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Law & Public Safety
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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Budget, Taxation & Economy
Court of Appeals Defends Constitutional Principles in Leandro Case
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to block Judge David Lee’s order to withdraw approximately $1.7 billion from the General Fund without the necessary…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Black Lives Matter —Which Is Why We Need More Police Funding, Not Less
Crime and the breakdown of public order have again become serious and politically salient problems in United States. As politicians and policymakers look for ways to bring the current crime…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Time to Amend the Emergency Management Act, Concluded
The recently enacted budget bill makes two badly needed changes to the Emergency Management Act (EMA) One of those changes ensures that the governor may only exercise extraordinary emergency powers…
Research Brief
Health Care
Who Is Contracting Covid-19 in NC?
ver the month of October, 71.4% of new Covid-19 cases in North Carolina were to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals. Meanwhile, 26.7% of new cases were to fully vaccinated…
Education
Judge Lee’s Leandro Ruling Is Not a Moral Crusade. It’s a Money Grab.
Statement From Dr. Terry Stoops on Judge Lee’s Leandro Ruling Judge David Lee’s Leandro ruling is not a moral crusade. It’s a money grab. Today, Judge Lee trampled the North…
Law & Public Safety
Who Is Contracting Covid-19 in NC? Post-Vaccinated, Reinfected, and the Not Fully Vaccinated
While there were about 2.7 times more Covid-19 cases to unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated individuals than there were to fully vaccinated individuals, there were about 14.3 times more cases…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the state Supreme Court’s second crack at a case targeting Attorney General Josh Stein’s hog farm “slush fund.” John Hood’s CJ Opinion reminds us that…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending November 8
This past week about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and nearly nine out of ten (89.4%) adult North Carolinians are estimated…
Elections & Public Integrity
Progressives Lost Bigtime Last Week. What Does That Mean For the Leftist Agenda?
Teacher union-aligned Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost his bid to be governor of Virginia. Democrat Phil Murphy came within a few thousand votes of losing the governor’s seat in blue, blue…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a court case that could increase a nurse’s legal liability when a patient suffers injuries. A new CJ Opinion explores an important case in the…
Law & Public Safety
“Low pay, other factors to blame as NC police departments struggle to fill vacancies”
That’s the title of a recent Fox 8 report. Among other distressing statistics, the report states that “In Raleigh, 102 of 800 police office officer positions are vacant” and “Sometimes Durham…
Elections & Public Integrity
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new congressional map. John Hood’s CJ Opinion warns about a myth involving voter turnout.