Duke Energy and Dominion Energy have decided to pull the plug on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline The pipeline had faced multiple legal challenges and permitting delays Donald van der Vaart John Locke Foundation senior fellow analyzes the reasons guiding the ACP owners' decision Van der Vaart also discusses the impact for N C electricity ratepayers U S Rep Greg Murphy R- rd District brings an interesting perspective to the COVID- policy debate Murphy is a physician He understands more about COVID- 's health implications than most policymakers Murphy shared his concerns about North Carolina's coronavirus response during a recent Raleigh [... more]

A lawsuit has helped expose controversy surrounding a multimillion-dollar N C Medicaid contract Donald van der Vaart John Locke Foundation senior fellow dissects the issue He says evidence suggests that state regulators manipulated the bidding process to help a favored company State Auditor Beth Wood recently revealed that the N C Transportation Department overspent its budget by million in one year Wood presented those findings to the General Assembly's transportation oversight group You'll hear highlights from Wood's comments and lawmakers' responses Many N C businesses remain closed because of government restrictions tied to COVID- State lawmakers have tried to ease [... more]

North Carolina's Medicaid program is on track to remain under budget for the fourth straight year Federal regulators are also giving high marks to the state's plans for shifting Medicaid to managed care Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way offers an update on major N C Medicaid developments The Trump administration has pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement and dumped the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan That doesn't mean the world is on its way to overheating Patrick Michaels director of the Center for the Study of Science at the libertarian Cato Institute explains why neither [... more]