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A housing supply reform agenda for North Carolina: Part 1
North Carolina needs more housing. As communities across the state continue to grow, the question for policymakers is not simply how to make housing more affordable, but how state and…
Elections & Public Integrity
State elections board proposes political party sales rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has opened a public comment period on rules governing political party committees’ plans to sell goods or services. The rules will provide…
Elections & Public Integrity
9-21 data dump: Republican voter registration gains tank
After two full weeks of voting in the 2026 election, absentee voting continues to be off the 2022 pace. Perhaps a bigger story at this point is that Republican registrations…
Education
WCPSS says they have no money for HVAC repairs. Ask leaders how they spent nearly half-a-billion in federal Covid funds.
“A major heat wave in central North Carolina closed in on the Triangle this week. Combine that with widespread HVAC issues across Wake County schools, and that leaves students, parents…
Research Brief
Agriculture
Protect farmers from uncertainty by getting the H-2A wage methodology right
Agriculture depends heavily on immigrant labor, particularly for seasonal crops that cannot be easily mechanized. As I documented in my 2025 John Locke Foundation report, “Harvest on Hold,” North Carolina…
NC 250
Religious dissenters and the coming of the American Revolution
Here’s something that isn’t discussed much. The Anglican Church was the state church of the English Crown. North Carolina colonists who were religious dissenters (members of any religious sect not…
Research Brief
Energy
Build affordable, reliable power from the baseload up
North Carolina’s Carbon Plan law requires retiring certain baseload electricity resources (coal and eventually natural gas). Present plans would attempt to replace them by overbuilding solar facilities. This policy threatens…
Elections & Public Integrity
9-14 election data dump: Which NC General Assembly districts are in play?
As we settle into the second week of absentee voting in North Carolina, let’s take stock of how voting by mail in North Carolina stacks up to previous midterm elections.…
Research Brief
Education
Weighted Student Funding Report: Hits and Misses
A recently released Public School Forum (PSF) report on school finance warns that migrating from North Carolina’s present resource allocation system to a system of Weighted Student Funding — without…
Elections & Public Integrity
Your Aunt Betty can’t legally deliver your ballot
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) approved guidelines for county boards on handling absentee ballots during a September 4 meeting, in the form of a numbered memo. It…
Law & Public Safety
State Auditor and transit officials clash over response to Iryna Zarutska’s murder
In August of 2025, Iryna Zarutska was murdered on a light rail train operated by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). Writing about the murder at the time, I noted that…
Elections & Public Integrity
What the voter ID amendment does and does not do
When North Carolina voters mark their ballots for the November 3 election, they will consider three constitutional amendments. One of them states, “Constitutional amendment to require all voters, not just…