Law & Public Safety
Intensive Community Policing
Introduction North Carolinians are worried about crime, and with good reason. Despite recent declines, crime rates remain higher than they were before the crime wave that began in 2014, and…
Cary
town in North Carolina, United States
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Solving North Carolina’s Crime Problem: Part Four
In Part One of this series, I confirmed that North Carolina does indeed have a crime problem. I noted that crime rates rose dramatically between 2018 and 2021 and that clearance rates…
Research Brief
Agriculture
Without Nuclear, a Carbon-Neutral Grid Needs an Unthinkable Amount of Solar
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…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Solving North Carolina’s Crime Problem: Part Three
Note: This is the third in a series of research briefs about crime in North Carolina. In part one of this series, I discussed how murder and other crimes spiked…
Research Brief
Liberty
Solving North Carolina’s Crime Problem: Part Two
Crime is a localized phenomenon that varies greatly from city to city and from neighborhood to neighborhood. As a result, the burden of crime tends to be borne disproportionately by…
Elections & Public Integrity
A Redistricting Tale of Three Counties Split Three Ways
One goal when drawing congressional districts is to keep political communities, including counties, together. As Jim Stirling and I noted in our report, Limiting Gerrymandering in North Carolina, “[W]hile there…
Elections & Public Integrity
Criteria Recommendations for North Carolina Congressional Maps
Though North Carolina passed its newest budget last week, the legislature will still be busy this week. The legislature still must draw new congressional and legislative maps following the North…
Energy
The Initial Carbon Plan: What Are Its Mandates, and Do They Align with State Law?
Note: This post is a compilation of the five-part series of research briefs on the initial Carbon Plan. They discussed the plan’s mandates for nuclear power and coal (Part 1),…
Research Brief
Energy
How Do the Carbon Plan’s Mandates Align with State Law? Part 1
By law, the Utilities Commission’s Carbon Plan must chart the “reasonable,” “least cost path” to emissions reductions with “least cost planning of generation” that would “maintain and improve upon the…
Liberty
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending January 10
Image source: Screenshot from a Youtube video posted Jan. 8 featuring happy crowds enjoying the NC Chinese Lantern Festival at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, which does not require masks…
Liberty
Snapshot of the Day: Millennials are moving to Cary and Raleigh
From Smart Asset comes this look at the net migration of millennials for 2019. Millennials are defined as between 25 and 39 — with the oldest turning 40 this year. Cary…
Elections & Public Integrity
Cheri Beasley Reportedly Running for Senate
The News & Observer reported today that former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Cheri Beasley will likely be running for the Richard Burr’s Senate seat. Richard Burr will…