carolina cronyism

My latest article for the American Institute for Economic Research takes note of the fact that, thanks to Eric Rowell of Hunterville’s question, the celebrated “economic impact” study for Charlotte’s proposed Transformational Mobility Network has no opportunity costs built into the model. “None.” This is a perennial problem with economic…

CAISO wants the DoE to suspend air-pollution rules so it can use natural gas turbines as "back-up power generation and freeing up additional energy capacity to help alleviate electric demand on the electricity grid." 

“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes. — “Silver Blaze,” from The Memoirs of…

People with a medical need for mobile PET scanners are harmed while health care companies wage high-stakes battles in state courts over state agency decisions regarding a law that 15 states and the federal government have already ditched for making health care more costly and less accessible to citizens.

The total count is $1,522,891,600 in state money pledged to 97 corporations.

So far this year, Cooper has pledged $930.7 million to just 22 corporations. But he denounces cutting the tax burden on all NC businesses, over 930,000 of which are small businesses.

Media won't tell this story at all. How do I know? Because they haven't. It would involve reporting on Gov. Roy Cooper and Atty. Gen. Josh Stein breaking their promises to electricity consumers, which Must Not Ever Be Reported.

A bill before the General Assembly would restore the state's protection of North Carolina's top stakeholders in electricity policy: the consumers. Such protection is absolutely vital.