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Onslow County incident highlights the need for reforms at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association
Published: Sunday, March 26th, 2023 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s administrative code is cluttered with over 1,000 rules whose authorizing statutes have been repealed
Published: Saturday, March 25th, 2023 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Deposits have grown by more than $15 billion in Charlotte-based bank as investors seek safer shelter for their money
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 10:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper released his budget recommendations earlier today.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Previous ruling was legally and procedurally flawed
Published: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 @ 5:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Federal Reserve has aggressively raised target interest rates over the past year to tamp down on rising prices. Even so, inflation persists at worrisome rates. According to today’s release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in February after rising 0.5%
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Declining Labor Force Participation and Real Wages
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 1:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a recent post, I discussed the sudden war on gas-fired stoves and appliances being waged by environmental extremists in government, not just in the Biden administration but even in many cities and counties and some states, too.
Published: Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What defines an activist court? Is it one that establishes new rules by expanding and stretching the constitution to write a perceived wrong, or is it a court that looks to readdress prior rulings and potentially establish precedents more grounded in the constitution?
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 10:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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General Assembly leaders agreed to a bottom-line budget number last week, kicking off the biennium budget season. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) announced that General Fund spending would increase by 6.5% in the first year
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 2:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s state motto offers a great guide to policymakers
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 1:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More judges would be able to complete their elected terms.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teacher pay; in North Carolina, it’s the topic that never goes away.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 2:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina joined the ERIC data-sharing program to clean its voter registration rolls
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What is driving the intolerance in higher education? Is there hope for our nation’s universities?
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 11:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Bill 98 would make long overdue changes to prohibit state and local governments, public schools, and universities from requiring Covid vaccination or discriminating against the unvaccinated, and it would also protect schoolchildren from being forced to wear masks
Published: Saturday, March 18th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina looks poised to pass Medicaid Expansion, the administration is looking to raise taxes
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2023 @ 7:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Donald Bryson, president of the John Locke Foundation, explores some of the most significant points where agriculture policy has the most impact on the world around us.
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Packing policy into budgets harms transparency and accountability
Published: Thursday, March 16th, 2023 @ 1:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s time to recognize that earning a living in North Carolina is a right, not a privilege. Thankfully, North Carolina senators introduced a bill last week to repeal the redundant and antiquated privilege license tax,
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Leaked memo shows that permits for oil drilling were rejected, despite knowing they could producer “greater energy security”
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is a private organization with government powers and funding
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 @ 1:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers push back against efforts to encourage private retirement plans to support ESG investments
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a decade of fighting it, Republicans agree on the largest entitlement expansion in state history
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 11:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I spoke in favor of House Bill 44, removing the literacy test from the North Carolina Constitution at a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee on the morning of March 1. My prepared comments are below:
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 8:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is growing demand for the right to repair technology, especially expensive farm equipment, without being compelled to use the manufacturer’s licensed professionals
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Locke President Donald Bryson on Today's Medicaid Expansion Deal
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cold weather to blame for rationing of fresh fruits and vegetables
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 3:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government subsidies involve policymakers using your money to prop up politically chosen initiatives
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A consensus has been emerging that tutoring is the best way to remedy learning loss
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ian Rowe argues all students could benefit if policymakers paid less attention to racial achievement gaps.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Department of Energy has “quietly” proposed a new energy efficiency rule that could severely restrict sale of gas stoves
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 10:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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New worries as home values plunge in a decrease that hasn’t been seen since the Great Recession
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There’s no doubt, freedom and economic growth is tied to free trade. The less countries and communities are hindered by burdensome and unnecessarily regulations, the more wealth that can be generated.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What a 2020 NC report tells us about this critical avenue for American companies
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 12:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The belief that North Carolina’s electricity-based CO2 emissions are still going up is wrong; they’ve fallen by 46.1 percent since 2005
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cities across New Jersey coastline are banning together to request an investigation into a series of recent whale deaths
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 1:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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