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Several alternative ways of hog waste management have been studied, but few have been implemented in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 11:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday marked the twenty-second anniversary of the deadly terror attacks on September 11, 2001, a day that started like any other but quickly became the deadliest day our nation has ever seen.
Published: Friday, November 24th, 2023 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The “Great Reset” is an effort led by the World Economic Forum to reshape the global economy
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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“Shark Tank” investor Daymond John has filed a temporary restraining order against former show contestants, claiming they’ve been trying to “undermine” the agreed upon business partnership.
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 6:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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There’s no doubt, freedom and economic growth is tied to free trade. The less countries and communities are hindered by burdensome and unnecessarily regulations, the more wealth that can be generated.
Published: Friday, March 10th, 2023 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Women scientists at Johns Hopkins have agreed that gift bags must contain a bare minimum of 63 pieces of perfectly crinkled tissue paper.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:53 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed Medical Center in the nation's capital to seek treatment for clinical depression after coming to the realization that he was a member of the United States Congress.
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 4:26 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Farming company Deere & Co., known as John Deere, signed an agreement allowing farmers to fix their own machinery or seek repairs from independent workers on Sunday.
Published: Sunday, January 15th, 2023 @ 9:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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The 2021 long session brought North Carolina a “First in Freedom” budget, with pro-growth tax cuts which will continue to reward taxpayers in 2023 and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 12:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Heritage Foundation released its Education Freedom Report Card.
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If lawmaking power is supposed to be forever separate from the powers of the executive branch, then how is it that state agencies can create what amount to laws?
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2022 @ 4:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For all their virtue-signaling about caring for the poor, the progressive game plan to help the poor has an abysmal track record.
Published: Sunday, February 27th, 2022 @ 12:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How is America doing one year after Joe Biden took office? That’s the subject of the “The Daily Signal Podcast,” with special guest, Rep. Bob Good of Virginia
Published: Monday, February 21st, 2022 @ 9:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the signature freedoms singled out for special protection in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the freedom of association. The amendment forbids the government from abridging “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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American Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams famously included in the 1780 Massachusetts state constitution the concept of “a government of laws, not of men.”
Published: Thursday, January 6th, 2022 @ 12:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are great many problems that we face in this country today that have a direct bearing on the survivability of the United States and the freedoms of its people.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Woodard
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Graham Piro of the Washington Free Beacon documents state-level efforts to safeguard religious freedom during a pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 10:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Is his picture coming to a North Carolina elevator near you?
Published: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 @ 10:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina ranks 11th in the Fraser Institute’s latest national economic freedom rankings.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 10:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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She’s a smart and decisive defender of individual rights and economic freedom.
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 8:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Bussian is the principal of the Bussian Law Firm, which specializes in media litigation and has long been a national leader in defending the First Amendment.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2019 @ 1:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We Did it Once Let's Do it Twice
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 11:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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ReasonTV recently uploaded a video titled, "How Free are You?" The video features John Stossel speaking about the latest freedom rankings from the Fraser and CATO Institutes
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John McCain (R-AZ), and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced bipartisan legislation to provide 2,500 more visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program, which allows Afghans, including interpreters, who supported the U.S. mission in Afgha
Published: Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 @ 2:04 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Regardless of the election results, on Wednesday all of us at the John Locke Foundation will come to work with the same goal we've had since the doors opened in 1990: Restraining government to its core, constitutional functions and enacting policies that expand freedom and opportunity
Published: Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 @ 11:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Stanley regarding the Free Speech Fairness Act, a bill that Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Jody Hice, R- Ga., introduced in the House on Wednesday that would restrict enforcement of the Johnson Amendment
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 @ 9:39 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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The National Defense Authorization Act for 2017 (NDAA) includes a plan to overhaul and improve TRICARE for active duty servicemembers, reservists, and their family members, which incorporates several major provisions proposed by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC).
Published: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 @ 10:31 am
By: Chris Downey
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The John Locke Foundation's First in Freedom Index ranks North Carolina No. 36 in the nation and No. 8 in our region in regulatory freedom
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the last few years, the rights of students in North Carolina universities have received some significant new protections
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 6:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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This report is an attempt to identify the scope and cost of regulations in the state of North Carolina in a manner more comprehensive than the surveys offered by business climate indices. By these measures, North Carolina's record is mixed in terms of regulatory burden depending on the measure used.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Crafting a politically feasible health care reform that steers away from Obamacare's massive redistribution of health is more than a desirable component for any serious Republican presidential contender's platform. It is a necessity.
Published: Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report from FeedomWorks gives North Carolina's asset forfeiture program an A-, the second highest score in the country. In explaining North Carolina's high score, the report cites two factors: (1) "The government can only forfeit property if the owner has been convicted of a crime;" and...
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2015 @ 3:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I noted in last week's newsletter that the American left has abandoned its traditional support for free expression and now seems intent on criminalizing politically incorrect speech. One notable manifestation of this change is a growing consensus that "hate speech" ought to be subject to criminal...
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 @ 9:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At cato.org, Walter Olson has posted an interesting discussion of how politicians are increasingly inclined to criminalize politically incorrect speech...
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is currently a bill in the legislature, introduced and sponsored by Representative Chris Millis, that would phase out North Carolina's coercive renewable energy mandates, which were passed in 2007. At the present time, North Carolina requires that utility companies provide 12.5 percent of...
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 8:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If an industry can provide its product only by using the government to force others to deal with it, then it is not an industry that can be functional in a truly free market. This is the case for the solar power industry, including what are called third-party sales of solar-generated electricity.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2015 @ 5:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tenure entrenches academics in their jobs. While it's a bulwark of academic freedom, tenure also shields those who are not currently earning their keep, as well as many who never did. The current system stymies innovation, most clearly in the area of hiring new faculty.
Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
By: John William Pope Center
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According to most economic indicators, North Carolina's economy is on the upswing. Job growth exceeds the regional and national averages. The state's recent decline in unemployment - even when you include discouraged workers who've dropped out of the labor force - is one of the largest in the...
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2015 @ 9:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The obvious problem with the cause often identified as "states' rights" is that it has sometimes been used to defend odious practices such as slavery and segregation. There's an even more basic problem, however, and it lies in the wording of the phrase itself. Governments can have...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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