Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s ban on small-scale, short-term lenders or payday lenders hurts potential borrowers more than it helps them. That’s a key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report, which recommends that North Carolina legalize these kinds...
Click here to view and here to listen to Sarah Curry discussing the John Locke Foundation’s proposal for a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. RALEIGH — While North Carolina’s elected leaders prepare to tackle tax reform, the John Locke Foundation’s new book urges them to take on the related issue of government overspending through a state...
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation honored former N.C. House Speaker Pro Tem Dale Folwell, R-Forsyth, Saturday with the 2013 James Knox Polk Award for leadership in public office. The Polk Award highlights “North Carolinians who exhibit the finest qualities of leadership and commitment to freedom and constitutional government,” said JLF President John Hood while...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing the John Locke Foundation’s new book. RALEIGH — North Carolina needs a major redesign of its state government operating system, a “North Carolina 6.0” that would include an expanded veto for the governor, formal session limits for legislators, and the return of party...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing the John Locke Foundation’s education reform recommendations. RALEIGH — North Carolina should break free of the so-called Common Core State Standards, which are tied to attempts to nationalize public school education requirements. That’s one of the key recommendations the John Locke Foundation’s...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing the John Locke Foundation’s proposals for regulatory reform. RALEIGH — North Carolina should require elected leaders to vote on new rules and regulations that would have a “major” impact on jobs, the economy, and consumer prices. That’s just one of the ideas the...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing the John Locke Foundation’s guide to school choice. RALEIGH — Now that North Carolina has lifted its public charter school cap and approved new tax credits for parents of children with special education needs, state leaders still have other options for improving...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing the John Locke Foundation’s recommendations for N.C. health care policy. RALEIGH — North Carolina should reject both the proposed Medicaid expansion and state-based health insurance exchange tied to the 2010 federal health care law. The John Locke Foundation’s new book says those two...
RALEIGH — There’s no reason to believe a new report’s claim that North Carolina’s tax system takes a “much larger share” from middle- and low-income families than from families with higher incomes. The John Locke Foundation documents how the misuse of selected federal tax data leads left-leaning analysts to the wrong conclusions. “It’s one thing...
Click here to view and here to listen to John Hood discussing the John Locke Foundation’s new book. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s elected leaders would adopt a new pro-growth tax system, promote parental choice in education, say no to Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion, and redesign state government’s “operating system,” if they follow...
Click here to view and here to listen to Jon Sanders discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — North Carolina’s aggressive approach to occupational licensing raises prices and protects current members of a profession more than it protects consumers. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report, which compares occupational licensing to...
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Roy Cordato discussing the John Locke Foundation’s USA Tax proposal. RALEIGH — Replacing North Carolina’s existing income, corporate, sales, and estate taxes with a new consumed-income tax dubbed the USA Tax could generate 80,500 new jobs in the first year, while boosting the state’s economy...