Hog farming is an integral part of the agricultural industry in North Carolina, contributing $10 billion in economic output a year
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 10:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While states consider enormously expensive plans to rework their entire electricity systems to cut CO2 emissions, energy-based emissions are still increasing across most of the world, especially China
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Wind projects off Brunswick County beaches would also interfere with military training and operations, including airspace used daily by the 169th Fighter Wing out of South Carolina
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 3:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Blockchain Initiative (NCBI) was launched in 2019 as a nonpartisan, all-volunteer task force under the supervision of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina to serve as a primary resource on the emerging digital asset and blockchain ecosystem.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 11:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ECU faculty are honored for research and scholarly activities
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: ECU News Services
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There is growing demand for the right to repair technology, especially expensive farm equipment, without being compelled to use the manufacturer’s licensed professionals
Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Joe Biden will sign a “historic” executive order Wednesday ordering the Department of Health and Human Services to expand efforts to increase the ability of Americans (including children) who identify as transgender to obtain sex-change surgeries.
Published: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 @ 3:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Our nation and state are divided on an array of issues, but there is little disagreement in North Carolina about the role parents should play in their child’s education.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 8:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has taken long-term control of the movements and actions of more than 10 million North Carolinians through the state’s Emergency Management Act.
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 6:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is - it's my honor to be here with you, first and foremost, on behalf of President Donald Trump and all the members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, just to say thank you.
Published: Sunday, December 6th, 2020 @ 2:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 recession in March, North Carolina policymakers have been watching government revenues and expenditures carefully.
Published: Thursday, November 19th, 2020 @ 6:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Energy poverty is a serious issue. Research shows that higher energy prices cost lives.
Published: Friday, May 15th, 2020 @ 8:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper says the state Division of Employment Security is buried under a “mountain of claims,” receiving more than 20,000 requests for Unemployment Insurance benefits Sunday, March 29.
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2020 @ 10:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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When her teenage son collapsed in a seizure, it hit High Point mother Kelly Kinard. Luka was addicted.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 12:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest ratings of highway systems are out — and for North Carolina, the news is mixed. In general cost-effectiveness, our state’s roads and bridges rank a bit better than average.
Published: Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 @ 1:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Many political and education leaders in North Carolina say that our economy would be better off if our level of educational attainment was higher.
Published: Sunday, July 7th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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What is the difference between hemp and marijuana?
Published: Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 @ 11:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To the ears of politically engaged North Carolinians, it may sound strange to hear claims that changes in partisan control don’t yield significant changes in state policy. But among scholars, this has been a widespread view for many decades.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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At a recent North Carolina Department of Transportation committee meeting, my John Locke Foundation colleague Joe Coletti offered this blunt assessment to state policymakers: our system of road financing isn’t sustainable.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 3:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With each step of the budget process, the lines become clearer in the battle over the future of North Carolina for state employees, taxpayers, and citizens.
Published: Monday, April 22nd, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How should we respond to the urban-rural divide? The question has legions of politicians, scholars, journalists, and businesses scrambling for answers
Published: Tuesday, December 4th, 2018 @ 7:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Undoubtedly, we will continue to hear a lot about the growing urban-rural divide in North Carolina and across the nation. We’ve seen it continually in our electoral presidential vote maps for decades. It’s now reaching more of a breaking point culturally and politically
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Tax reform is always a work in progress as legislators seek to raise revenue for the government without impeding the economy
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2018 @ 4:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan organization Truth in Accounting (TIA) recently released its “Financial State of the States” report. The report ranks states based on their ability or failure to meet outstanding financial obligations
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 10:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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This November, North Carolina voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to lower the state's income tax cap from 10 percent to 7 percent
Published: Thursday, September 27th, 2018 @ 2:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Right after the 2016 elections, I observed that the combination of Donald Trump’s rise and continuing GOP strength across the landscape of American politics had yielded three distinct Republican parties: a populist and personality-driven White House party
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Should all Americans be required to purchase health insurance? This was a major bone of contention among conservative reformers during the health care debates of the 1990s
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Victims of human trafficking can feel mistreated in the North Carolina justice system, facing charges for offenses they committed while under the influence of coercion and deception, state policymakers say
Published: Friday, July 6th, 2018 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The proposed new state budget would not expand the state’s overall film grant program this year
Published: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 @ 12:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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