In addition to the $30 billion of General Fund spending in the 2023 budget, the General Assembly also appropriated over $7 billion that’s hardly being reported. Setting aside money in…
The national debt is expected to surpass $31 trillion soon, which would be the largest ever on record. It’s a reflection of the massive spending plans passed in response to the…
Inflation is essentially a tax on daily life. The latest inflation data from the Labor Department is devastating. Inflation across a broad swath of products that consumers buy every day…
Carolina Journal Online reports on the General Assembly finalizing the No Patient Left Alone Act. CJ also reports on the N.C. Revenue Department’s recent courtroom loss in a dispute involving…
Locke’s Brian Balfour gives a quick primer on the origins of critical race theory in this conversation with Mitch Kokai. Be sure to learn more by perusing the online/printable version…
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online that critics have concerns despite N.C. lawmakers devoting budget money to Leandro school funding priorities. John Hood’s CJ Opinion argues that N.C. voters…
Donna King reports for Carolina Journal Online on a state House bill to join an interstate licensing agreement for mental health counselors. Mitch Kokai’s CJ Opinion rebuts false claims about…
North Carolina’s Clean Energy Plan, a proposal put together by the Department of Environmental Quality at the behest of Gov. Roy Cooper, calls for a 70% reduction of greenhouse gas…
Today, John Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson responded to the announcement from North Carolina legislative leaders on an agreement for the state’s biennium budget total. John Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson…
Today, John Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson responded to the announcement from North Carolina legislative leaders on an agreement for the state’s biennium budget total. John Locke Foundation President Donald Bryson…
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law is an outdated law that dates back to the 1970s. It’s a failed economic policy from the feds that turns economics on its head when it…
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on the N.C. State Board of Elections’ decision to rehire Karen Brinson Bell as executive director. John Hood’s CJ Opinion relates a lesson…