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Raleigh unwittingly welcomed criminality, and homicides, rapes, assaults, and property crimes have all increased
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 9:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Treasury Secretary and National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers warned on Monday that a plan from President Joe Biden to cancel thousands of dollars in student loans per borrower could worsen runaway college tuition costs.
Published: Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 2:32 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs
Published: Friday, July 1st, 2022 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper’s desire for building 8 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind in North Carolina would have severe impacts on our electricity bills
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2022 @ 5:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2021 Gov. Cooper ordered the state to develop 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy resources by 2030 and a whopping 8 GW by 2040
Published: Tuesday, May 31st, 2022 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The previous installment in this series described the disastrous effect the late 20th century crime wave had on Black and poor Americans.
Published: Sunday, February 20th, 2022 @ 10:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In terms of crime and public order, the middle decades of the 20th century were a period of remarkable tranquility.
Published: Thursday, January 27th, 2022 @ 11:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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British law enforcement officials released a statement late on Sunday night stating that they have made multiple arrests in connection with a British national who took several Jewish people hostage at a synagogue in Texas over the weekend.
Published: Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 @ 12:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The suspect who took several people hostage in a Texas synagogue on Saturday is reportedly dead and all hostages are safe.
Published: Monday, January 24th, 2022 @ 3:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Thanks to a series of egregious policy blunders, crime has once again become a pressing issue in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 3:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A January 27 article in the News & Observer announced that a bill to make North Carolina a license state for selling liquor is unlikely to receive a vote this year.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2020 @ 10:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you know that North Carolina used to be the nation's leader in locally owned and operated distilleries?
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Cato Institute gave Gov. Roy Cooper an F on its Fiscal Policy Report Card
Published: Sunday, October 14th, 2018 @ 3:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hurricane Matthew still sits a couple of days away from the North Carolina coast, and those in its projected path root for the storm to turn to the east
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Why do we call fussy government regulations "red tape"?
Published: Thursday, January 14th, 2016 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regulation costs already reach at least $3.1 billion annually in North Carolina and might stretch to as much as $25 billion. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report focuses on a tool designed to "rein in" state regulatory overreach.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State regulations cost North Carolina at least $3.1 billion and as much as $25 billion each year, according to a new economic analysis compiled for the John Locke Foundation. JLF is releasing the analysis along with its own report recommending a new tool to fight state regulatory overreach
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 9:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While many college students spent their summer sleeping late or soaking up the sun, East Carolina University junior Destiny Reid was preparing a presentation to Congress.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 10:52 pm
By: ECU News Services
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N.C. counties entered into incentives contracts totaling nearly $284 million from 2009 to 2014, according to a first-of-its-kind John Locke Foundation Policy Report compiling statewide local incentives data. The report shows actual incentives payments totaled $144 million over the same five-year per
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2015 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though North Carolina ranks behind its four neighboring states in overall financial condition, the state’s fiscal health is mostly sound, said the author of a just-released national study.
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2015 @ 7:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In less than two years, North Carolina's governor and legislature have helped to revive the state's economy. The economy is growing and adding jobs, improving the well-being of North Carolina residents.
Published: Thursday, October 9th, 2014 @ 10:48 pm
By: Chris Downey
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In the "Rights and Regulation Update" and in two separate reports I have offered an important emerging consensus in the public debate about hydraulic fracturing...
Published: Monday, September 29th, 2014 @ 3:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In this newsletter and in two separate reports I have offered an important emerging consensus in the public debate about hydraulic fracturing:
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 8:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How safe is fracking? Does it contaminate water? Use too much water? Use secret chemicals? As opponents of hydraulic fracturing continue to criticize the process, a new John Locke Foundation Policy Report turns to evidence to answer these and other common questions.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 10:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Building on positive reforms from the past few years, North Carolina's elected leaders can take more steps to help boost economic growth, improve education, and fight overregulation. The John Locke Foundation's new Agenda 2014 Policy Report offers more than 110 recommendations addressing these...
Published: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 @ 6:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report documents key Obamacare flaws and offers alternatives for addressing health care needs.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal health care law known as Obamacare creates more problems for North Carolinians than just the faulty website that has generated recent headlines.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The current debate over the long-term sustainability of North Carolina's Medicaid program pits defenders of the status-quo Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) model against reformers touting Governor Pat McCrory's proposed Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid spending has grown dramatically, while patient health outcomes have declined, as North Carolina has relied on Community Care of North Carolina to serve most Medicaid patients. A new Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability highl
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 @ 1:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Monday, July 22nd, 2013 @ 11:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid reform is likely to end up with much better results in North Carolina than in Kentucky. A new joint Policy Report from the John Locke Foundation and the Florida-based Foundation for Government Accountability explains why.
Published: Sunday, July 14th, 2013 @ 6:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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