Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Law & Public Safety
Through research and policy proposals, Locke supports the protection of the public and the right to self-defense. Unfortunately, issues like overcriminalization and asset seizure have caused public safety to stray from that vital responsibility.
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Law & Public Safety
Restoring the Separation of Powers in North Carolina
The North Carolina State Constitution unequivocally declares, “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers shall be forever separate and distinct from each other.” Despite that declaration, North Carolinians are increasingly…
Law & Public Safety
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
Substance abuse, severe mental illness, homelessness, poverty, crime, and other social disorders are now seemingly rampant problems. Videos taken from the streets of Los Angeles and Philadelphia and shared on…
Law & Public Safety
“Family mourns 83-year-old man killed after being shoved by thief at Home Depot”
That’s the headline of a recent WRAL report. The report continues: A Home Depot employee who was in the hospital for weeks after being shoved down by a man stealing merchandise has…
Law & Public Safety
Policy Pizza: The Judicial System
The courts have an incredible impact on the work of public policy think tank and Mitch Kokai keeps track of the important cases working their way through North Carolina’s court…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Poor State, Federal Response to Hurricanes Prolongs Families’ Misery
Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina. Disaster responses historically fail to meet victims’ needs and waste significant funds. The federal government should step back and…
Elections & Public Integrity
Beasley’s Past Association with Defund the Police Advocacy Group Comes Back to Bite Her
The Washington Free Beacon reported this week that: The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association on Wednesday announced its endorsement of Republican Senate nominee Ted Budd. The decision comes as a rebuff…
Law & Public Safety
Biden Rejects “Defund the Police”
More cops means less crime.
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Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Money-Obsessed Leandro Lobby Comes Clean
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Leandro case on August 31. Chants of “cut the check” and “let the money go” during Every Child NC’s…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls Should Recuse Herself from the Leandro Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear the latest appeal in the long-running Leandro education funding lawsuit in August. A recusal motion against Justice Phil Berger Jr. relies on the…
Research Brief
Education
Keeping North Carolina Schoolchildren Safe
State lawmakers have approved over $500 million in school safety funding since 2013, and Gov. Pat McCrory created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools that year. According to a…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Intensive Community Policing Can Save the Lives of Black Children
Street violence has claimed the lives of far too many innocent Black children, and the current spike in violent crime makes the problem worse. Deploying more police officers to act…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Despite the Timing, Intensive Community Policing Should Have Wide Appeal
The current spike in homicides and other violent crime has created an urgent need for more and better policing. Unfortunately, the lingering effects of the anti-police hysteria that swept the…