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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has recently made the national media rounds claiming that the current General Assembly is a partisan gerrymander. Does this claim have any merit? The short answer is not at all.
Published: Saturday, May 27th, 2023 @ 8:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s pending ruling on national abortion law is unlikely to significantly impact races up and down the ballot for Congress and the General Assembly in North Carolina, political experts say.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 @ 12:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As North Carolina prepares to celebrate National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, the cause of educational freedom could see even more advancement during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2021-2022 session.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Missed you guys. Under President Trump's leadership, the United States economy is growing at record levels, putting the President in a strong position to fix longstanding trade concerns with China.
Published: Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the Interim President of Venezuela.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2019 @ 9:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, the National Education Association (NEA) released their annual Rankings and Estimates report. According to the report, North Carolina's average teacher salary for 2018, estimated by NEA researchers to be $50,861, ranked 37th out of 50 states and Washington, D.C., an improvement of two sp
Published: Saturday, May 12th, 2018 @ 3:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, is worried $92 million from a national Volkswagen consent decree over Clean Air Act violations might get tangled up in another separation-of-powers showdown between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly
Published: Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you believe the GOPe campaign rhetoric, they've got our state headed in a "conservative direction." *Wow. That sounds great. We must be cutting taxes and the size of government all over the doggone place. Right? (Um, right?)*
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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It was an honor and a privilege last week to welcome members of our armed forces - including men and women from North Carolina's National Guard - to the General Assembly as a part of our Military Appreciation Day.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 1:13 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Where does the money for our K-12 public schools come from? You.
Published: Thursday, June 12th, 2014 @ 1:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since Jim Hunt's final term as governor, North Carolina policymakers and education activists have been fixated on raising the salaries of K-12 public school teachers to a "national average" compiled by the nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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County Commissioners are the lowest ranking elected officials empowered to make laws and levy taxes. These are essentially the same things the big boys do in Raleigh and Washington.
Published: Saturday, December 28th, 2013 @ 5:24 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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Every passionate reader has a first literary love - that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors gives high priority to preparation of elementary and high school teachers, and for good reason. The education schools in the state university system produce one-third of the new teachers in North Carolina each year.
Published: Saturday, July 6th, 2013 @ 11:02 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The National Federation of Independent Business, North Carolina's leading small business association, has endorsed candidates in 28 state legislative races for North Carolina's General Assembly.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 6:58 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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School lunch inspections, such as the one at West Hoke Elementary School that garnered national attention, could be avoided in the future if the NC Child Care Commission doesn't ignore a recommendation from the General Assembly and its own attorney.
Published: Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 @ 11:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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