Jon Sanders

The periodic review process has ended up allowing a large majority of "necessary" rules to continue without any extra scrutiny. There's a simple fix for this problem: Have all "necessary" rules be subject to the readopting process, so that all rules either sunset or actually get reviewed every 10 years. The current version of Senate Bill 735 would do that.

Studies from Yale and Penn State find no impact from fracking on groundwater, while a study from Duke finds that putting fat cells from mice in fracking wastewater for weeks makes them get bigger.

A new look at rulemaking activity in North Carolina shows why the General Assembly's dedication to regulatory reform is so vital. It's also why policymakers need to stay the course for more red tape reduction efforts.

Twenty academic studies on the minimum wage in Canada, but not one support the idea that increasing the minimum wage is good for non-skilled workers. Even our gentle neighbors from the North cannot persuade labor demand curves to slope upwards.

House Bill 374 would continue the annual regulatory reform agenda adopting by Republicans ever since gaining control of the General Assembly in 2011.

Other states have witnessed abuses of such an overbroad police power as the "HOPE" Act's provision that would let police access without a warrant the online database of patient prescription records.

The unique challenges of providing high-speed internet in areas of low population density and difficult terrain would seem to make government intervention more feasible. The irony is, they are what actually make government intervention less feasible.

Once again, no mention — no peep — no hint — in the article about the economics of the minimum wage. It was basically a rehash of rally talking points, an advocacy piece masquerading as journalism.