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Energy
Testimony before NCGA Senate Committees on HB 951, Energy Solutions
I testified on HB 951, Energy Solutions for North Carolina this week before both the Senate Ag/Energy/Enviro Committee and the Senate Rules Committee. Here are my prepared remarks: Energy policy. This…
Health Care
State Health Plan Debate Reaches NC Supreme Court
More than 200,000 retired state government workers and their dependents could face changes to their state health plans. The North Carolina Supreme Court heard a case Monday regarding whether the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 4
This past week nearly 99.5% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and over five out of six (83.5%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Education
Biden administration launches war against parents
Last week, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) declared that “America’s public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat” due to a “growing number of threats of…
Law & Public Safety
Leftist Prosecutors and the 2020 Crime Spike
Caitlin Bassett writes for the Federalist about links between the rise of left-of-center prosecutors and an increase in crime rates. The number of homicides in the United States increased around…
Liberty
Biden’s Poor Response to Chinese Hostage Diplomacy
Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner highlights the latest evidence of President Biden’s inappropriate response to communist Chinese misdeeds. A plea deal involving a senior Chinese telecommunications executive that coincided…
Liberty
Biden Rule Would Siphon Caregivers’ Money to Unions
Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a potential negative outcome from one Biden administration plan. The Biden administration may soon allow unions to take Medicaid funds from caregivers—a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Behavioral Economics Has Its Problems
Brian Albrecht writes at National Review Online about a problem plaguing a particular branch of economics. While universities exist to teach knowledge that stands the test of time, professors invariably…
Law & Public Safety
Big Supreme Court Term on the Way
Adam Carrington writes for National Review Online about a new term for the U.S. Supreme Court. According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are created equal. The same cannot…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Dallas Woodhouse reports for Carolina Journal Online on the young entrepreneurs who took part in this weekend’s Raleigh Children’s Business Fair. A new CJ Opinion explains why economic liberty depends…
Law & Public Safety
New Analysis Contradicts the Standard Narrative Regarding Police Killings
According to Black Lives Matter and similar anti-police organizations, the most important things to know about police violence are that there is a large and growing racial disparity in fatal…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cooper Must Decide If the Leandro Plan Is a State Budget Deal-Breaker
The $1.9 billion Leandro school funding plan will be the focus of budget negotiations between Gov. Cooper and lawmakers. Cooper wants a state budget that funds every dollar of the…