John Locke Foundation: Prudent Policy / Impeccable Research - Volume XXVII | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's note: We want our readers to understand that there is wise policy afoot here in North Carolina, and to that end, we offer these excellent videos from our associates, in prudent policy research, at the John Locke Foundation.

    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.


JLF's Terry Stoops pans a legal challenge against N.C.'s new opportunity scholarships



Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies, discusses some of the flaws in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new opportunity scholarships. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 555).


JLF's Sarah Curry analyzes the N.C. state budget plan for 2013-15



Sarah Curry, John Locke Foundation director of fiscal policy studies, discusses key elements of the 2013-15 N.C. state budget plan. Curry's comments are tied to the report Budget Basics: Sustaining the present, preserving the future.


Carolina Journal's Rick Henderson discusses a recent redistricting ruling in North Carolina



Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal managing editor, discusses the impact of a three-judge panel's recent ruling upholding North Carolina's legislative and congressional election maps. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 531).">for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 531).

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