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Vice President’s Unpopularity Could Help Sink Federal Election Overhaul
David Harsanyi writes at National Review Online about Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential impact on Democrats’ federal election scheme. Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has apparently squared away the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports the latest developments in the dispute over Gov. Roy Cooper’s top environmental official. David Bass reports on the state House’s vote to cut off expanded federal…
Energy
Concerned About Greenhouse Gas Emissions? We’ve Got Good News For You.
I was talking to a friend in another state who lives about 50 miles from a nuclear plant. She told me about some of her co-workers who proudly wear the…
Research Brief
Education
Teacher Pay: A Look at the Last Decade
Overall, North Carolina teacher pay has improved despite periods of no or moderate pay increases. North Carolina ranks 34th nationally and 2nd in the Southeast in teacher pay. The increase…
Elections & Public Integrity
Elections Director Wants To Delay All Municipal Elections. Why?
State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell is urging the General Assembly to give municipalities the ability to delay their local elections. But, as Locke’s Andy Jackson explains,…
Liberty
Troy Tackles Elections’ Links to Think Tanks
Tevi Troy offers interesting observations about the impact of election results on policy-driven think tanks. THREE THINGS ARE CERTAIN AFTER A presidential-election defeat: infighting, second-guessing, and efforts to create a…
Law & Public Safety
Defunding Police Carries Consequences for Missouri
Eric Schmitt writes for the Washington Examiner about one state’s experience with efforts to scale back police work. Last year, in the city of St. Louis, we saw a 50-year…
Education
Chinese-Backed Student Groups Use Tactics of the Woke
Jack Beyrer and Matthew Foldi of the Washington Free Beacon detail a disturbing development on American college campuses. Student groups backed by the Chinese Communist Party are using the language…
Elections & Public Integrity
Countering Lies About New Texas Voting Reform
Rich Lowry of National Review Online corrects errors in the record surrounding Texas’ latest election reform. The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation…
Liberty
Vice President Runs From the Border
Dan McLaughlin of National Review Online ponders Vice President Kamala Harris’ approach to her role as the Biden administration’s point person on the Southern border. It really requires a heart…
Energy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. Senate’s rejection of Gov. Roy Cooper’s nominee to lead the state Department of Environmental Quality. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion contrasts…
Energy
In Their Own Words: Hear Why N.C. Senate Will Reject Cooper’s DEQ Nominee
Late Wednesday morning, N.C. Senate leadership announced this in a news release: If Gov. Cooper doesn’t withdraw his nominee to lead the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Dionne Delli-Gatti, the…