Late last night the NC House approved an amendment to an otherwise little-discussed regulatory reform bill. The amendment would cap the state's renewable energy portfolio standard ... Keep Reading
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Are Solar Lobbyists in NC Trying to Hide Their Money Trail?
Last week, Civitas published Part I in a series of articles exposing the "Big Solar" power players in NC behind the push for crony policies favoring solar energy. Friday Civitas ... Keep Reading
SPECIAL REPORT, PART II: Are Solar Lobbyists Trying to Hide Their Money Trail?
By Francis De Luca and Susan Myrick PART 2 Are Solar Lobbyists Trying to Hide Their Money Trail? In part one of this series we reported on right-of-center political ... Keep Reading
“Conservatives” Push for Big Solar Funded by the Left
A special report posted yesterday by the Civitas Institute spotlights the funders pushing the "big solar" lobby in North Carolina. What do President Barack Obama and a growing ... Keep Reading
Why Business Incentives Won’t Help NC
By Garland S. Tucker III and Francis X. De Luca: In previous years, Republicans rightly attacked then-Gov. Bev. Perdue’s use of economic incentives to promote growth in North ... Keep Reading
Former Commerce Secretary: Corporate Welfare About Elections, Not Jobs
WRAL.com continues its series examining North Carolina's web of corporate welfare schemes, in this article highlighting how taxpayer funds for corporate subsidies are heavily ... Keep Reading
News Series Investigates NC’s Corporate Welfare Schemes
WRAL.com today launched an investigative series examining the use of economic incentives (i.e. corporate welfare) in NC. Of note in the article is the proliferation of government ... Keep Reading
Could NC’s Economy Grow Without Handouts to Cronies?
The N&O today published my article describing what I'd like to see in a special session in Raleigh to address economic incentives. A sample: Imagine with me for a moment what ... Keep Reading
You Lose If Mudcats Grab $1.5M Scoreboard
What would you say to an investment adviser who said, “I want you to invest some money in a failing enterprise”? Especially if she added, “You’ve already put a bunch of money into ... Keep Reading
Civitas Action to Grade JDIG Votes
Sept. 3, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 Francis.deluca@nccivitas.org News reports indicate that Gov. Pat McCrory and members of the ... Keep Reading
