Press Releases

RALEIGH – With the return of fiscally conservative majorities to the North Carolina House and Senate, North Carolinians have given a thumbs-up to spending restraint and tax reforms enacted over…

RALEIGH – North Carolina’s 60-year-old ban on collective bargaining by public-sector unions is protecting North Carolina taxpayers from footing the bill for a huge hike in state spending. New economic…

Expanding Medicaid in North Carolina is a misguided and costly plan for our state, and would not be free to state taxpayers, as Gov. Roy Cooper claims. New economic…

In 2016, a Superior Court judge found that Apex violated the North Carolina Constitution when it installed a sewer line across the property of a town homeowner, and now Apex must…

The constitutional right for Americans to freely express our views is under attack from laws that require nonprofit organizations to subject their donors to public scrutiny. North Carolina lawmakers should…

Sometimes the guilty go free, and sometimes the blameless are held criminally accountable. This is the real-world result of North Carolina’s outdated and duplicative web of statutes, regulations, and ordinances…

The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fixing the flaw could…

RALEIGH — RALEIGH – North Carolina state government has taken important first steps to free health care professionals and facilities from onerous rules that would limit their response to the…

RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation and 12 other public policy organizations across the nation are joining forces to support a nationally significant court case promoting workers’ rights. The organizations all…

Amy begins her tenure as CEO and Publisher on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. She is one of only four people who have held the CEO position since the John Locke…