Regulation

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.

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. farmers bracing for the impact of retaliatory tariffs. John Hood’s Daily Journal reminds us why the debate over raising N.C. teacher pay to the national average is misguided.

Nan Hayworth explains for The Hill how the Affordable Care Act thwarts efforts to improve health care in the United States. As a physician whose career in medicine was dedicated to preserving and improving my patients’ health, I know firsthand how important it is for everyone to have…

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

Regardless of his efforts to rein in regulatory excess at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, administrator Scott Pruitt needs to leave his job. That’s the recommendation from National Review Online editors. When President Donald Trump nominated Scott Pruitt for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, he looked like…

North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers have a “positive, large, and statistically significant” impact for low-income students. That’s according to a new report from N.C. State University researchers. Terry Stoops assesses the report’s significance for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Jon Guze analyzes the U.S.

What happens to retailers and service providers in the next recession? They are reliant in the Triangle on consumers who already owe $4.5 billion in credit card debt, an average of $10,000 to $16,000 per household. Until then, experiences are displacing things in storefronts. Alex Marshall starts with a North…

New research continues to highlight the economic burdens imposed by big government regulations and big corporation cronyism in the US. For all the concerns about the heavy hand of Brussels on members of the European Union—and in Europe’s most competitive countries, this was a real concern—the EU has actually reduced…