has put their budget together now, and there are things to like in it as well. Here are a few of my favorites….
    Becki Gray, June 1, 2016

  • HB 1080 offers real hope, solutions for failing schools

    A bill moving through the North Carolina General Assembly that aggressively addresses the long standing and now critical problem of failing public schools. House Bill 1080, sponsored by Rep. Rob Bryan, Rep. Cecil Brockman and Rep. John Bradford offers three ways to address the very serious problem and to…
    Becki Gray, May 26, 2016