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Policymakers must prepare for Medicaid expansion’s unraveling
Published: Sunday, July 27th, 2025 @ 2:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Total household wealth in the United States fell $6.1 trillion dollars in the second quarter of 2022, according to data released on Friday by the Federal Reserve.
Published: Thursday, September 29th, 2022 @ 12:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The White House announced a plan on Tuesday to “end hunger” through the expansion of welfare programs.
Published: Wednesday, September 28th, 2022 @ 9:19 am
By: Daily Wire
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National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said on Wednesday that the United States can address high inflation by passing more spending bills.
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 @ 9:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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State agencies are asking residents to take the N.C. Broadband Survey to help determine which areas are unserved or underserved.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 12:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New Treasury guidance on state and local Covid relief spending is a nod to government and a flippant disregard of taxpayers and small businesses.
Published: Friday, March 4th, 2022 @ 7:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this month, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors held their annual retreat, where they heard from several experts aligned with Golden LEAF’s priority areas, received updates on the progress of the strategic plan implementation, and revisited some of the strategic plan outcomes.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Left insists government is better poised than you to spend more of your hard-earned money.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This month many families across North Carolina are receiving an installment of the advance Child Tax Credit federal payment, which provides them with up to half of their total credit and bolsters their income to meet immediate needs for children’s health and well-being.
Published: Wednesday, November 10th, 2021 @ 7:46 am
By: Governor's Office
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Majority of Council of State Decline to Concur with Extension of State Evictions Order.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 3:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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In case you’re wondering what’s happened with all the money appropriated to public schools through the federal ‘relief’ bills, you’re not alone.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest two-year budget plan would spend far too much money, setting North Carolina’s state government on an unsustainable future path.
Published: Friday, March 26th, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Consensus revenue forecast shows revenues will exceed May 2020 projections by $4.1 billion
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 5:59 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today outlined a plan for allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds for immediate needs and investing state resources to help North Carolina communities build back as the state turns the corner on the pandemic.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 8:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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The United States recently experienced an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Published: Monday, November 16th, 2020 @ 12:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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As North Carolina grapples with President Trump’s call to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on the moment — using the fight to appeal to their respective bases.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 1:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The federal government is sending out a $1,200 Federal Economic Impact Payments (otherwise known as a federal stimulus payment) for a qualifying adult.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 1:42 am
By: Governor's Office
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The good news: North Carolina state government is better financially prepared for the coming economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic than previous economic crises.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 8:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and N.C. Gov.-elect Roy Cooper are among those who have sent public thoughts and prayers to the family of former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who was hospitalized Thursday with an undisclosed illness.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Monday, October 3rd, 2016 @ 5:01 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's 2016-17 state budget responsibly limited the growth rate of state spending, wisely padded the state's Rainy Day Fund, cut taxes further and continued one of the most aggressive trends of teacher pay increases in the nation.
Published: Saturday, August 13th, 2016 @ 12:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The clinical practice of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has been recognized for significantly improving patient care through the use of their electronic medical record system.
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 11:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Officials at two state agencies are reviewing issues raised by news reports on federal stimulus grants made to a Yancey County resident and to relatives of U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 11:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Facts are stubborn things," future president John Adams said in court. The occasion for Adams' observation is noteworthy, because Adams had taken the highly unpopular, personally dangerous task of defending Capt. Thomas Preston and eight British soldiers accused of shooting and killing five...
Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2014 @ 5:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Facts are stubborn things," future president John Adams said in court. The occasion for Adam's observation is noteworthy, because Adams had taken the highly unpopular, personally dangerous task of defending Captain Thomas Preston and eight British soldiers accused of shooting and killing five...
Published: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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JDC Manufacturing, a company co-owned by Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's husband Charles "Chip" Hagan, lowered the total cost of a 2010 stimulus-funded energy project but kept all of the savings, sending none back to taxpayers who had funded the stimulus grant.
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 4:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan's account in Thursday's Senate debate regarding ethics questions surrounding the $250,644 stimulus grant awarded in 2010 to JDC Manufacturing
Published: Thursday, October 16th, 2014 @ 8:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan did her best at a debate Thursday night to portray North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis as a crony of corporate CEOs seeking tax favors at the expense of the middle class and poor people who would take that practice to Washington.
Published: Monday, October 13th, 2014 @ 5:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Kay Hagan's husband and son created a solar energy contracting company in August 2010, and then, using $250,644 in federal stimulus grant funds, her husband hired that same company to install solar panels at a building he owns.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2014 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you are like me, and don’t watch much TV — the senatorial debate last night gave you a great recap of all the “fun” you’ve missed.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 10:57 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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