Gov. Roy Cooper’s price tag for Medicaid expansion could be off by as much as $171.3 million, a report by the John Locke Foundation says.
Published: Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 @ 4:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Around 75% of the state’s 550,000 hotel and restaurant workers are currently out of a job.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 3:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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From health care workers to wait staff, from ride-share drivers to truck drivers, North Carolinians, like the rest of the country, are in for a rough few weeks, possibly even a rough few months or more.
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2020 @ 2:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Recent historic tax reforms have helped North Carolina jump from No. 44 to No. 15 in the Tax Foundation's annual ranking of state business climates
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the John Locke Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, it can look back on a quarter century of change, change in the state and in the organization itself.
Published: Sunday, February 8th, 2015 @ 6:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers made the right decision when they ended state historic preservation tax credits. Those who support government involvement in preservation efforts should look at local grant programs instead.
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 10:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the John Locke Foundation prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary with new programs and initiatives, the free-market think tank is also announcing the promotion of Executive Vice President Kory Swanson to the post of president and CEO.
Published: Monday, November 24th, 2014 @ 4:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest federal employment report delivers excellent news for North Carolina. That's the assessment from the John Locke Foundation's chairman, who notes that state employers added 14,000 new jobs in September. That means a net employment gain of 108,500 over the past year.
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The University of North Carolina system recently took a step to make professors with tenure — the contractual arrangement granting job security to veteran faculty members — more accountable by revising its policy on post-tenure review.
Published: Friday, August 29th, 2014 @ 12:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the North Carolina General Assembly continues to wind down its legislative work for 2014, my Carolina Journal colleagues are already turning their attention toward what promises to be a fascinating midterm election cycle.
Published: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 @ 6:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Taxpayers in every income category will save tens of millions of dollars because of state tax reforms enacted in North Carolina in 2013.
Published: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers should "make history" by becoming the first legislative body to repeal a state tax targeting electronic cigarettes.
Published: Friday, July 18th, 2014 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In June, the John Locke Foundation released the fiscal year 2012 edition of By The Numbers, JLF’s annual report on the cost of local government
Published: Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The two chambers of the General Assembly have been unable to agree on their budget adjustments for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which begins Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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New public school standards dubbed the Common Core are generating questions for parents and taxpayers across the nation, including North Carolina.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 @ 9:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recent report "claims a great deal, but offers nothing of substance" as it touts thousands of new jobs and other economic benefits linked to North Carolina taxpayers' subsidies for renewable energy. That's the bottom-line conclusion in a new economic analysis prepared for the John Locke Foundation
Published: Friday, April 5th, 2013 @ 2:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation's statewide Locker Room blog is the place to be for election night coverage of North Carolina contests and national results.
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Net growth in the percentage of North Carolina students attending schools of choice between 2001 and 2010 posed no threat to traditional public school enrollment.
Published: Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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