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National Review Online highlights a recent speech from North Carolina’s Art Pope, founding chairman of the John Locke Foundation. One of the oldest sayings about philanthropy is: “Give a man…
Focus on costs beyond tuition Tuition and fees in the UNC System make up only one-third of the total cost of attending a UNC university, according to today’s UNC Board…
Art Pope is CEO of Variety Wholesalers, Inc., a company that operates retail stores throughout the Southeast. Mr. Pope is also a philanthropist, former state lawmaker, former budget director under…
We have a love-hate relationship with philanthropy, which starts with questions of fairness and has been magnified for the past hundred years by the income tax. One manifestation is the…
John Locke Foundation founder and former chairman Art Pope today was elected chairman of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, one of the nation’s largest conservative grant-making charitable organizations. Pope…
In a recent opinion piece, Karen Cox answers that question for New York Times readers: After a vicious governor’s race in which the Democrat, Roy Cooper, squeaked past the incumbent Republican,…
Yes, it’s complicated. Those of us committed to keeping taxing and spending in check have learned it’s complicated and riddled with intended and unintended consequences. As we continue to see…
This news was released today. See this information from a News and Observer article: North Carolina Budget Director Lee Roberts is leaving his position, Gov. Pat McCrory told reporters at…
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a new, subscription-only, article about the influence of the Pope Foundation and the Pope Center on North Carolina’s colleges, particularly through the legislature. As with all…
The Leandro lawsuit linked to N.C. school performance and funding has lingered in the state’s court system for more than two decades. Terry Stoops assesses the latest court hearing in…
J. Peder Zane’s column this morning on the politics of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity — its ending as well as its beginning — included the following: The…
Each governor has a budget director. This person is in charge of managing and helping create the governor’s budget. A very stressful job, McCrory replaced Art Pope with Lee Roberts…