John Locke Updates: 2014

North Carolina voters elected a new Republican U.S. senator and helped conservatives maintain supermajorities in the state House and Senate. Democrats fell short of their goal of chipping away at…

View in your browser. Consensus denial persists, according to Paul Krugman (to cite one who is highly experienced in denial), because "there are powerful…

View in your browser. Welcome This week’s CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues.  I mean, seriously, what else did you expect?…

View in your browser. Tuesday was a big day for many political races across North Carolina, but some of the races that were overlooked by…

The high-profile election pitting incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan against Republican challenger Thom Tillis continues to attract national attention. The Wall Street Journal interviewed John Locke Foundation Director of…

The latest Forbes article from John Locke Foundation Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo focuses on the anti-competitive roadblocks created by state certificate-of-need restrictions. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted…

N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails this week John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood‘s columns on N.C. economic growth and the ongoing political impact of…

View in your browser. This Halloween, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) customers were spooked by skyrocketing premiums when opening their 2015…

View in your browser. "Facts are stubborn things," future president John Adams said in court. The occasion for Adam’s observation is noteworthy, because Adams had…

View in your browser. The push is on, both nationally and in several states, to raise the minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour…