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threat to cut off federal funds bring change to school district policy
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2026 @ 4:37 pm
By: John Steed
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How federal policies influenced family formation and the mid-20th century baby boom — and could do so again.
Published: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 @ 4:47 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal cuts to Medicaid expansion could cost the state billions; thankfully, policymakers have options to lessen the effect
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 @ 5:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The city of Raleigh is asking a federal court to drop the city from a High Point woman's lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 COVID policy protest.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Says Consumers Who Built Up Good Credit Scores Will Be Punished
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 11:49 pm
By: ENC NOW
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On Thursday night, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from implementing a policy that would have allowed the Customs and Border Protection officials to release migrants currently in custody without a court date, if containment facilities were overcrowded.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said on Thursday that she expects policymakers will increase the target federal funds rate beyond 5.0% as inflationary pressures continue to impact the economy.
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2023 @ 8:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Stocks slid after officials at the Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% increase in the target federal funds rate on Wednesday, continuing a slowdown from previous rate hikes meant to combat inflation and marking caution from policymakers given recent tumult in the banking sector.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 4:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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Crime rates across the U.S. have steadily risen since the start of the 2020s, in stark contrast to the steady decline seen since the 1990s. Former federal prosecutor Tom Hogan sat down with PragerU to break down four policy changes that could rapidly reverse that trend.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 10:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank will refrain from advancing social policy, especially with respect to climate change.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 10:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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The girls argued biological men should not be allowed in girls' sports.
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 @ 7:19 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell remarked during a Wednesday speech that central bankers will likely slow their implementation of contractionary monetary policy this month.
Published: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 @ 4:36 am
By: Daily Wire
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday from six Republican attorneys general against the Biden administration for its policy to cancel $10,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 10:12 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federally-funded paper proposes having social justice metrics partially supplant merit when awarding science research funding.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2022 @ 1:12 am
By: Daily Wire
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Criminals being aided by US govt.
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2022 @ 1:17 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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A U.S. District Court in Tennessee has temporarily barred the Biden administration from enforcing a policy that would have required states to allow athletes who identify as transgender to play on the sports teams of the gender they identify with.
Published: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 @ 11:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned on Saturday that efforts from the central bank to tackle inflation would produce higher unemployment.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 1:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Federal Reserve announced an increase in interest rates Wednesday afternoon, boosting the cost of borrowing money by 0.75%, the largest increase in a single meeting in nearly 30 years.
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2022 @ 3:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Carolina Journal makes a wide sweeping evaluation of the news that most effects us here in North Carolina, and is distilled, here on BCN, for your clear understanding by the electronic means of video broadcast.
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 8:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $40 million from the federal Charter Schools Program, in a major policy shift away from the bipartisan support that charter schools have enjoyed in recent years.
Published: Friday, August 6th, 2021 @ 3:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Kylee Zempel of the Federalist highlights flaws in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s dubious approach to pandemic policy.
Published: Wednesday, July 7th, 2021 @ 8:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When we think of Leftist energy policy, a lot of us think of federal policy — the Green New Deal and the Biden version of the Green New Deal.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Andrew Latham writes for the Federalist about foreign policy challenges involving China.
Published: Friday, December 25th, 2020 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Douglas Carr offers National Review Online readers a critique of the Federal Reserve‘s latest policy change.
Published: Friday, September 18th, 2020 @ 8:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On July 8, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon issued his “Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs,” which served to herald a new era in Federal Indian policy: Indian Self-Determination.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 4:39 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, touted the administration’s recent success in securing a new federal employee paid leave policy during an interview on Sunday and discussed the path forward for Americans who work in the private sector.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 @ 8:03 pm
By: Daily Wire
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When North Carolina governors and lawmakers talk about “the state budget,” they rarely tell you the whole truth.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 8:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deserves a big "Thank you." In calling for top marginal tax rates of 70 percent, the freshman U.S. representative from New York is attracting attention to often-neglected issues linked to federal tax policy.
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 9:02 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In today's polarized political environment, I'm often asked how I think America can come back together. My answer is pretty simple: we learn to leave each other alone.
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ 3:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Federal environmental regulations are battering farmers, and public policy research analyst Darren Bakst believes there is a mechanism to address the plight
Published: Friday, December 1st, 2017 @ 10:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Christian student group at North Carolina State University filed a federal lawsuit against school officials Tuesday over its policy requiring a permit for any kind of student speech or communication anywhere on campus
Published: Saturday, April 30th, 2016 @ 4:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler recently said he may revisit state restrictions on municipalities' involvement in the broadband business. Those comments have raised some eyebrows, both in the broadband industry and among public policy analysts.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest federal employment data for North Carolina support the case that a fiscally conservative approach to state fiscal policy is helping improve the economy's long-term outlook. That's the assessment from John Locke Foundation President John Hood.
Published: Sunday, April 20th, 2014 @ 10:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In February, Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler declared that the North Carolina General Assembly had no authority to determine telecommunications policy in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 9:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Headlines in recent months have attracted attention to technical problems associated with HealthCare.gov, the primary website associated with the federal Affordable Care Act. While some technical issues remain to be resolved, Hadley Heath, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum...
Published: Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the byproducts of social media is the rehashing of GIF-filled entertainment pages featuring cute animals, compilations of "photo bombs," and other time-wasters.
Published: Friday, December 20th, 2013 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you are even an occasional reader of this space, you know that I put very little stock in "best places for business" lists. There are too many of them, reflecting too many different and mutually incompatible methodologies. They produce conflicting information and often bear little relationship...
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 8:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the run-up to the federal budget sequester, President Barack Obama tipped his hand about a seemingly small matter that will actually have a big effect on his signature domestic-policy initiative, the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If anyone in your family has gone to college in recent years, you are probably aware of the Federal Pell Grant Program. A recent report from the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy analyzes the program to determine where the money goes and whether it's being used effectively.
Published: Saturday, October 20th, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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