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Wake County Schools and Covid Money: The Money Trail Raises Lots of Questions
What is happening to all that money Wake County Schools (WCPSS) is getting for covid relief? According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, WCPSS received $433.4 million to…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Prices Are Still Going Up, Up, Up
We are all watching for signs that allude to subsiding inflationary pressures, hoping that our trips to the grocery store and gas station become less expensive. But the latest CPI…
Energy
The Future They Want: Poor Britons Forced to Sell Their Cars Amid High Food and Fuel Prices
Energy is one of the most vital goods. As discussed here frequently, energy poverty is a deadly problem. Look what it is doing to poor Britons.
Research Brief
Education
School District Teacher Housing? The Wrong Answer for Many Reasons
To help recruit and retain teachers, more school districts are considering programs to provide affordable housing to teachers. Not only does research fail to show that those programs are effective,…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Three Reasons to Remove the Privilege License Tax
On the heels of sweeping tax reform, the North Carolina legislature simplified the privilege license tax when they eliminated municipal privilege taxes in 2014. The state still levies a privilege…
Liberty
THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO GOT WHAT THEY WANTED … GOOD AND HARD
The recent recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin seems like a good occasion to revisit what I wrote about Boudin just after he was elected in 2019. In Leftist…
Education
Wake School Board Member Demands Obedience from Parents
We don’t need parental control of education. Wake County Board of Education Member Dr. Jim Martin
Research Brief
Environment
Detailing Cooper and DEQ’s Early Reluctance to Stop PFAS Pollution in the Cape Fear River
A bipartisan bill to address PFAS pollution would require polluters like Chemours to reimburse public water systems for cleanup, abatement, and technology needs. Debate over the bill includes concerns it…
Energy
Visualizing the Costs and Impacts of Offshore Wind Facilities
Below is the presentation I gave the North Carolina Energy Policy Council on May 18, 2022. It visualizes the executive summary of my report, "Big Blow: Offshore Wind Power’s Devastating…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Local Unemployment Rates: from 2.6% to 7.4%
Since September, the John Locke Foundation has been tracking the monthly jobs and unemployment data for North Carolina released by the Department of Commerce. North Carolina has relatively low unemployment. The April…
Education
Getting a Handle on Covid’s Impact on Schools
Gauging the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on K-12 enrollment and instruction is no small task. Yet that’s just what the American Enterprise Institute tries to do with its…
Agriculture
This Proposed SEC Regulation Could Mean Higher Food Prices For You
In March of 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new regulation for SEC registrants to disclose all climate-related information and effects of business operations. The registrants, being all…