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As the N.C. Utilities Commission collected public comments this week on a proposed wind energy project off the Beaufort County coast, the John Locke Foundation hosted a pair of workshops…
The N.C. Utilities Commission hears arguments this morning for and against Pantego Wind Energy, a proposed 11-thousand-acre wind energy project off the Beaufort County coast. As the commission prepares to…
Wind power plants use an extensive amount of land. Using data from a proposed wind power plant in Beaufort County, wind power requires about one acre per 19 megawatt-hours. The…
Dallas Woodhouse of Americans For Prosperity North Carolina issued the following statement about the escalating controversy in Lee County: North Carolina State Director of Americans for Prosperity Dallas Woodhouse…
Freedom Newspapers, including the New Bern Sun Journal and Kinston Free Press, sought John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s analysis for an article about Republican legislative leaders’ progress in achieving…
View in your browser. In the Spotlight The Obama Administration is alleging that the United States Chamber of Commerce is using foreign money for political ads. The shocking part of…
RALEIGH — For the second straight year, Pitt County schools earn a C- grade in the John Locke Foundation’s statewide assessment of public school administration, teachers safety, and student performance.…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling favoring the state in a legal dispute with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Duke University…
This week’s unprecedented State Board of Elections hearing into the campaign finances of a former governor generated multiple media opportunities for John Locke Foundation and Carolina Journal staff. Before the…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Michael Lowrey’s report about a recent N.C. Supreme Court ruling that allows the Beaufort County school system to sue county commissioners for more…
In other appellate rulings this morning: A panel split 2-1 in a pair of cases involving students kicked out of a Beaufort County high school for fighting. Both had sued…
The General Assembly’s return to Raleigh means expanded opportunities for John Locke Foundation experts to share their knowledge of the legislative process with live audiences and broadcast media outlets. Vice…