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

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High power bills? Blame bad state policies, not data centers

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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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Budget, Taxation & Economy

Did Cooper cancel band and chorus classes?

Yesterday, the NC Department of Health and Human Services released an updated version of its StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12). The updated version included requirements not specified in the original…

Research Brief

Public policies have prevented equal opportunity for all Americans

“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up,” Booker T. Washington said. We have had a reminder in recent weeks that…

Martin Center column touts value of higher education governance reform

Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center highlights new research involving higher education governance. Academia is a troubled institution plagued by financial problems, falling academic standards, and poor educational outcomes. Especially…

Focusing as little attention as possible on Biden

Christopher Bedford of the Federalist ponders the absence of reporting about important Democratic Party events that had been scheduled to take place this week. Monday was the first day of…

Budget, Taxation & Economy

Never-Trump group attacks Senate Republicans, too

David Drucker of the Washington Examiner describes an anti-GOP program backed by Never-Trumpers. The Lincoln Project is defending a multimillion-dollar campaign to deliver Senate control to the Democrats, arguing that…

New tool keeps tracks of federal spending

Jonathan Bydlak of the R Street Institute explains a new way of monitoring how Washington, D.C., politicians spend our money. Over the last few months, Congress has appropriated trillions of…

Liberty

The impact of a decline in trust and cooperation

Kevin Williamson of National Review Online spots a disturbing trend in American public life. Scholars of government think a great deal about trust, consensus, legitimacy, and other related issues. One…

Liberty

Media make odd choices when promoting governors

Jim Geraghty of National Review Online questions media outlets’ choices of governors to promote during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pretend for a moment that you are a journalist with a strong…

Energy

New Carolina Journal Online features

Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the end of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal and Gov. Roy Cooper’s pattern of executive overreach. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains why…

Budget, Taxation & Economy

Now 77 percent of NC’s known COVID-19 cases are in recovery

The number of people recovered from COVID-19 in NC has grown at an increasing rate relative not only to known cases, but more importantly, relative to deaths.