The Trump administration and congressional leaders are at loggerheads over another COVID-19 relief package that may effectively provide state and local governments with another bailout.
Published: Friday, October 2nd, 2020 @ 9:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Transitioning to a much more somber topic and one that is very important to the President, I want to talk a little bit about our police officers.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 3:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Because the state hasn't passed an actual budget bill since FY 2018-19, however, the recommendations are essentially spending adjustments because there is no actual budget to adjust.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Robert VerBruggen of National Review Online highlights the latest haggling on Capitol Hill over COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. political history, the Republican speaker of the Ohio House was arrested Tuesday along with four others and faces charges of federal corruption and campaign finance violations.
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2020 @ 10:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina state revenues have taken a major hit since the Coronavirus outbreak began.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It’s not difficult to find bad policy examples from government-enacted lockdowns due to coronavirus, yet virtually none are worse than the idea of the federal government bailing out the states.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 3:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Are people listening to medical doctors anymore when it comes to COVID-19?
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 5:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Friday, May 15, 2020, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) voted against H. Res. 965 and H.R. 6800.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Willis Krumholz argues in a Federalist column that huge federal deficits “kill blue-collar America.” The federal government’s response to COVID-19 hasn’t helped.
Published: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Estimates vary. But the economic effects could last over a year.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 11:30 am
By: LifeZette
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John Fund of National Review Online offers a recommendation to address airlines struggling with the impact of the coronavirus.
Published: Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a recent tweet, former President Barack Obama declared, “Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and job creation.”
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 @ 12:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The times have a fin de siècle feel for small-government conservatives.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 4:47 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We're lifting up forgotten communities, creating exciting new opportunities, and helping every American find their path to the American Dream - the dream of a great job, a safe home, and a better life for their children.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 11:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In many respects, the backgrounds of incumbent Republican Sen. Wesley Meredith and Democratic challenger Kirk DeViere are similar
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2018 @ 1:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sometimes things happen slowly and then all at once, like love or bankruptcy. Sometimes they just happen suddenly, like a car accident or hitting the jackpot on a slot machine
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As China tangles with the President Trump over trade, North Carolina growers fear a collapse in demand, and say that even Trump's proposed $12 billion boost in farm subsidies won't stanch the billions they would bleed in a prolonged trade war
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2018 @ 11:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How should North Carolina be governed? The same question can be asked about any other state in America, or any other country in the world. It's a critical question
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 12:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The outcome of the presidential election puzzled many people. How could such a brash, offensive personality - who didn't understand the nuances of conservatism, who spoke in politically incorrect tweets -win election to lead the world's greatest nation? How could such a dark campaign bring us this
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 5:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones has been representing eastern North Carolina in the U.S. House for 11 terms. He's hoping to make it 12.
Published: Monday, November 7th, 2016 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has just been approved to raise the premiums of its health plans within the state's Affordable Care Act exchanges by an average of 24 percent
Published: Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 @ 11:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The United States has grown far too large to still be considered a "republican form of government" as guaranteed under Article IV. The question is this: How do we get this form of self-government back?
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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In 2014, North Carolina State University became the new home for PowerAmerica, a $140 million dollar project aimed at promoting research in the advanced electronics industry. Just two years later, NC State is back in the headlines, this time with a focus on energy
Published: Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 @ 4:03 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 5278, the PROMESA Act, a bailout of Puerto Rico
Published: Monday, June 13th, 2016 @ 11:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against the Conference Report to H.R. 22, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The 1,000-page bill includes a five-year, $305 billion reauthorization for federal highway and transit programs. The bill would also reauthorize the...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:15 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Yesterday, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted against H.R. 597, a bill which would revive the lapsed Export-Import Bank
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 3:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This year's legislative session turned out to be an ideological struggle, not between Republicans and Democrats, but between two factions within the Republican Party. (The factions exist outside the GOP as well, but Republicans control the governor's office and hold supermajorities to make...
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 @ 5:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Conservatives just helped oust a speaker who was okay with the Wall Street bailout, debt ceiling increases, and amnesty for illegals.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 4:14 am
By: Brant Clifton
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This year's legislative session turned out to be an ideological struggle, not between Republicans and Democrats but between two factions within the Republican Party. This tension goes to the heart of one's belief in free markets as the most moral and efficient way to organize economic activity...
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2015 @ 10:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To hear some policymakers talk, one would think colleges and universities exist mainly to enhance economic growth rather than to educate.
Published: Monday, July 6th, 2015 @ 10:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Last week I reported that, based on this quote, the actions of the Governor and many state legislators in pushing new corporate welfare schemes were at odds with the Republican Party Platform. I was wrong. Shortly after my newsletter went out, I received an email telling me that, in the latest...
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans from Governor McCrory and Commerce Secretary John Skvarla to the leadership and rank and file alike in the General Assembly are falling all over themselves trying to extend and expand so-called business incentive programs, aka corporate welfare. So what does the platform of the party...
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 8:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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