John Locke Updates: 2014

View in your browser. Welcome It is August, and as public schools throughout North Carolina are preparing for the start of the school year,…

Pundits and partisans continue to examine the economic impact of policy decisions that led North Carolina to be the only state without federal extended unemployment benefits during the last six…

The page-one headline story in the August print edition of Carolina Journal focused on new legislation designed to replace controversial Common Core public school standards. One of North Carolina’s most…

As North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission prepares for a series of hearings on proposed rules regarding hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — for energy sources, John Locke Foundation Director…

View in your browser. The Triangle Business Journal recently published an article on the increasing number of surgeries in the…

View in your browser. Welcome Now that the N.C. General Assembly and governor have approved state budget adjustments for the coming year, it is official.  Between…

View in your browser. Many of us followed the state budget debate throughout the summer.  Most of the debate was focused on the General Fund,…

View in your browser. While vacationing on Oak Island last week my wife and I decided to visit the North Carolina Aquarium at Ft. Fisher.

Radio listeners across America heard talk show host Rush Limbaugh cite John Locke Foundation Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders this week because of a “Locker Room” blog…

Two John Locke Foundation staffers earned statewide exposure this week on Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson discussed Gov. Pat McCrory’s…