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Budget Basics: Sustaining the present, preserving the future
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Improving Juvenile Justice: Finding More Effective Options for North Carolina’s Young Offenders
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Lessons Learned: How the Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina Avoids Kentucky’s Medicaid Reform Mistakes
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Law & Public Safety
Bad News: Violent Crime Is Up in North Carolina’s Largest Cities
The Major Cities Chiefs Association has just released a Violent Crime Survey comparing the first half of 2024 to the same period last year. The good news is that for…
Elections & Public Integrity
Did Elon Musk’s PAC Violate NC Law?
Elon Musk and a PAC affiliated with him were at the center of controversy in several swing states, including North Carolina, after failing to register voters in at least four…
Elections & Public Integrity
Two Court Cases Highlight the Need for Reform at the State Board of Elections
(Picture of Cornel West is Creative Commons by Gage Skidmore.) A pair of court cases concluded on August 12 confirmed that two new parties can be officially recognized and on…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Restoring the Separation of Powers in North Carolina
A strict separation of legislative, executive, and judicial power is guaranteed by both the North Carolina and the United States constitutions. With the connivance of progressive jurists, the progressive left…
Law & Public Safety
Gorsuch Gets It
In Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law, US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and his former clerk, Janie Nitze, describe the extent to which the United States had…
Agriculture
Sowing Resilience Chapter 1: Origins
Agriculture
The Economic Impact of the Pork Industry in the United States
In the past, I have discussed the history, economic impact, and controversy surrounding pork production in North Carolina. However, while North Carolina is a top producer of pork, the industry…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina Imposes More Than 100,000 Regulations, Ranks 27th Nationally
North Carolina's administrative code consists of more than 6 million words, more than ten times the novel War and Peace
Energy
Ecological Disaster from One Broken Offshore Wind Turbine Blade
Last week in The Carolina Journal, I discussed an emerging ecological disaster with ramifications for North Carolina. Policymakers should heed the warning. On July 13, a single blade broke on…
Education
NC School Choice Enrollment: The Numbers Tell the Story
On the same day that parents were rallying at the General Assembly to urge lawmakers to fund expansion of the popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, state officials released numbers showing enrollment…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Stacking the Deck: Sports Wagering Proposal Favors Affluent Universities
The North Carolina House's proposal to alter the uses for sports betting tax revenue favors affluent universities.
Agriculture
Sowing Resilience Trailer
Agriculture is North Carolina’s top industry and serves as the backbone of our state’s economy and identity. Farmers, distributors, and thousands of other hardworking North Carolinians play a critical role…