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The voter rage propelling the presidential candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders is not just an American phenomenon
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 12:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate leaders on Tuesday began unveiling their $22.2 billion General Fund budget, including a nearly 20 percent pay boost for teachers over two years, a middle-class tax cut, and a tuition freeze for UNC system students
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Several state Supreme Court justices showed skepticism during a Wednesday hearing over the constitutionality of a recent law establishing "retention" elections for appellate court judges
Published: Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 @ 6:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's cheap to borrow right now. That doesn't mean you ought to load up with new debt, however, and this same wisdom applies to the public sector
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 7:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The city wants to spend a large amount of taxpayers’ money to build a ballpark complex. It won’t just be a ballpark. The facility would also be designed to host soccer, lacrosse, and other sporting events.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 6:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After some debate, a bill that would allow five of North Carolina's lowest-performing schools to be taken over by the state as part of a major rehabilitation effort passed on May 25 in the House Committee for K-12 Education
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 10:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Wednesday, June 1st, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the inescapable consequences of writing a syndicated column on politics and public policy for nearly 30 years is that I am constantly told what I think and why I think it
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As recent controversies in North Carolina and elsewhere have established, political debate is only partially about facts, principles, and logic
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 @ 8:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Economics & Environment Update: Time to get serious about capital gains, the next step in tax reformLast week I discussed and endorsed the idea that, instead of trying to create a consumption tax by abolishing the income tax and reforming the sales tax, North Carolina should instead use the existing apparatus of the income tax to accomplish that same goal.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper may be required to reimburse the University of North Carolina system for legal fees it must pay following Cooper's refusal to represent the university in a federal lawsuit over the state's controversial House Bill 2
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 3:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory announced Monday that he plans to expand the state's Medicaid rolls in several limited areas as part of his Health and Human Services budget priorities, and will continue to seek broader expansion from the White House.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few years, ever since the tax reform of 2013 took hold in North Carolina, there has been a steady push to expand the sales tax to services in an attempt to make it a more pure consumption tax.
Published: Monday, May 30th, 2016 @ 11:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ideally, those who want to improve teacher recruitment and retention in North Carolina would have sufficient information about why teachers choose to leave our public schools to teach in another state
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 5:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 5:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've been witness to a level of ideologically driven mass media hysteria in recent weeks unseen since the Duke lacrosse rape hoax story
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 4:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Sunday, May 29th, 2016 @ 3:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Political pundits continue to debate the sources of Donald Trump's success during the 2016 Republican presidential primary process
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I first advocated the idea of parental choice in elementary and secondary education, it was considered by many to be a radical notion.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered some interesting surprises in the consolidated group of cases known as Zubik v. Burwell
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 12:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate plan to modify North Carolina's current teacher pay system would see K-12 educators reach the top of their earnings potential over a 15-year period, rather than the 33-year timeframe that existed in the 2013-14 school year
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 3:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At least half of North Carolina, primarily rural, seems to be in decline. That's the dramatic conclusion you'll sometimes hear drawn from the latest Census Bureau county-level population estimates
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Anticipated low voter turnout, new geographic boundaries, 23 candidates, and a court-induced, drastically compressed campaign schedule present a fascinating political script
Published: Friday, May 27th, 2016 @ 2:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last few years, ever since the tax reform of 2013 took hold in North Carolina, there has been a steady push to expand the sales tax to services in an attempt to make it a more pure consumption tax
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 5:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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So far, 2016 has turned out to be a momentous year in state politics - and the general election is still months away
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A newly released state audit has revealed shortcomings in the state government information technology system that could compromise security.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2016 @ 1:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday afternoon the Charlotte City Council pulled discussion of a possible repeal of its nondiscrimination ordinance, which included a controversial provision allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender with which they identify
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 2:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A report commissioned by the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System on the potential impact of the North Carolina Guaranteed Admission Program contains inaccurate information that should be acknowledged during legislative discussions about any changes in NCGAP
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 5:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I often have wondered how many North Carolinians have taken the time to study or at least generally refer to the North Carolina Constitution
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 1:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Monday, May 23rd, 2016 @ 3:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, after considerable debate, voted to provide $8.7 million for the State Bureau of Investigation to buy an airplane
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 10:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If we want North Carolina to grow and develop robustly, we have to raise taxes and use the money to "invest" in education, Medicaid, infrastructure, and other public services
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 4:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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