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Cary case is a wake-up call to combat local government secrecy, waste, and corruption

State Board of Elections proposes new campaign finance rules

How government “economic incentive” programs push us toward central planning

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The truth about universal coverage, part one

What do teachers think about K-12 education and school choice?

Energy

High power bills? Blame bad state policies, not data centers

Cary case is a wake-up call to combat local government secrecy, waste, and corruption

State Board of Elections proposes new campaign finance rules

How government “economic incentive” programs push us toward central planning

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Latest Articles

Congressional Republicans Want Parent Probe Ended

Matthew Foldi of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a new demand from congressional Republicans. House Republican leadership is demanding that the Department of Justice halt its plans to investigate…

McAuliffe’s Anti-Parent Quip Was No Slip

Philip Klein of National Review Online places an infamous remark from Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate in context. Terry McAuliffe made an extraordinary in-kind contribution to the campaign of his Republican…

New Carolina Journal Online Features

Theresa Opeka reports for Carolina Journal Online on some nonprofit N.C. hospitals preparing more benefits from patients while providing less care. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion argues that Democrats might win…

Concern About Politics in the Classroom Rising

If you think instruction in North Carolina’s K-12 public-schools is becoming more political, you’re not alone. The October 2021 Civitas Poll found 75 percent of respondents said schools had become…

Tax Cuts Are Coming! We Hope.

Are you on the edge of your seat waiting for the North Carolina budget? Likely not. According to the October Civitas Poll, 49.6% of North Carolinians do not believe their…

Regulation

Legislators Don’t Need to Use Racial Data in Redistricting to Comply With the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act prohibits redistricting in a way that limits citizens' ability to “elect representatives of their choice” on account of their race. Using racial data in redistricting would…

The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 25

This past week over 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…

Health Care

The NC Threat-Free Index Explained

Since July 2020, the NC Threat-Free Index has provided contextualized looks at North Carolina's Covid-19 numbers that have been lacking from media and government updates. All of the statistics generated…

Martin Center Column Highlights University Alumni Concerns

Jay Schalin of the Martin Center writes that some university alumni have decided to be “sheep no more.” [D]espite such slow progress on so many higher education fronts, I have…

One Way to Follow Europe’s Lead: Enact Voter ID

John Lott writes for the Federalist about an inconvenient fact most voter ID critics choose to ignore. The Crime Prevention Research Center, which I run, has compiled a database on…

Republicans Search for Next Political Star

Emily Brooks of the Washington Examiner reports on Republican politicos’ work to identify a new rising star. The search is on for the next Republican political success story, and party…