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The truth about universal coverage, part one
Note: A similar version of this article was originally published by Law & Liberty. The affordability issue is taking center stage in national political discourse this year. Foremost in this debate…
Education
What do teachers think about K-12 education and school choice?
How the public feels about education issues is recorded by a stream of never-ending polls. It’s rare to have a poll ask teachers their views on a variety of education…
Research Brief
Energy
High power bills? Blame bad state policies, not data centers
A new report from the John Locke Foundation, “Energy Poverty in North Carolina: Securing Affordable, Reliable Power,” features a county-by-county energy poverty index for North Carolina. The previous research brief…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Cary case is a wake-up call to combat local government secrecy, waste, and corruption
The town of Cary appears to be a sleepy suburb of Raleigh, but it is North Carolina’s seventh-largest municipality and has an annual budget of half a billion dollars. That…
Elections & Public Integrity
State Board of Elections proposes new campaign finance rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed a series of campaign finance rules and amendments. Brief summaries of the proposals are below, along with information on how…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
How government “economic incentive” programs push us toward central planning
As the late Nobel prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek once wrote, all economies are planned. Buying, selling, saving, investing, and all other activities are the result of someone’s plan. As…
Elections & Public Integrity
Public Comment on House Bill 958: “Election Law Changes”
The following is my prepared public comment presented on House Bill 958, “Election Law Changes,” at the July 28 meeting of the North Carolina Senate Committee on Elections: I am…
Law & Public Safety
For state laws banning “assault weapons,” the writing’s on the wall!
So called “assault weapons,” i.e., Colt AR-15s and similar lightweight semi-automatic rifles, have long been the target of gun control legislation. As I have explained, the United States Supreme Court’s 2008 decision…
Research Brief
Education
K–12 open enrollment is better than OK in the Sooner State
North Carolina is starting to progress toward statewide K–12 open enrollment, a type of school choice that lets parents choose any traditional public school with open seats in lieu of…
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Not too late to see the original Halifax Resolves in NC this summer
As we plod through the dog days of summer, parents and grandparents are often looking for new ideas for outings with the youngsters. One possibility to consider is visiting the…
Energy
Power in numbers: Electricity demand in extreme temperatures
During extreme heat waves and cold snaps, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under President Donald Trump has been issuing emergency orders that allow utilities to exceed their environmental emissions…
Elections & Public Integrity
New voter ID rules better adhere to state law
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) adopted several rule changes on July 16. The most controversial was a change from a requirement that county elections boards need a…