regulation

Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing North Carolina’s latest unemployment data. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s lingering employment woes provide plenty of…

Over the past decade the “demand side management” (DSM) model of public policy has crept into the state of North Carolina’s approach to regulation. Advocates of DSM are clear in making explicit their goals of social engineering and the rearrangement of lifestyles. The language in their guiding documents are replete with references to “behavior modification” and “restraining and restricting” certain activities or lifestyle choices. DSM is inconsistent with a free society, where the role of government is to respond to constituent demands, not manage and control them.

Click here to view and here to listen to Daren Bakst discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Gov. Beverly Perdue has taken a step in the right direction…

Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing North Carolina’s latest unemployment data. RALEIGH — North Carolina has little reason to celebrate as its…

Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing North Carolina’s latest unemployment data. RALEIGH — Business owners trying to navigate the maze of new…

North Carolina policymakers should eliminate provider licensing, certificate-of-need laws, and mandated health insurance benefits. Short of this, the state can accept alternative forms of credentialing and ensure consumers have the right to purchase optional benefits at additional cost. These regulations limit access to health care providers and health insurance by artificially constraining markets.

Click here to view and here to listen to Joseph Coletti discussing this Policy Report. RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers should eliminate certificate-of-need laws, mandated health insurance benefits,…

RALEIGH — Now that North Carolina has registered nearly a full year of double-digit unemployment, state leaders should examine the obstacles that block creation of new jobs in this state.

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s latest record-breaking unemployment numbers and recent projections of slow economic growth should prompt the state’s elected leaders to rethink their tax and spending policies. That’s the…

RALEIGH — A smoking ban proposal under consideration in the N.C. House and Senate would create a “major threat” to personal freedom and property rights. That’s the assessment a John…