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US funding its own invasion
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 1:01 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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WHO would control any possible health threat
Published: Tuesday, December 12th, 2023 @ 12:45 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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With Republicans now in control of the House, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) reintroduced legislation Thursday to defund the World Health Organization and raised concerns about China’s influence over the group.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 10:20 am
By: Daily Wire
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A tweet went viral this week of a San Fransisco Walgreens store that appears to have nearly everything under lock-and-key.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nathan Glazer died last week at the age of 95. He was one of the original neo-conservatives.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally from solar energy companies by creating a $57.8 million "slush fund" paid for by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2018 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are no longer apologizing for defending our national interests and our sovereignty.
Published: Saturday, November 10th, 2018 @ 12:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eight North Carolina school districts tapped to split $57.8 million from Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers aren't likely to see that money anytime soon
Published: Monday, October 8th, 2018 @ 1:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican legislative leaders fear more lawsuits and constitutional showdowns with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will occur if, in their view, he keeps stepping on their control over state revenues
Published: Friday, September 7th, 2018 @ 5:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican incumbents Dan Barrett and Joyce Krawiec headline the May 8 Republican primary in a reconfigured state Senate District 31
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 9:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper committed an unforced error by circumventing the General Assembly and creating a constitutionally questionable $57.8 million Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund, political observers and legislators say
Published: Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper insisted $57.8 million from energy companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was a voluntary contribution, but said at a news conference he doesn't know whose idea it was originally to seek the money he planned to distribute
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 4:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most recent response from Gov. Roy Cooper to legislative leaders about a questionable $57.8 million funding arrangement with the operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline might lead to formal demands for information from the Cooper administration
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 @ 6:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House passed House Bill 90 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, commandeering a controversial $58 million discretionary fund Gov. Roy Cooper created with developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and redirecting the money to education
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2018 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Former Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, urged the General Assembly not to spend any money from a fund negotiated by his Democratic successor, Roy Cooper, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline operators, saying the process for securing the money was tainted
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2018 @ 1:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Constitutional questions persist about the murky $57.8 million deal between Atlantic Coast Pipeline operators and Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2018 @ 5:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senate Republicans suggested the state could approach a constitutional crisis if it enables a governor to control money outside the normal budgetary process
Published: Monday, February 12th, 2018 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lee Lilley did little to assuage Republicans' concerns over a $57.8 million "voluntary" payment to Gov. Roy Cooper's office from companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper spent much of his first 13 months in office defending the venerated principle of separation of powers
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 8:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now Gov. Cooper confirms that his intention for the $58 million extortion “voluntary contribution” made in exchange for the approval of permits to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to begin construction will be exclusively his slush fund.
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 3:58 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Responding to questions from the General Assembly's senior nonpartisan staff, officials from Gov. Roy Cooper's budget office said a $57.8 million agreement Cooper made with the operators of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a "voluntary contribution" that will be distributed by a yet-to-be-named board
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 3:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite the North Carolina legislature and other federal obstacles standing in the way, Gov. Roy Cooper is relentless in attempts to expand Medicaid, the state-federal program that provides health services at no cost to low-income children, parents, pregnant women, aged, blind, and disabled
Published: Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Regardless of whether you think the National Endowment for the Arts is a wonderful organization deserving taxpayer support or an example of the federal government exceeded its proper bounds, I'm willing to bet you believe the NEA plays a bigger role in funding the arts than it actually does.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 10:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As budget negotiations for the long-overdue 2015 North Carolina state budget continue, the Civitas Institute would like to remind legislators and taxpayers about opportunities to save real money in the budget - which will enable negotiators to come to an agreement once and for all.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Neither the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) nor the Office of the State Auditor is any stranger to media attention. Between the NCAE's dues check off litigation and the State Auditor's recent report on corruption at DHHS, both organizations have seen their share of the limelight...
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2015 @ 4:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Ongoing Medicaid reform initiatives seeking to rein in unnecessary spending and better coordinate patient care may improve North Carolina's medical assistance program to a degree, and the special interests involved ostensibly have good intentions.
Published: Sunday, August 17th, 2014 @ 8:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medicaid takes a serious bite out of North Carolina's budget. Of the General Fund's $5 billion allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicaid devours a solid $3 billion. But if we step back and account for Medicaid's total cost - state and federal funds combined - tax...
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would never have a partisan slant. But the latest Civitas investigation has found how one liberal activist has taken control of the process.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Guess what. It's time to put our next county budget together. Boy!! Time really seems to fly when you're having fun...
Published: Sunday, March 18th, 2012 @ 5:44 am
By: Jim Bispo
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