Locke/SPN Amicus Defends Anonymous Association Rights in Buckeye Institute v. IRS
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation has joined the State Policy Network (SPN) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in The…
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Agriculture
The Heavy Toll of Government Environmental Policies on American Farmers
A new report from the Buckeye Institute finds that environmental policies harm farm workers. In the push for environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality, governments around the world have implemented various…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The case against public-sector collective bargaining
Repealing the state's law against collective bargaining for public-sector employees would increase state government spending by between $889 million and $1.32 billion — a cost of $84.75 to $126.03 for…
Education
Big Government, Big Price Tag – Part 2
Introduction Public-sector unions are central to some of the most contentious public policy issues in contemporary America. Do unions improve or impair the political process and elections? Do police unions…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
A judge has approved a courtroom deal that could lead to billions of dollars in new spending on N.C. public schools in the years ahead. Terry Stoops analyzes this latest…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
JLF leads effort to ensure CARES Act flexibility for states
*This blog entry has been edited. It includes additional signatories to the letter. The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2…
Law & Public Safety
Guze Comments on JLF Amicus Brief for Workers’ Rights Court Case
This week, the John Locke Foundation, along with 12 other American policy groups, submitted a joint amicus brief in support of The Buckeye Institute’s case Reisman v. Associated Faculties of the…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Buckeye Institute chief wants public-sector workers to have ‘a voice and choice’
Robert Alt of the Columbus, Ohio-based Buckeye Institute [Kokai’s editorial note: Go Bucks!] writes in Forbes about the importance of reining in the power of unaccountable public-sector unions. Every morning,…
Liberty
A good example from Ohio
Despite the abject failure of my Cardale to Carolina Campaign, I’m still willing to look to Columbus, Ohio, for helping in improving conditions in North Carolina. That’s why I was…
Liberty
Another defense of payday lending
An analyst with Ohio’s Buckeye Institute defends payday lending in piece. He’s right: freedom means being able to make your own decisions, even if other people think they’re foolish. The…
Liberty
re: sprawl and obesity
Sam Staley at the Buckeye Institute summed in up in an article in today?s Washington Post. ?What this is saying to me, sitting on my half-acre with my kids playing…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Sales Tax Hike Kills Jobs: Plan Could Raise Jobless Rate, Cut Border Sales
A plan to increase North Carolina's sales tax by up to one penny, with a corresponding reduction in tax reimbursements to local governments, could endanger the state's economic recovery and…