There’s been a lot going on this week in the John Locke Foundation’s research division. In case you missed any of it:
- Sarah Curry, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies, wrote about the sale of Smithfield Foods to a Chinese company and the impact it will have on the North Carolina economy. It’s not what you might suspect. She also wrote quite a heated blog post about her person encounter with film incentives on Monday afternoon, as well as continuing to keep us posted on the budget process in the general assembly.
- Katherine Restrepo, Health and Human Services Policy Analyst, compared Medicaid in North Carolina and Oregon. She blogged about it, too.
- Terry Stoops, Director of Education Studies, also wrote about Medicaid, focusing on it’s budget shortfall and the impact that has on every other area of the budget, including education and teacher pay. In addition, Terry has several useful blog posts on the Common Core curriculum, as well as one on North Carolina’s graduation rate.
- Roy Cordato, Vice President for Research and resident scholar, called out Gov. McCrory for declaring June NC Solar Energy Month, both in his newsletter and on our blog. He also made an interesting comparison between Obama and Nixon.
- Jon Sanders, Director of Regulatory Studies, wrote about ways to improve North Carolina’s regulatory climate through sunset and sunrise provisions. He also published a longer Spotlight report on the same topic. It’s a great resource if you’re looking for an overview of sunset provisions and how they can help to reduce and improve regulation in the state. And he still managed to blog about Duke Energy’s rate hikes and about the harmful relationships between states and power companies.
Jon will also be speaking at next week’s Shaftesbury luncheon on Monday. Details below. Don’t miss it!
