Jon Sanders

In two reports this year, the John Locke Foundation has made the case for modernizing and adopting a license model for liquor sales in North Carolina. That's the kind of model North Carolina already has for beer and wine.

Carolina Journal reported that NC went over the $1 billion mark in renewable energy investment tax credits for solar. Here's a tip: something that doesn't cost you much more as consumers but costs you a great deal as taxpayers costs you a great deal, period.

The governor, his administration, and Wake County commissioners' silence on this is very troubling. Public officials cannot conduct themselves as if they aren't accountable to the people, not in a free state.

That question leads to Dartmouth College economics professor Douglas Irwin’s “A Brief History of International Trade Policy,” which is well worth the read for anyone interested. It’s a topic that I’ve written about frequently during the presidency of Donald Trump. Some examples: Tariffs, like minimum wage hikes, are based…

The bill would make several reforms freeing up North Carolina distilleries from burdensome restrictions — restrictions that aren't faced by their peers in many other states.

With five scooter companies applying, does that mean people working, visiting, and enjoying downtown Raleigh will get to choose among five scooter providers? Oh no.

The Hollywood Reporter is the latest publication to fall for bogus numbers from Georgia on the economic impact of its film tax incentives program.

Here's how media are often lazy in failing to recognize cronyism: they'll suspend their suspicion of big business getting cozy with government when that coziness coincides with their own political preferences.