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A new study shows that out of 10 cities that are potential contenders to be the home of a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, Raleigh and Charlotte are strong contenders.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2025 @ 10:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina has climbed to rank 9th in the nation for its tax climate, according to the latest study conducted by the nonprofit Tax Foundation.
Published: Sunday, March 3rd, 2024 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In 1961, Ronald Reagan said:
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2023 @ 7:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson is one of the initial signers of the Freedom Conservatism Statement of Principles, a new document unveiled Thursday.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 7:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Those who follow our legislature know that each session usually has one or two initiatives for which it becomes known.
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On Friday afternoon, Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two bills including one that would prevent state pension money from being invested using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria in state investment decisions.
Published: Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 @ 8:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, the North Carolina Senate passed House Bill 750 (H.B. 750), a bill that prohibits the use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria from being a factor in state investment decisions, by a vote of 29-18.
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 8:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Medicaid expansion is a government intervention created to address problems caused by previous interventions
Published: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina would face a new limit on state government spending growth under the Taxpayer Protection Act legislation filed Monday in the N.C. House.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In November’s midterm elections, the stakes are high in the two races for the North Carolina Supreme Court. The high court currently has a 4-3 Democrat majority, so if Republicans flip just one seat, the balance shifts on the court.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 @ 10:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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American voters are increasingly disenchanted with the men and women who have been elected to govern their interests both domestically and abroad.
Published: Thursday, May 26th, 2022 @ 5:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“One of the greatest dangers right now to the practice of democracy is simply a lack of raw material, information, about what is happening in our communities because the business structure of newspapering has been kicked out from under it.” - John Hood.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2022 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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People are migrating to North Carolina in droves. The Tar Heel state has seen 10% population growth in just 10 years and is one of only six states gaining a congressional seat based on the latest Census.
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 @ 11:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein is getting a slew of complaints from consumers over ever-rising gas prices.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 1:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There is broad agreement that North Carolina is better suited to handle redistricting in a more transparent fashion than a decade ago, but further improvements can be made to the process according to a wide spectrum of speakers at Duke University’s Redistricting and American Democracy two day sympos
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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: Saturday, July 10th, 2021 @ 4:08 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: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 @ 4:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show about 251,000 North Carolinians unemployed as of April, down about 58,000 since the beginning of 2021.
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 8:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a few weeks, New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones will join the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Published: Sunday, May 30th, 2021 @ 1:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to our business climate and economic prospects, North Carolinians are used to receiving accolades.
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 @ 6:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Are nurse anesthetists overpaid by 74%? Are telemarketers underpaid by 25%?
Published: Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 5:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Over the weekend, a reporter asked me to comment on Senate Bill 493.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 31, the North Carolina Senate passed the hugely controversial SB 387, titled the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, by a margin of 48 senators in favor, none opposed.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If you think about regional differences in North Carolina politics, economics, or culture in terms of urban blue and rural red, you are missing a thick slice of the story: the suburbs.
Published: Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When it comes to giving out business incentives, you won’t find North Carolina at the top of the list.
Published: Monday, February 22nd, 2021 @ 8:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s record of spending restraint and tax reform over the past decade continues to inspire other states and demonstrate what is possible.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The COVID-19 crisis has brought death, economic destruction, and wrenching social change.
Published: Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, the State Board of Education approved a new set of standards to guide the social-studies curriculum.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When will North Carolina’s economy return to normal, or at least to a “new normal”?
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Among the many reasons the political discourse in Washington has gotten so toxic, and at the same time so unproductive, is that the legislative branch of our federal government has allowed itself to become increasingly irrelevant.
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 @ 4:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Now that Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress (however narrowly), they will probably approve a new round of federal borrowing to bail out state and local governments with shaky finances.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As of Jan. 18, North Carolina had received about a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2021 @ 10:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I have strong opinions — but not about how to perform brain surgery, write a smart-phone app, design a golf course, or produce a hip-hop album.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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