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Controversial energy legislation narrowly passes NC House despite widespread opposition Published 7:18 p.m. yesterday Solar farms, he announced on the House floor yesterday, make deer meat inedible. “I’ve been told if deer eat vegetation around these things the meat might not be fit for human consumption,” Pittman (R-Cabarrus) said on the House floor yesterday, in opposition to House Bill 951.  Rep. Larry Pittman: Concerned about solar panels’ effect on venison (Photo: NCGA) While folklore and falsehoods aren’t the best bases for policymaking, a ‘no’ vote is a ‘no’ vote, an...

Conor Friedersdorf Jul 09, 2021 8:05 PM ET Actors on both sides are taking positions that they reject in other circumstances. Prior to this year, observers of American politics could expect a bill targeting discrimination on the basis of race or sex (as at least six of the seven concepts named in the legislation do) to be disproportionately supported by Democrats invoking values such as diversity, inclusion, and the importance of combatting hate, and disproportionately opposed by Republicans citing concerns about restricting individual liberty and needlessly inviting costly, frivolous litigat...

Legislators in both the N.C. House and Senate took a short break from pressing business today to mark the 91st birthday of Thomas Sowell. The Gastonia native has injected important economic concepts into high-profile national public policy debates for decades. John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke had urged state officials to honor Sowell during a recent edition of her “Right AOC on Point” video series. Rep. John Torbett and Sen. Ted Alexander, both of whom represent Gaston County, submitted official statements honoring Sowell within their respective chambers. Both followed up the formal wr...

Legislation claims to protect students from certain lines of political thought but pushes the opposite line of political thought

Teachers and professors in Idaho will be prevented from “indoctrinating” students on race. Oklahoma teachers will be prohibited from saying