This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
You might not think of a teenager stuffing his face with chocolate cake when you hear the words “targeted tax incentives.” But Joe Coletti does make that mental connection. He…
American author and social reformer (1802–1887)
You might not think of a teenager stuffing his face with chocolate cake when you hear the words “targeted tax incentives.” But Joe Coletti does make that mental connection. He…
The N.C. House finalized its changes to the 2016-17 budget this morning with a strong bipartisan vote, 103-12, on both second reading and third. Members of both parties cited teacher…
In the wake of an announcement that the state has reached a deal to sell the Dorothea Dix property to Raleigh, Carolina Journal Online revisits a CJ parody about the…
With all of the recent debate about reducing health care costs, there’s been little discussion about opening up competition by scrapping the state’s certificate-of-need law. Katherine Restrepo analyzes North Carolina’s…
Yesterday, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest proposed creation of the North Carolina Teacher Endowment Fund, a permanent fund that would provide alternative funding source for teacher compensation. Forest suggested that the…
The Laurinburg Exchange published Carolina Journal Publisher Jon Ham‘s recent column on mainstream media outlets shying away from “man-bites-dog” stories that stray from a left-wing narrative. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted…
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online that a Wake County grand jury wants further investigation of a Morganton businessman who donated money to former Gov. Beverly Perdue. Henderson’s Daily…
The Greensboro News & Record printed N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair‘s recent Carolina Journal column on school violence. The Thomasville Times published CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on…
JLF president John Hood weighs in on the Dix land deal, which the N.C. Senate just voted to fix: Imagine that the first-term governor of your state declined to seek…
Voters set the stage for some major changes in North Carolina politics in 2013. John Locke Foundation experts had a chance to discuss the potential changes during a series of…
As she heads out the door of the executive mansion, Gov. Beverly Perdue isn’t going quietly. She pushed through the Council of State a deal to create a new park…
Both John Hood and John Locke Foundation Director of Communications Mitch Kokai discussed the federal fiscal cliff during separate appearances this week on News 14 Carolina’s statewide “Capital Tonight” program.…