Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
A merger between Aetna and CVS could expand retail health care options in North Carolina and across the country. Meanwhile, a tool called Medibid is helping to connect doctors and…
Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolina’s bloated, confusing criminal code needs a complete rewrite. Before that can happen, state lawmakers want an index of all the crimes currently in effect in the state. Jon…
Law & Public Safety
Convention of States advocates plan Tuesday morning rally
The N.C. House of Representatives voted 59-53 in 2017 not to move forward with a request for a Convention of States. The convention would propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Gov. Roy Cooper wants the N.C. Supreme Court to declare parts of the new state budget unconstitutional. Rick Henderson explains why during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Katherine…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
After overriding a veto from Gov. Roy Cooper, North Carolina lawmakers enacted a $23 billion General Fund budget for the new budget year that started this week. Becki Gray details…
Liberty
Charlotte Observer calls restraints on federal government a ‘Pandora’s Box of mischief’
It should come as no surprise that the statists editorialists writing for North Carolina’s major newspapers oppose the Article V Convention of States because —-gasp—it would place limits on the…
Law & Public Safety
Former Sen. Jim DeMint visits Raleigh to tout Convention of States
Jim DeMint, former Republican U.S. senator from South Carolina and former Heritage Foundation president, is visiting Raleigh to urge N.C. legislators to support the Convention of States. DeMint explained his…
Liberty
N&R might be catching on…..
N&R editorial writer Doug Clark has been coming up with some real whoppers lately. For starters, we should all just listen to Jimmy Kimmel to get proper perspective into the…
Law & Public Safety
Former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn touts Convention of States during N.C. visit
A former U.S. senator who earned national recognition for fighting waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government is now touting a tool to rein in that government. Tom Coburn…
Liberty
Susan Ladd don’t like the Convention of States
N&R columnist Susan Ladd doesn’t like the ‘Constitutional cleanup’ taking place in the General Assembly these days. A couple of things jump out here. Ms. Ladd—radical liberal that she is—…
Law & Public Safety
Barron’s editorial page editor considers calls for new constitutional convention
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s devotes his latest editorial commentary to the push for a new American constitutional convention. We can measure the continuing distaste and disrespect for the two and…
Liberty
Talk about nerve–Deena Hayes-Greene has it
For starters –the N&R lays into Rep. Bert Jones, who sponsored a bill calling for a “Convention of the States” to discuss amendments to the U.S. Constitution: Jones’ bill seems…