State Policy Network’s annual meeting results in Locke winning the Bob Williams Award for Biggest Home State Win
Published: Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 @ 10:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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To the ears of politically engaged North Carolinians, it may sound strange to hear claims that changes in partisan control don’t yield significant changes in state policy. But among scholars, this has been a widespread view for many decades.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2019 @ 9:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When North Carolina governors and lawmakers talk about “the state budget,” they rarely tell you the whole truth.
Published: Friday, May 31st, 2019 @ 8:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Who should be required to get more training: An auto mechanic changing your faulty brakes, fixing your misaligned steering column, and replacing a leaky fuel pump - or a barber taking a little off the top?
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Medical technology that seemed relegated to science fiction is at hand, but fast-moving innovations are threatened by established interests and government regulations, said a panel of medical and academic experts at the State Policy Network's recent annual meeting in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 2:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Much happened in the final hours of the General Assembly session, some good, some bad, and altogether too much in general for those interested in good government to rest easy. The process used had a worrisome lack of openness and transparency.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The election of 2014 will have widespread impacts. It will determine who will control the legislative branch, directly affect policy decisions (whether to repeal, replace, or renew earlier reforms), and set the stage of the 2016 election and beyond.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After Congress repealed in 1987 the federal mandate that states maintain a certificate-of-need program for health services, which had failed spectacularly to contain costs, 14 states opted to end their CON programs. North Carolina chose to remain a CON state.
Published: Monday, May 19th, 2014 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the years that North Carolina was riding high - particularly the 1980s and 1990s - state policymakers wrung their hands about the problems associated with a fast-growing, successful economy.
Published: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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