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As I said in my recent video update segment on the Coronavirus, you can’t cure or end the pandemic by killing our economy – pure and simple.
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 @ 7:59 pm
By: Judicial Watch
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In politics, timing really is everything.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 9:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Meredith Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper’s sister-in-law, has been listed since April as manager of the company that owns the Cooper family’s Nash County solar farm property. That’s when Meredith filed an annual report with the N.C. Secretary of State.
Published: Monday, July 8th, 2019 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A prominent Republican lawmaker and proponent of loosening North Carolina's restrictive alcohol laws says direct government sales and distribution of distilled liquor is antiquated, and lawmakers should fix the broken system
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 11:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bob Hamilton is out as administrator of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission
Published: Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 @ 4:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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District Court Judge Pell Cooper, Gov. Roy Cooper's brother, manages three businesses - an apparent violation of state judicial rules designed to prevent conflicts of interest by judges. In 2009, state officials forced another district court judge who refused to leave two corporate boards to resign
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank claimed in a March press release it’s the “first Fortune 500 company and first bank to contract for 100 percent renewable power through a single new project.”
Published: Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At last count, 12 North Carolina counties will include an increase in the local sales tax on their May ballots
Published: Wednesday, March 28th, 2018 @ 5:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tracing the ownership of the land hosting a Nash County solar farm built on a former cow pasture is complicated business
Published: Monday, March 12th, 2018 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mark Martin envisions virtual courts to handle some cases; says attorneys should offer more volunteer services to low-income residents
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 1:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earlier this year, the commission delivered a report to the General Assembly urging, among other reforms, legislation raising the default age teenagers charged with nonviolent offenses would be tried in adult courts from 16 to 18 years old
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even with so many legislative races already decided and so many others that appear to be sure things, Democrats believe they can make inroads into the Republican majorities in the North Carolina General Assembly this year.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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After news reports and editorials inaccurately and unfairly characterized the state's efforts to protect drinking water, the North Carolina departments of Health and Human Services and Environmental Quality release the following open editorial
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 @ 6:56 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 31 grant and loan requests totaling $10,433,899. The requests include commitments to create a total of 622 new jobs.
Published: Wednesday, June 29th, 2016 @ 3:26 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In arguing the case brought by North Carolina, Texas and a coalition of states challenging President Obama's illegal immigration executive order, U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) attorneys engaged in "intentional," "serious," and "unethical" misconduct, a federal judge ruled last week. In a...
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 3:14 am
By: McCrory Communications
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This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) helped introduce the Protections Against Terrorist Transfer Act of 2016 (S. 2780) along with U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Steve Daines (R-MT), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and James Inhofe (R-OK)
Published: Friday, April 15th, 2016 @ 2:18 am
By: Thom Tillis
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What is fair for Tom Brady is fair for Hillary Clinton
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:47 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If you want to find an education issue where there seems to be universal agreement in North Carolina, talk about testing. Most everyone agrees we subject our kids to too much of it.
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 9:42 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If sportswriter Sally Jenkins has her facts right, the NFL's handling of the allegations about underinflated AFC Championship game balls seems to have fallen short of even the most rudimentary standards of justice...
Published: Thursday, May 21st, 2015 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that an average decrease in workers' compensation insurance premium rates paid by North Carolina businesses will take effect in April 2015. The North Carolina Rate Bureau's request for a rate reduction was approved in late November 2014.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: Chris Downey
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The Fortify 40/440 project is an NC DOT effort to re-build the southern part of the I-40 beltline. Naturally, a major highway construction project like this means lane closures and major traffic jams for commuters. In this case, however, it also means a waste of NC taxpayers' money.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 @ 9:21 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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I got a call yesterday from someone - very familiar with the inner workings of the state House Republican Caucus - who had just read my item on Democrat Paul Tine's departure from the Democrat Caucus.
Published: Saturday, January 10th, 2015 @ 7:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs report on December 19, most North Carolina politicians, journalists, economists, and policy analysts immediately zeroed in on the state's recent performance.
Published: Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 @ 9:30 am
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, December 16th, 2014 @ 7:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before Wake County asks taxpayers to pay for more buildings, the school system needs to ensure its population estimates are accurate.
Published: Saturday, December 13th, 2014 @ 12:56 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Annual Report on Teachers Leaving the Profession is here!
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Civitas' annual poll of unaffiliated North Carolina voters provides insights into the views of this key voting bloc as the state heads into the election season.
Published: Friday, September 12th, 2014 @ 11:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 9:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 10:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Advancement Project, in a press release dated August 21, announced that the North Carolina NAACP was appealing U.S. District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder’s decision earlier this month to deny a preliminary injunction to block certain provisions of VIVA in the November 2014 election.
Published: Thursday, August 28th, 2014 @ 5:11 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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