The 2021 long session brought North Carolina a “First in Freedom” budget, with pro-growth tax cuts which will continue to reward taxpayers in 2023 and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 12:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation's First in Freedom Index ranks North Carolina No. 36 in the nation and No. 8 in our region in regulatory freedom
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This report is an attempt to identify the scope and cost of regulations in the state of North Carolina in a manner more comprehensive than the surveys offered by business climate indices. By these measures, North Carolina's record is mixed in terms of regulatory burden depending on the measure used.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On this Fourth of July Week, North Carolina is unveiling a new state license plate that recognizes the state's historic role in the creation of the United States. Beginning today, North Carolina motorists can choose a new "First in Freedom" standard state license plate for the first time since 1982.
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: Chris Downey
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North Carolina is one of the more aggressive states in the nation in licensing occupations. This is a significant impediment to freedom in a state that once boasted, and ought to be able to again, of being "First in Freedom."
Published: Friday, March 6th, 2015 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is one of the more aggressive states in the nation in licensing occupations. This is a significant impediment to freedom in a state that once boasted, and ought to be able to again, of being "First in Freedom."
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"What do you people want?" I can't tell you the number of times I've been asked that by lawmakers, activists, or reporters who don't share my political views. The term "you people" refers to the modern conservative movement in North Carolina, a phenomenon that still seems to puzzle older politicos a
Published: Friday, February 13th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation will focus on freedom as it monitors activity within the N.C. General Assembly in 2015. JLF Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray delivered that message Monday.
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As often happens at the North Carolina General Assembly, the new fiscal year has begun with the House and Senate not yet finished with a budget-adjustment bill. Medicaid funding, teacher compensation, and a few other issues continue to divide the two chambers.
Published: Friday, July 4th, 2014 @ 11:16 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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First in Freedom documents problems linked to both key pieces of Obamacare
Published: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 @ 3:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If your tenure in our state stretches back no further than the early 1980s, you may not be aware of the fact North Carolina's license plates used to say "First in Freedom" rather than "First in Flight."
Published: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As you may know, the John Locke Foundation has just published a new book - First in Freedom: Transforming Ideas into Consequences for North Carolina - that proposes a new tax system for our state.
Published: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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