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Tax Cuts Are Coming! We Hope.
Are you on the edge of your seat waiting for the North Carolina budget? Likely not. According to the October Civitas Poll, 49.6% of North Carolinians do not believe their…
Research Brief
Regulation
Legislators Don’t Need to Use Racial Data in Redistricting to Comply With the Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act prohibits redistricting in a way that limits citizens' ability to “elect representatives of their choice” on account of their race. Using racial data in redistricting would…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending October 25
This past week over 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and about eight out of nine (88.7%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Research Brief
Health Care
The NC Threat-Free Index Explained
Since July 2020, the NC Threat-Free Index has provided contextualized looks at North Carolina's Covid-19 numbers that have been lacking from media and government updates. All of the statistics generated…
Education
Martin Center Column Highlights University Alumni Concerns
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center writes that some university alumni have decided to be “sheep no more.” [D]espite such slow progress on so many higher education fronts, I have…
Elections & Public Integrity
One Way to Follow Europe’s Lead: Enact Voter ID
John Lott writes for the Federalist about an inconvenient fact most voter ID critics choose to ignore. The Crime Prevention Research Center, which I run, has compiled a database on…
Elections & Public Integrity
Republicans Search for Next Political Star
Emily Brooks of the Washington Examiner reports on Republican politicos’ work to identify a new rising star. The search is on for the next Republican political success story, and party…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Businesses at Home Pressure Sinema on Global Tax
Patrick Hauf of the Washington Free Beacon highlights another source of pressure for a high-profile Arizona senator. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) is facing pressure to oppose an international corporate…
Liberty
Rationality Is Not Just for White Men
Rich Lowry of National Review Online questions a dubious narrative popular among some segments of the political left. George Orwell famously said that “there are some ideas so absurd that…
Education
There’s a Wrong Way to Fight Progressive Indoctrination in Schools
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online highlights a flawed approach toward fighting indoctrination in public schools. When it comes to exposing the illegitimacy of the administrative state, Columbia Law School…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on the decline of North Carolina’s teachers union. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why recent polls should scare Democrats.
Health Care
31 Reasons to Suspect Covid May Have Originated in a Chinese Lab
Matt Ridley lays them out in this poetical Twitter thread: If a pandemic caused by a new bat-derived sars-like virus breaks out in a city and The city has no similar…