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Who Contracted Covid-19 in NC in January?
Over 40% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina in the month of January were to fully vaccinated* individuals. Meanwhile, 52% of cases were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated*…
Elections & Public Integrity
Plaintiffs’ witness in Redistricting Case Testified that Neutral State Senate Map is Likely 28-22 Republican
In my previous research brief, I noted how the General Assembly could use the findings of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses to help them draw districts in compliance with the North…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
How the General Assembly Can Draw Congressional Maps to Comply with the Redistricting Court Order
The North Carolina Supreme Court provided little guidance to the General Assembly on how to draw maps that comply with their order. The most efficient way to draw remedial maps…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Freedom Offers a Better Game Plan for the Poor
The progressive plan to address poverty has been ineffective at best, but most likely incredibly harmful. Government programs control people, while freedom empowers people. Free people should rely on each…
Liberty
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending February 7
This past week 98.5% of people in NC were estimated to pose no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. Nevertheless, 49 out of every 50 (98.2%) adult North Carolinians — and more than 24…
Research Brief
Education
Can Minorities Help to Accelerate Parental Choice in North Carolina?
Minorities increasingly comprise a higher percentage of North Carolina’s population. The January School Choice Poll found strong support across races for the idea of parental choice, and Blacks, Hispanics, and…
Liberty
“A critical assessment of extreme events trends in times of global warming”
That’s the title of a study that appeared last month in the The European Physical Journal Plus, and the findings don’t fit the the climate catastrophe narrative From the Abstract:…
Research Brief
Energy
Cooper Tries to Order North Carolinians to Change How They Go Places
Gov. Cooper ordered 1.25 million electric vehicles (EVs) to be registered and for EVs to account for half of all sales in North Carolina by 2030. Cooper directed state agencies…
Elections & Public Integrity
Supreme Court Redistricting Order is Confused But Possibly Manageable
As far as the criteria the court majority wants the General Assembly to use, what they offer is thin and, on its face, contradictory.
Research Brief
Energy
Cooper Tries to Change the Entire North Carolina Economy with an Order
On Jan. 7, Gov. Cooper issued an executive order demanding that everyone — from government officials to businesses to people in general — "take significant action to achieve" his goals…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The Vital Importance of Work to Liberty
Without the ability to work for our earnings, we do not have freedom. Severing the link between work and reward has disastrous results. The government disrupts work and economic life,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s Strong Fiscal Condition and Opportunity for Growth
Thanks to fiscally conservative policies of spending restraint and saving, state debt continues to trend downward as highlighted in the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee’s (the Committee) annual report submitted to the…