Budget, Taxation & Economy
At the state legislature, Locke advocates for limiting the expenditure of tax dollars and strictly limiting its tax burdens on families and businesses.
Is The Economy Getting Better or Getting Worse?
Concerned. That’s the best description of how likely voters in North Carolina view the economy. The October Civitas Poll showed the troubling view. Check out Question 7. You can see…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
A new Carolina Journal Opinion highlights one professor’s argument that parents “know things” about their kids’ success that academics and bureaucrats will never know. John Trump’s CJ Opinion argues arbitrary…
California Government Policies Play Role in Emptying Store Shelves
Daniel Greenfield writes for FrontPageMag.com about a critical case of cause and effect. After a long cross-country flight, I made it out of LAX and into an Uber. I wasn’t…
A Toast to Expanding Alcohol Freedom in North Carolina
With House Bill 890 becoming law, the General Assembly continues its good work in recent years expanding alcohol freedom in North Carolina. More freedoms for North Carolina's distilleries are especially…
No, Covid didn’t make them do it
"Believing Covid shuts down businesses, closes schools, causes substance abuse, requires emergency orders, and so forth requires the unstated presumption that individuals are not the ones choosing to shut businesses,…
Civitas Poll: Biden Job Approval Sinks To New Low In North Carolina
Biden Job Approval Sinks To New Low In North Carolina Majority give school boards “D” or “F” grades for addressing parental concerns about politicization in the classroom RALEIGH — Battleground North Carolina…
Leandro Lunacy: An Appointed Judge Declares War on the Elected Members of the Legislature
Judge David Lee recently and unexpectedly declared that the General Assembly is an unnamed defendant in the long-running Leandro case. The General Assembly has never been a party to the…
NC Policy Watch Claims That Inflation, Empty Shelves Reduce Poverty
A recent post by the far-left NC Policy Watch claimed in the headline: “Throwing money at the problem of poverty actually works.” No, that’s not a headline from The Onion…
How California environmental overregulation caused “Containergeddon”
"The bottleneck in California (caused by that state’s stringent emissions laws) led directly to bottlenecks at every other port in America."
Democratic Senators Push Disincentives for Work, Marriage
Casey Mulligan writes at National Review Online about a major problem with legislation Democrats are pursuing now on Capitol Hill. Public assistance today is far more generous than in [1965],…
Time To Put Government On a Diet
This past weekend, I visited West Jefferson, a lovely town tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I enjoyed spending time interacting with the small business owners that opened their doors to…
A New Law Means Higher Electricity Costs Are Coming, But Does It Stop Even Worse Rate Hikes?
Signed by Gov. Cooper, HB 951 puts his policy goal of 70% reduction of CO2 emissions into law, allows multiyear rate plans for utilities, and lets small solar facilities amend…