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RALEIGH: Over the past few weeks, Governor Roy Cooper has continued to sound the alarm on dangerous Republican plans that would gut funding for public education and expand private school vouchers so anyone – even a millionaire – can get taxpayer money for their children’s private school tuition.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper's lawyers filed a notice of voluntary dismissal Friday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's Rules Review Commission. A hearing had been scheduled for Nov. 9 in the case.
Published: Friday, November 25th, 2022 @ 10:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, Gov. Roy Cooper and nine other Southern Democrat governors, present and past, signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief in support of UNC Chapel Hill and Harvard in a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding their “race-conscious admissions” policies.
Published: Sunday, August 7th, 2022 @ 8:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced nominations and appointments to North Carolina boards and commissions today.
Published: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 @ 3:15 am
By: Governor's Office
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House Bill 951 would retire coal plants, increase natural gas, and mandate increases in renewable capacity, but high costs and erosion of N.C. Utilities Commission authorities unite stakeholders in opposition.
Published: Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 @ 8:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Government Transparency Act of 2021 would require that personnel actions of government employees, like public school teachers or county health officials, be described and maintained in public record
Published: Sunday, June 20th, 2021 @ 11:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill that would open disciplinary records of government employees is crawling through the Senate, and employee unions and Democrats are determined to kill it.
Published: Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor wins his legal battle with the Democratic governor, a leading voice within the state’s political Left might deserve a bit of credit.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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JLF’s Becki Gray continues with her regular appearances on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC with host Jeff Tiberii.
Published: Thursday, April 30th, 2020 @ 2:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Once again, Becki Gray made her regular appearance on North Carolina Public Radio with WUNC Politics host Jeff Tiberii. Joining Gray and Tiberii was Rob Schofield from the N.C. Justice Center.
Published: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Partisanship often dominates contemporary political dialogue, but it’s possible for Republicans and Democrats to find at least some common ground.
Published: Saturday, October 5th, 2019 @ 2:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina would reverberate throughout the state in disparate yet significant ways, affecting rural communities, people without jobs, as well as the uninsured and insured alike.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2019 @ 7:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper named Damon Circosta to fill the vacancy on the State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 3:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate on Wednesday, June 26, unanimously passed House Bill 770, which prevents occupational licensing boards from automatically denying a license because of a prior conviction.
Published: Saturday, June 29th, 2019 @ 8:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The House proposed budget lowers some taxes, creates others, and cuts against the grain of past Republican efforts to prioritize savings reserves as a rainy day buttress to economic downturns and natural disasters.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 @ 9:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If your taxable income is greater than $60,000, then you are at least a bit better off than the average North Carolinian. But does that make you wealthy?
Published: Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators and policy advocates debated Tuesday in Gastonia over a proposed constitutional amendment which would lower the cap on state income tax rates from 10 to 7 percent
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 1:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Voters must look beyond candidates' statements and official policy positions to find those who emulate Walter Mondale. This is especially true when considering Mondale's views about raising taxes
Published: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 @ 10:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper chose Damon Circosta, executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation - which provides grants for charitable causes and is a major funder of the left-leaning N.C. Justice Center - as the ninth and final member of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 5:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 2018 legislative primary, set for May 8, should provide more drama than usual
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2018 @ 8:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time for Constructive Dialogue about District School Facilities
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2017 @ 2:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare leaves the fate of free-market health reforms unclear
Published: Saturday, November 4th, 2017 @ 4:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers and education scholars Monday night debated whether the state should sharpen its focus when overseeing tax-funded charter and private schools
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For half a century, making any reform to a state's occupational licensing system has been nigh on impossible
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In February 2015, the University of North Carolina System's Board of Governors (BOG) concluded an extensive review of the 237 academic centers and institutes housed across the 16 UNC campuses
Published: Monday, October 31st, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday handed hundreds of property owners in highway corridors a victory by ruling unanimously that restrictions placed on landowners by the state's Map Act amounted to a use of eminent domain requiring just compensation
Published: Thursday, June 16th, 2016 @ 8:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court on Friday handed hundreds of property owners in highway corridors a victory by ruling unanimously that restrictions placed on landowners by the state's Map Act amounted to a use of eminent domain requiring just compensation
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2016 @ 4:59 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: Tuesday, March 29th, 2016 @ 2:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party today released the following statement in honor of National School Choice Week...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Advocates say in many cases certification protects consumers, expands opportunities... Members of a legislative subcommittee on Thursday heard recommendations to eliminate the requirement for occupational licenses in many jobs, and instead move to a certification process.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 12:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supreme Court in February to hear appeal of law blocking development in highway corridors... When Gene Kirby bought nearly 42 acres of land along High Point Road in the early 1980s, he envisioned eventually going into business with his son and building apartments on the property.
Published: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016 @ 11:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Imagine that a UNC Center for Western Civilization (which, of course, does not exist) were to co-sponsor a conference with the Heritage Foundation.
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 11:59 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Kay Hagan and her comrades in the drive-by media want to talk about education in terms of "cuts", how much is and is not being spent on various government programs, and how evil Republicans are toward the "lil' chil'ren."
Published: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Early next year, the John Locke Foundation will be celebrating our 25th anniversary.
Published: Sunday, August 10th, 2014 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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