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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

For state laws banning “assault weapons,” the writing’s on the wall!

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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

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

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Public Comment on House Bill 958: “Election Law Changes”

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For state laws banning “assault weapons,” the writing’s on the wall!

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NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending Jan. 25

All considered, about 99.2% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had recovered from.

Budget, Taxation & Economy

Law & Public Safety

Time to amend the Emergency Management Act, Part Three

The first three counts are concerned with the discriminatory way Cooper has applied the Emergency Management Act. The last two counts, on the other hand, point to problems with the…

Bernie Sanders is Darn Near Giddy

It’s not the mittens memes that has self-described socialist and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in “as close to a good mood as he can get right now,” as reported by John…

Cranking up a conservative purge

Editors at Issues and Insights are preparing for a greater crackdown on conservative voices. Not quite two weeks ago we noted that Big Tech was settling the family business with…

The ‘revolutionaries’ mostly look ridiculous

Inez Feltscher Stepman writes for the Federalist about the odd cast of characters engaged in the recent Capitol violence. One of the stranger elements of the current era is the…

Law & Public Safety

Setting up for another Supreme Court fight

Nicholas Rowan of the Washington Examiner highlights a pending political battle involving the nation’s highest court. Should the Senate confirm Merrick Garland as attorney general in the coming weeks, the…

Rubio labels second Trump impeachment ‘arrogant’

Mairead McArdle writes for National Review Online about one high-profile Republican senator’s response to the second impeachment of Donald Trump. Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) on Sunday called the effort…

National Review editor labels second Trump impeachment both rushed and delayed

Rich Lowry of National Review Online highlights key problems with the second congressional impeachment of Donald Trump. The problem with impeachment was that it seemed inevitable that it would either…

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New Carolina Journal Online features

Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on school choice in North Carolina. The Daily Journal highlights a court filing that shows Gov. Roy Cooper’s…