As a rookie state legislator, now-US Senator Thom Tillis pushed through some draconian alternative energy mandates that required utility providers to buy a certain amount of expensive, taxpayer-subsidized alternative energy
Continue readingWe’ve all seen those weepy commercials about “food deserts” — geographic areas where folks apparently can’t get access to the kind of stuff you find in Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods,
Continue readingIt gets downplayed in the drive by media, but the public school are required to report annually to the legislature on the crime situation within the state’s public schools each
Continue readingFor years, the news has been peppered with stories about politicians setting up study panels and commissions to deal with a certain issue. A lot of hearings and press conferences
Continue readingWe all remember the hubbub over the chief of staff (and roommate) to then-speaker Thom Tillis getting caught in a tryst with a Jones Street lobbyist. Then, late last year,
Continue readingIt appears that Big Government Barbie has launched her national tour. She’s hit Phoenix, and spent the weekend in Austin at South By Southwest. We’ve written before about Renee Ellmers’s
Continue reading“Social Impact Bonds” is one of the new buzz-terms bouncing around the DC Beltway. Bi-partisan “get-something-done” legislation promoting this concept has been introduced in the US House. The subject was
Continue reading“It’s about to get all stupid up in here!” — Michael Scott, Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company Just when you thought things couldn’t get any dumber than having that dude dress
Continue readingThat’s right. You read it correctly. Leftist strategist Thomas Mills is praising the work of new Republican speaker Tim Moore: Speaker Tim Moore is off to an impressive start. In
Continue readingAnswer: When you lower the rate, but monkey with the value of what is getting taxed. This kind of thing happens a lot at the local level. Your county
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