RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation presents potential solutions to improve our state’s vital seaports in our latest report, “Gateway to the World: A Report on North Carolina’s Ports.” North…
Central to North Carolina’s economic output is its position on the Eastern Seaboard and utilizing that geography to its advantage through its seaports. The Tar Heel State’s two seaports stand…
The middle of an economic and public health crisis, when people are worried if they will still have work in December and the federal budget deficit is in excess of…
Title I schools have a high concentration of disadvantaged students and receive additional funds from the federal government to serve them. Below is a list of Title I schools that…
Carolina Journal‘s Dan Way reports on the latest the vacant 3rd U.S. Congressional District seat that will be filled July 9 special election: The elections board determined the order of candidates…
Governments cannot realistically take enough money from citizens to pay for all the repairs and construction people say we need. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimated an unmet need…
View in your browser. Some legislators will be coming into the short session this April with an appetite to do away with North Carolina’s Certificate of Need (CON) law —…
View in your browser. It’s going to take a while longer for the North Carolina Legislature to pass its two-year budget. Part of the hold up will be finalizing an…
Proponents of Certificate of Need (CON) argue that it helps preserve health care infrastructure, especially in rural areas. They contend, for example, that repealing the law could lead to a…
View in your browser. Everyone is talking about the $22 billion+ House Budget and what will happen to the spending plan now that it has crossed chambers and is in…
Reporting for Carolina Journal, Don Carrington follows up on what happened to the deal with Spirit AeroSystems at the Global TransPark. When Gov. Mike Easley announced in May 2008 that…
When NC charter schools are underperforming, they are shut down. Like here: The state Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to refuse new operating charters for Coastal Academy for Technology…