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NC School Districts are Spending Covid Relief Funds on Bonuses and Short-term Fixes. Will They Avert the Fiscal Cliff?
Bella DiMarco, a policy analyst at FutureEd, an education think tank affiliated with Georgetown University, has written an informative report on how North Carolina schools, are spending local ESSER funds. …
Research Brief
Health Care
Recent Developments in a Challenge to North Carolina’s Pernicious and Unconstitutional Certificate of Need Law
North Carolina’s Certificate of Need law harms patients, insurers, and taxpayers by making health care more expensive and less accessible. In a lawsuit currently before the North Carolina Supreme Court,…
Research Brief
Education
Wake County Public School System Doubles Down on Equity
The Wake County Public School System provided training for school board members that included a “land acknowledgment,” a “black body acknowledgment,” a video about confronting one’s “implicit biases,” and an…
Research Brief
Energy
More on the Costs of North Carolina’s Different Electricity Generating Sources
Since 2016, the federal government has massively subsidized renewable sources of electricity — with wind receiving nearly 20 times more subsidies per unit of power generated than nuclear, and solar…
Liberty
North Carolinians Crave Transparency
Last week, Locke released results from their recent Civitas Poll, which surveyed likely North Carolina general election voters on topics including the importance of open records laws. To see the…
Liberty
Right to Work and Health Policy in the States
Taylor Dawson of the Beacon Center of Tennessee took a break from a national conference in Chicago to join us for our second round of deep dish policy in the…
Elections & Public Integrity
Redistricting Lawsuit Arrives a Day Late and a Dollar Short
As expected, the Elias Law Group has filed a lawsuit (Williams v. Hall) challenging some of North Carolina’s new congressional districts. As if they realized how unlikely they were to…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Expand Freedom, Not Medicaid, for Better, More Affordable Healthcare
After a decade of resistance, North Carolina expanded its Medicaid program this year. It marks the largest entitlement increase in state history. Since government intervention is the major culprit in…
Education
A Closer Look at North Carolina Eighth Grade Math Scores. Why Aren’t the Alarms Going Off?
Student performance in eighth grade math can often be a predictor of problems or promise for North Carolina students. Since the pandemic, math performance has taken on even greater importance since…
Elections & Public Integrity
Plaintiffs Request Gingles All the Way in Senate Redistricting Case
A legal challenge to the state Senate maps was filed just before the Thanksgiving holiday last week, questioning the state’s compliance with the Voting Rights Act. With candidate filing set…
Elections & Public Integrity
Elections Board Agrees to Partially Follow Law on Registration IDs
Election officials have been deviating from state and federal voter registration laws for two decades. A citizen complaint forced the North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) to start complying,…
Research Brief
Energy
Discussing the Costs of North Carolina’s Different Electricity Generating Sources
Electricity from existing power plants is cheapest, and state law lets the cost of building new power plants fall on electricity consumers through increases in their power bills. New solar…