North Carolina's solar energy industry depends on heavy subsidies from taxpayers and electric ratepayers State legislators recently heard a presentation from Duke Energy spelling out the details of those subsidies Dan Way Carolina Journal associate editor recaps the presentation's highlights and the reaction from state lawmakers North Carolina's premier higher education watchdog recently changed its name The James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal honors North Carolina's only two-term Republican governor of the th century Martin explains why he was willing to lend his name to the group while Martin Center President Jenna Robinson explains the group's priorities for the [... more]