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Unsteady Ground: A Survey of North Carolina Business Leaders on Competitiveness, Taxes, and Reform
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Certificate-of-Need Laws: It’s Time for Repeal
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Carve the Medicaid Turkey: State Should Eliminate County Share of Medicaid in Five Years
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Regulation
Mathematicians Find that Republican Supermajorities Are Common with Nonpartisan Maps
A pair of Duke mathematicians analyzed 100,000 possible legislative redistricting maps using nonpartisan redistricting standards. They found that Republicans had an advantage in North Carolina districts drawn using nonpartisan criteria.…
Health Care
John Locke Foundation Files Brief in a Case Challenging North Carolina’s Certificate-of-Need Law
Under North Carolina law, health care providers who wish to open or expand facilities, buy various kinds of new equipment, or in some cases simply treat more patients, must first…
Elections & Public Integrity
Ploy To Disenfranchise Millions of N.C. Voters Should Be Dismissed
November 4, 2021 RALEIGH – North Carolina’s leading voices for constitutional government, election integrity, and the rule of law have filed an amicus brief in NAACP v. Moore, urging the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Legislation to Avoid Tax Hike on Employers Advances
While the ongoing state budget negotiations mean we must continue to await the fate of proposed cuts to personal and corporate income tax rates, legislation that would allow job creators…
Liberty
Anderson Cooper Incredulous at Progressive Leader’s Reaction To Youngkin’s Win
Can you say denial? Even CNN’s Anderson Cooper seems shocked that House progressive leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal won’t acknowledge the importance of election night. “This doesn’t mean anything for the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Youngkin’s Win Means Loss for ‘Consultant Class’
Christopher Bedford of the Federalist identifies a key loser in the Virginia governor’s race on the Republican side of the aisle. Glenn Youngkin and the Republicans’ Tuesday victories in Virginia…
Elections & Public Integrity
McAuliffe’s Loss Also Deals Devastating Blow to Clinton Brand
Becket Adams writes for the Washington Examiner about one larger implication of Terry McAuliffe’s loss in this week’s Virginia governor’s race. Terry McAuliffe is a loyal Clinton man. He served…
Elections & Public Integrity
Left Loses Its Collective Mind Over ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon highlights the political left’s response to a popular catchphrase. We regret to inform you that the libs and the journos (pardon the redundancy)…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Election Results Should Help Kill Democrats’ Spending Plan
Charles Cooke of National Review Online sees one way in which Tuesday’s election results should affect your wallet. These developments raise some important questions. Such as: Why on earth would…
Elections & Public Integrity
Tying Every Election to Trump Doesn’t Work
Kyle Smith of National Review Online highlights a key lesson from the Virginia governor’s race. Donald Trump was an outlier in many ways — and everyone knows this. The widespread…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Theresa Opeka reports for Carolina Journal Online about the N.C. General Assembly voting to approve new congressional and legislative election maps. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explores the negative impact of…
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Education
Did Masks and CRT Play a Role in School Board Elections?
On November 2, voters selected school board members in nonpartisan, mostly competitive school board races in seven of North Carolina’s 115 school districts. Parents went to the polls with legitimate…