Jon Sanders

The NYT is upset, but that doesn't change the reality that fixed-rail lines are a 19th century solution with a 19th century authoritarian approach to a 21st century problem. Should we build a super-expensive fixed line, when we could have flexible busing — oh, and Uber and Lyft?

Recent research and results continue to affirm outcomes expected by economists (but not media or progressives) from hiking the minimum wage.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the Obama administration had estimated that the mid-Atlantic OCS holds about 2.4 billion technically recoverable barrels of oil and 2.34 trillion technically recoverable cubic feet of natural gas.

There are some good quotes in John Trump's Carolina Journal piece today about the "compromise" bills to raise the distribution cap on craft breweries but retain the three-tier system.

Senate Bill 246 would move North Carolina craft breweries into a relatively freer environment in terms of self-distribution.

Last week I talked about occupational licensing reforms in Idaho and Ohio. Reform is also on the minds of policymakers in Wisconsin, Maine, and Arizona.

North Carolina is one of the states that make it very difficult for a recently released — and presumed rehabilitated — worker to find a job in his field. North Carolina has 641 different disqualifications in state occupational licensing laws for having a criminal record.

North Carolina's Alcoholic Beverage Control system is a bureaucrat maze. I recently published a Spotlight report offering a primer on the ABC system. Here are several recent posts and research briefs I've made to answer questions about various aspects of the ABC system.