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An appellate court on Thursday upheld a decision that resulted in a massive award for Gibson’s Bakery after Oberlin College supported and encouraged students who falsely accused the bakery of racism.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A federal government led by Joe Biden would look much different from the government under President Trump.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of healthcare stakeholders met in Raleigh last week for a first-ever “listen and learn” session focused on two questions: How much should we spend on healthcare and how should these dollars be advocated?
Published: Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 @ 10:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell administers the State Health Plan, the largest in our state
Published: Monday, September 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In their fervor to repeal and replace Obamacare, our Congress has run head first into a wall of political reality: once you extend benefits to people it is almost impossible to take them away. Despite all the bluff and bluster
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 6:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In 2011, Gary Salamido joined the North Carolina Chamber, a nonpartisan business advocacy organization, as vice president of governmental affairs
Published: Sunday, July 16th, 2017 @ 9:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If we can allow ourselves to tune out the many distractions coming out of Washington (and Raleigh), we might be able to tune into the number one domestic issue of our time - healthcare
Published: Friday, March 24th, 2017 @ 3:17 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Incumbent U.S. Reps. Renee Ellmers and George Holding share many core beliefs about what ails America, and offer similar solutions for some of those ills
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 3:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 2011, Democrat Attorney General Roy Cooper led the charge against tort reform to limit frivolous lawsuits in North Carolina. Now that he's running for governor, liberal trial lawyers appear to be returning the favor.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 9:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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JLF unveiled FFI in connection with its 25th anniversary celebration Feb. 7 in Research Triangle Park.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 8:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Even though he lacks the blessing of the GOP leadership in Congress, U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is pushing a national health care reform he says would do precisely what the GOP establishment has pushed — repealing and replacing government-driven Obamacare with a system allowing more...
Published: Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 @ 2:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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US Senator – and chief fundraiser and cheerleader for Thom Tillis — Richard Burr says there’s not much hope for stopping BarryO’s agenda and that we can forget changing ObamaCare AT ALL until after 2016.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 8:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sen. Richard Burr spoke today at a John Locke Foundation luncheon about his and Sen. Tom Coburn's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Published: Friday, April 4th, 2014 @ 9:08 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The great American ethic is that money will buy anything. It is particularly true in the political world. We try to buy everything from international friendship to better schools to votes to taxpayer support for some behavior that politicians believe we should embrace.
Published: Monday, January 6th, 2014 @ 11:47 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Since Barack Obama took office in 2009 promising to end and reverse the effects of the Great Recession, Republican politicians and conservative critics have relentlessly pointed out how weak the economic recovery has been by historical standards. One popular rhetorical tactic has been to use a...
Published: Monday, July 15th, 2013 @ 7:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New York is a very blue state which has been predominantly Democrat for much of my life and while I could understand this was due to its large immigrant population and the party's reputation for its allegiance to them, this repute hasn't been deserved for decades.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2013 @ 12:17 am
By: Alicia Colon
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At the only statewide conservative conference in North Carolina, speakers, workshops, and special events will educate and empower conservatives on how we can restore our state to greatness.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 @ 9:50 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Let us not be so cavalier with the system that our Founders crafted for us, the one secured by the blood of over a million Americans, and the one that the rest of the world looks to.
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 6:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Much of Democratic state Senate District 9 candidate Deborah Butler's campaign against freshman Republican Sen. Thom Goolsby has focused on a piece of anti-abortion legislation he supported, even though both candidates say their primary goal is job creation.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 1:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much has changed for the good concerning North Carolina's regulatory environment with the passage of the Regulatory Reform Act (RRA) of 2011, tort reform, medical malpractice reform, and workers' compensation reform.
Published: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The official name of the sweeping healthcare reform bill is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). It passed the House of Congress narrowly, by a vote of 220 - 215.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 7:58 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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In 2010, Rabon won by 63.5 percent in an open-seat contest created by the retirement of Sen. R.C. Soles Jr., a Columbus County Democrat who served the district for a record 34 years.
Published: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is nothing to economically develop at the county level in so far as new industry. That reality applies to every county in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 @ 10:10 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Progressives make a point that conservatives ought to take to heart: taxes are far from the only factors that households and businesses take into consideration when deciding where to live, work, invest, shop, or create new businesses.
Published: Sunday, April 15th, 2012 @ 12:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I agree with the legislative intent to expand healthcare coverage to the 40 million uninsured Americans and preclude discrimination against Americans with preexisting conditions who are seeking coverage within the individual market.
Published: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 @ 8:31 am
By: David Pring-Mill
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Mark your calendars now and plan to join us March 2-3, 2012 in Raleigh for the Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC).
Published: Thursday, January 19th, 2012 @ 3:33 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last week was indeed a busy on as the General Assembly moved toward adjournment. I'll have more on the session later but here is the Speaker's summary of last week's action:
Published: Friday, June 24th, 2011 @ 4:29 pm
By: Bill Cook
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