A complaint filed with the N.C. State Board of Elections claims that the N.C. Association of Educators Political Action Committee violated legal limits in its campaign contributions to Gov. Roy Cooper and Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 11:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Tucker Carlson offers his insight on peacefully kneeling in protest of excessive police violence against the black community.
Published: Friday, June 5th, 2020 @ 2:17 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Governor Pat McCrory provided an update on the state's response to three States of Emergency currently in effect regarding flooding in northeastern North Carolina, civil unrest in Charlotte and the statewide fuel shortage.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 5:37 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory signed an executive order today to help ensure that there will be adequate supplies of fuel across the state and prevent excessive fuel pricing.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2016 @ 3:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A withering state audit uncovered a pattern of abuses by a division director at the Department of Health and Human Services, unearthing $1.6 million in excessive salaries and wages, rampant nepotism, failure to follow state policies, and continuing lax oversight at the agency.
Published: Sunday, May 17th, 2015 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Government is far, far bigger than it used to be. Liberals generally cheer this development. Conservatives regret it. To understand the disagreement about this change, one must first understand the magnitude of the change.
Published: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 @ 10:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Auditor Beth Wood said an audit pointing out hundreds of thousands of dollars in misspending by top Tarboro officials should serve as a call for governing boards across North Carolina to ratchet up their oversight of public spending.
Published: Friday, July 25th, 2014 @ 9:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For 20 years, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington-based Heritage Foundation have produced international indexes of economic freedom. Countries that adopt fiscal restraint and free trade, protect the rights of contract and property ownership, and avoid excessive taxes or regulations earn...
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 5:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A few years ago, the country became aware of a "bubble" building in higher education, as it had in housing.
Published: Sunday, February 17th, 2013 @ 7:18 pm
By: Jay Schalin
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It's tough enough for a small business to succeed when it faces competition in the open market. It's even tougher when government puts up roadblocks in the form of high taxes or excessive regulation.
Published: Saturday, January 12th, 2013 @ 9:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Randal O'Toole is an observant fellow. A senior fellow at the Cato Institute and longtime analyst of state and local growth management, O'Toole took a close look at the Great Recession and its antecedent, the Great Housing Bubble, and saw something that few others did.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeanette Doran, who assumed the duties of executive director and general counsel of the North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law in November, says she wants to expand the organization's reach.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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