Jon Sanders

Strata Solar disclosed that their "maximum dependable capacity is 0 MW." So are all other solar and wind plants'. If 3,750 homes were exclusively reliant upon their power, they'd be dark and powerless most of the time.

That 7 percent threshold was hugely important for such an arbitrary cutoff. It was problematic for cideries for two reasons. One, cideries cannot perfectly control carbonation or alcohol content, but it’s normally between 5 and 8.5 percent. Two, producing a run with a little too much carbonation or alcohol content can result in enormous tax increases.

To be clear, Senate Bill 359 would not affect the legality of abortion in North Carolina in any way. So why do media and opponents refer to it as an "anti-abortion bill," "abortion bill," a "new restriction against abortion," etc.?

When North Carolina places so many restrictions on distilleries trying to reach customers in their own state, it’s depriving them of their vital, natural consumer base.

There's no reason to think a trade war would make America greater. Now it even appears that the president has abandoned his position that the tariffs are a sure-fired economic winner, as he calls for "patriotic" sacrifice.

Idaho is about to test what happens when the entire regulatory code sunsets and lawmakers have to bring back only the ones they need.

A bill currently before the General Assembly, House Bill 995, would use the new federal definition of hard cider in order to tax it as beer instead of as unfortified wine.

Meanwhile, the U.S. quietly (with help from North Carolina) leads the world in emissions reductions. Why quietly? Good question.