And goodness, it's not even close
A new Spotlight report from the John Locke Foundation and Istituto Bruno Leoni picks apart an absurd study from a North Carolina-based anti-nuclear power group who ignored, slanted, and abused data to prop up its otherwise unsupportable claims.
Low-Cost Energy: Critical for the Economy and Our Way of Life
There are several places to deregulate and expand access to health insurance and providers
North Carolina policymakers should eliminate provider licensing, certificate-of-need laws, and mandated health insurance benefits. Deregulating health care provision and insurance at the state level can mitigate the problems that arise from federal health care legislation.
Deregulating Health Insurance and Health Providers in North Carolina
Agenda 2010: Health Care Reform
Agenda 2010: Medicaid and Health Choice
County wants to raise taxes after building the state's most expensive school
Days after opening the most expensive public school in North Carolina's history, Watauga County commissioners called a single-issue election to ask voters to approve a $1.9 million sales tax increase.
Boone-Doggle: Watauga County’s proposed $1.9 million tax increase
Robeson County's Vote to Increase the Sales Tax
By The Numbers: What Government Costs in North Carolina Cities and Counties FY 2008
Use the Internet to expand educational options in rural school districts
Virtual charter schools, expanded online course offerings, and new off-site high school campuses are among the examples of "disruptive innovation" recommended in the new report. Those changes also could lead to substantial savings for taxpayers.
The John Locke Foundation cordially invites you to its Headliner Luncheon Panel to discuss the upcoming midterm elections. National and local political analysts on the panel will be Michael Barone, Gary Pearce, Marc Rotterman, John Hood. It will take place at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Sisters's Garden in Raleigh NC.
John Locke Foundation analysts and staff have traveled to every corner of North Carolina. We’ve listened to your greatest hopes and worst fears for our state, and we’ve heard a consistent message: You want JLF to be a more prominent resource in your community.
JLF's regional clubs will host meetings for like-minded conservatives, on your home turf. We'll bring you events with well known thinkers and writers, give you reports on our activities and new research, update you on issues that impact your neighborhood and wallet, and learn more about the threats to liberty you face in your city and country.
We have established 7 regional clubs covering every part of North Carolina.
