Jon Sanders

Gov. Cooper's office wants to justify direct handouts ("grants") and tax cuts ("tax incentives") to just one industry — film productions — because they'd patronize small businesses in North Carolina.

There is a new tourist attraction in New York City, thanks to the movie "Joker." What is it?

Ohio just enacted regulatory budgeting. For at least the next four years, agencies cannot add a new regulatory restriction without sacrificing two old restrictions.

Housing options increase in high-demand areas unless restrictive zoning laws are in place. If they are in place, however, they're doubly harmful to affordable housing.

The money sections like to print helpful articles on helping people stretch their scarce dollars and warning against the pain of higher prices on necessities. The editorial sections favor policies that confiscate those dollars and create that pain.

More and more, North Carolinians prefer cars, and for good reason: we're blessed with room to spread out.

A recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper shows that higher heating bills costs lives. Keeping energy prices low is doubly important because energy is a basic human need, and as such, anything that raises its costs unnecessarily has a much bigger impact on poor families than on others.

How are things going for Gotcha, Raleigh's hand-picked scooter monopolist? The company just sent out a tweet. What's it say? Oh, dear.