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As Approved by the Legislative Goals Conference
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Red4EdNC, a nonprofit education advocacy group, isn’t happy with the state of public education in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 11:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. House of Representative on Friday, July 13, voted to close a loophole in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, which requires agencies to curtail the regulatory costs on local governments and businesses
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 6:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The landmark decision in the Leandro case spelled out what North Carolina must do to ensure every student has access to a sound, basic education.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 5:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In less than 21 days, including the Thanksgiving holiday, Congress pushed through a bill that is over 1,000 pages long and has at least 391 pages worth of changes in it from the original version.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This past week I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at Americans for Prosperity's annual event, the Defending the American Dream Summit. I spoke about Washington's power grab and how the growth of federal agencies is threatening our laboratories of democracy. Many of us know that...
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 2:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Never let it be said that I am against all tax increases. Please raise the tax on state and local government bonds - immediately. The federal tax deduction on these bonds has a fiscal impact of about $20 billion a year. Most states have income taxes, and most link their deductions in one way...
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2015 @ 1:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week's CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues. I mean, seriously, what else did you expect?
Published: Sunday, December 28th, 2014 @ 9:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Republican primary for House District 94, which includes all of Alleghany County and most of Wilkes County, features two candidates with political experience and who should be familiar to Wilkes Countians.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While North Carolina's elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation's new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most everyone agrees North Carolina's Medicaid program is broken, but fixing Medicaid hasn't been a high priority for previous governors or legislators.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2013 @ 10:51 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Arthur Williams today strongly criticized the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obama Care.
Published: Thursday, June 28th, 2012 @ 10:30 pm
By: Bill Tarpenning
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Conservative John Tedesco's fight to end forced busing as a member of the Wake County school board made national news.
Published: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is amazing how many things politicians and bureaucrats can think up for other people to do. We are repeatedly directed to implement all manner of great sounding things.
Published: Sunday, May 20th, 2012 @ 6:43 am
By: Jim Bispo
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QUESTION: Is it true that both California and Texas have such a right in the agreements they signed to join the Union?
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2011 @ 6:55 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Beaufort County seeks justice in regards to eqitable governing in respect to the legislation associated with the Health Care Reform Bill.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 @ 2:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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