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Health Care
New audit finds a disturbing lack of oversight in Medicaid program
The lack of oversight created “an increased risk that providers whose actions posed a threat to patient safety” continued to practice, and the audit also identified nearly $120 million in…
Research Brief
Health Care
NC’s stranglehold on access to medical care should end
North Carolina's archaic certificate-of-need laws leave the state with significant deficits in psychiatric hospitals and substance abuse facilities — and higher prices. North Carolina should join the 15 other states…
Liberty
Facebook’s role downplayed in Capitol mob attack
Rachel Bovard writes for the Federalist about an inconvenient set of facts for a social media giant. It’s been more than a month since the app stores of Google and…
Liberty
Biden’s largely empty Cabinet
Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner highlights the slow progress of President Joe Biden in filling Cabinet-level positions. More than two-thirds of President Biden’s Cabinet nominees are stuck in a…
Elections & Public Integrity
Pelosi steers money toward Democratic gerrymandering group
Joe Schoffstall of the Washington Free Beacon explains how U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s actions contradict her words on the topic of gerrymandering. After calling for an end to partisan…
Education
Universities feature ‘rampant hostility’ to free thought
Frederick Hess and RJ Martin document for National Review Online a major problem on today’s college campuses. It’s no secret that free inquiry is under assault in America’s colleges and…
Liberty
Biden makes bad choices on Iran policy
Editors at National Review Online criticize the Biden administration’s approach to an American enemy. President Biden, who has made no secret of his desire to reenter the Iran nuclear deal,…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
Johnny Kampis reports for Carolina Journal Online that a relaxation of overly burdensome government rules could help boost access to broadband in North Carolina. The latest CJ Opinion explains how…
Elections & Public Integrity
Voter registration data: The “purge” is almost over and the Republican bleed off continues
I update our voter registration changes page every Monday. Here are this week’s changes: Democrats: -2,827 Republicans: -3,320 Libertarians: -34 Unaffiliated: -1,351 Here are a couple of notes from this…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Tip of the hat to North Carolina Republican Legislators
Leadership matters, and the chart below shows it in crystal clear terms. In North Carolina, we’re fortunate to have legislative leaders who take spending, taxing, and budgeting very seriously. Their…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Research finds incumbent governors release a flood of incentives during election years
In 2019, which was not an election year, Gov. Cooper pledged $146 million in incentives grants. In the election year of 2020, however, Cooper pledged over $519 million. That's over half a billion…
Education
Martin Center column highlights infrequent BOG ‘no’ votes
Shannon Watkins of the Martin Center focuses on the frequent absence of “no” votes among the UNC System’s Board of Governors. That board sets statewide policies for the North Carolina’s…