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How “swingy” are North Carolina General Assembly districts?

Government housing for teachers and public employees is not the solution to Wake County’s housing problem

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

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How “swingy” are North Carolina General Assembly districts?

Government housing for teachers and public employees is not the solution to Wake County’s housing problem

Reflections from North Carolina’s Covid Generation

Freedom Focus

The truth about universal coverage, part one

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

Research Brief

Energy

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

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Measuring Up: How North Carolina’s Faculty Salaries Compare

No Floyd Fiscal Crisis: True State Needs Can Be Met By Rainy-Day Fund

Winning Issues: Exit Poll, JLF Poll Found Conservative Viewpoint

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Liberty

COVID Controversies Drive Growing Distrust of Scientists

Terry Jones writes for Issues and Insights about disturbing new poll results involving science and public trust. From coronavirus vaccines and the virus’ origin to climate change, a substantial portion…

Colorado Parents Create ‘No Politics’ School

Joy Pullmann writes for the Federalist about a significant education development in one Western community. Merit Academy of Woodland Park, Colorado, opened on Aug. 23 in a buoyant ceremony featuring…

Liberty

Blasting Biden’s Vaccine Mandate ‘Theater’

Editors at the Washington Examiner take aim at the president’s latest pronouncement. If you want to understand President Joe Biden’s motives, look no further than White House chief of staff…

Health Care

Vaccination Battles Threaten the Hippocratic Oath

Patrick Hauf writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a COVID-related dispute within the medical community. A growing number of doctors have threatened to withhold treatment from the unvaccinated, sparking…

Liberty

One of the West’s Timeless Literary Classics Faces Attacks

Joseph Loconte writes for National Review Online about progressives’ distaste for one of the seminal works of Western literature. America’s founding generation absorbed Virgil (70–19 b.c.) and the lessons of…

New Carolina Journal Online Features

Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on the latest round of election redistricting hearings. One CJ Opinion highlights Democratic contradictions in their responses to a bill targeting public school…

Standing tall — at 3:45 pm on a Friday afternoon

Any good communications person will tell you if you want to bury a story, dump it on the news media late Friday afternoon. That’s exactly what Gov. Roy Cooper did…

Research Brief

Four Key Differences Between the House, Senate, and Cooper Budget Plans

The North Carolina General Assembly is still finalizing a two-year budget. Budget proposals from the House, Senate, and governor would have varying effects on North Carolina’s fiscal future. Spending restraint,…

Details for Wednesday, September 15 Redistricting Hearings

I had previously posted that the General Assembly is hosting redistricting in Winston-Salem and Elizabeth City on Tuesday, September 14. The General Assembly is also hosting two redistricting hearings on…

Martin Center Column Highlights Worthwhile Curriculum

Grattan Brown writes for the Martin Center about a curriculum worth following. At the start of students’ college careers, there are both good and bad unknowns. The good unknowns are…

Law & Public Safety

Why Powerful Natural Immunity Foils Any Case for Vaccine Passports

A growing body of research is making it increasingly clear that natural immunity to Covid-19 owing to previous infection is stronger, more durable, and broader than vaccine-induced immunity.