county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Introduction American patriot Patrick Henry noted, “The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” Government…
For the first time in several years, North Carolina will use all the same state legislative districts for two elections in a row. That, coupled with the release of the…
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division warned the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners on September 4 not to violate the civil rights of county residents.…
On August 17, I visited Old Fort, North Carolina, for a commemorative event at Davidson’s Fort. The Revolutionary War–era reconstructed fort, complete with log stockade and blockhouse, conjured up boyhood…
The Helene recovery is possibly the most formidable challenge facing Gov. Josh Stein. To be successful, he must distinguish himself from former Gov. Roy Cooper’s failures in the Matthew and…
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners removed a plaque from a Confederate monument in early April without public discussion or a vote, likely violating North Carolina’s open meetings law. Local…
As the John Locke Foundation’s report on legislative reform pointed out, government transparency is a public good. There are some exceptions, such as certain personnel records, but in general, citizens…
On Gov. Josh Stein’s first day in office, he created two agencies to oversee Helene recovery efforts instead of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR). NCORR was…
We have all seen the scenes of utter devastation after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Yet most county boards of elections were up and running within a few days,…
A new report from the Center for Food, Power, and Life at the John Locke Foundation takes stock of North Carolina’s energy infrastructure and estimates how much infrastructure the state…
As Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc across the southeastern United States, North Carolina’s agriculture sector once again finds itself at the mercy of nature’s most destructive forces. With torrential rain, powerful…
The North Carolina House's proposal to alter the uses for sports betting tax revenue favors affluent universities.