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Liberty
Why NC’s Third Provincial Congress matters to the Revolution
I went to Hillsborough on a recent Saturday for a day of Patriotic frivolity (including tricorn hats, tents, Revolutionary-era clothes, children’s activities, and a colonial market) and to view a…
Research Brief
Health Care
Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts: When asset protection becomes taxpayer exploitation
Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPTs) are increasingly being used by affluent families to shield wealth and shift the cost of long-term care onto taxpayers. Instead of drawing down their resources,…
Regulation
Buncombe County draws federal ire over discriminatory policy recommendations
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division warned the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners on September 4 not to violate the civil rights of county residents.…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
We can prevent noncitizen voting in North Carolina
A Canadian voted in several recent elections in North Carolina, demonstrating continued weakness in our state’s system of citizenship verification for voting. There are ways to strengthen citizenship verification. The…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Medicaid for millionaires
By design, expansion ignores assets, allowing even the wealthiest individuals to qualify so long as their reported income is low enough. Meanwhile, the vulnerable groups that Medicaid was designed to…
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Elections & Public Integrity
Standing up for free speech, against forced disclosure of donors
At the John Locke Foundation, we believe that the government’s first duty is to protect freedom, not trample on it. That’s why the case of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers…
Liberty
History comes alive 249 years after Davidson’s Fort raid
On August 17, I visited Old Fort, North Carolina, for a commemorative event at Davidson’s Fort. The Revolutionary War–era reconstructed fort, complete with log stockade and blockhouse, conjured up boyhood…
Elections & Public Integrity
Progress is being made in repairing deficient voter registrations
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) is in the process of fixing the registrations of “registered voters who do not have an N.C. driver’s license/DMV ID number or…
Liberty
Good news about motherhood
The Institute for Family Studies has just released a report that finds: Consistent with previous surveys, our new survey finds that married mothers are happier than unmarried women or women…
Elections & Public Integrity
Congressional district maps should not cleave cities asunder
A judge in Utah has added a new wrinkle to this year’s mid-decade redistricting fight, overturning a Republican-drawn congressional map: The Utah Legislature violated voters’ rights by approving congressional boundaries…
Legal insights
Legal insights
Trump’s tariffs face uphill challenge at appeals court
Tariffs function as taxes, with the costs of import duties on goods entering the United States primarily falling on American companies and consumers. The key legal question now centers on whether…
Research Brief
Agriculture
Blockchain on the farm: Boosting NC’s agricultural future
North Carolina’s $111 billion agriculture sector is the backbone of our state’s economy. To stay competitive in a high-tech world, farms must embrace new tools. Blockchain — a secure, decentralized ledger — offers practical…