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Cary case is a wake-up call to combat local government secrecy, waste, and corruption

State Board of Elections proposes new campaign finance rules

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

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The truth about universal coverage, part one

What do teachers think about K-12 education and school choice?

Energy

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

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

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Highways and Sprawl in North Carolina

Regulation

A Start on Malpractice: Senate legislation contains useful ideas & bad ones

Choice in North Carolina Education: 2003

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The bus driver problem: Does it have to be this difficult?

How do we solve the shortage of bus drivers? That’s a question a lot of people are asking these days. Students are spending more time on buses and arriving late…

Estimating the breadth of Covid immunity in NC

With 87.15% of adult North Carolinians with immunity, it would leave only 12.15% of adult North Carolinians estimated to lack either vaccine-induced or natural immunity. Fewer than one in eight.

Health Care

Potential federal legislation makes Medicaid expansion an even worse deal for North Carolina

Recently, while responding to reporters’ questions on the budget, Gov. Roy Cooper reiterated his desire to expand Medicaid. For years, the Republican-led General Assembly has resisted expanding the Medicaid program to include…

Why Are Parents So Angry?

Parents want public schools to focus on academics and implement coronavirus mitigation policies that acknowledge the costs and unsettled questions associated with masks and vaccines. The erosion of trust between…

“They’re gerrymandering the Marines!” Havelock will be split in redistricting and that’s all there is to it

The General Assembly kicked off the map drawing phase of redistricting yesterday. Legislators did little drawing, but we did get to see a bit of Twitter drama when Lekha Shupeck…

Widespread Natural Immunity Underscores Why Vaccine Mandates Must End, Now

While natural immunity is stronger than vaccine-induced immunity, proving natural immunity is difficult because fewer than one-fourth of infections are documented and antibodies testing is hit-or-miss. Vaccine mandates would affect…

Must-See TV: Ted Cruz Confronts Biden DOJ Official Over Mobilization Against Parents

Must-see TV, starring Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 6, Cruz questioned Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke about the DOJ’s decision to…

Law & Public Safety

Gauging the Supreme Court’s Support for Second Amendment

Mark Overstreet asks in a Federalist column whether the U.S. Supreme Court can be trusted to uphold the Second Amendment. The Supreme Court is expected to soon hear New York…

Liberty

Biden the ‘Unifier’ Ignores Divisions

Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner highlights one way in which President Biden has failed to live up to his campaign message. President Joe Biden, who campaigned on lowering the…

Law & Public Safety

Department of Justice Shows Its Political Bias

Editors at the Washington Examiner highlight the wrong turn the U.S. Justice Department has taken under Merrick Garland. Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice has discovered a new group that poses…