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.
Battle Against Big Tech Monopoly Features Key Flaws
Alan Reynolds writes at National Review Online about critical problems within common arguments against Big Tech. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google are being threatened with costly antitrust suits and possible…
Cooper Chooses Winners and Losers Again
Aluminum beverage packaging company Ball Corporation and power technology company Smart Wires this week announced new sites in the Tar Heel State. While the companies’ decisions to invest in North…
Wrong AOC Doesn’t Understand Inflation
Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review Online highlights the latest miscue from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The socialist congresswoman said last week that if we had “an overall inflationary issue, we…
The NC Threat-Free Index and Immunity Update for the Week Ending July 26
This past week 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone, and an estimated 74.5% of adult North Carolinians are immune.
More Right-of-Center Praise for Private Space Travelers
Editors at the Washington Examiner join the chorus encouraging more private space travel. One could hardly have expected such rage and discontent at the fact that billionaires such as Jeff…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Donna King reports for Carolina Journal Online on a state House bill to join an interstate licensing agreement for mental health counselors. Mitch Kokai’s CJ Opinion rebuts false claims about…
North Carolina’s Business Climate is Ripe for Recovery and Growth
Data released by Secretary of State Elaine Marshall’s office reveals optimistic business conditions for North Carolina. Despite the pandemic, “New business creations in 2021 are breaking the record set at…
Biden’s Gift to America: Inflation
Lew Uhler, Peter Ferrara, and Joe Yocca write for Issues and Insights about President Biden’s destructive impact on American families’ daily lives. Excessive taxes, spending, and government regulation have once…
Democrats’ Spending Bill Even Larger than the Advertised $3.5 Trillion
Editors at the Washington Examiner call foul on those who peg congressional Democrats’ spending proposal at $3.5 trillion. Two centrist sources, one of them explicitly Democratic, provided further reasons why…
American Families Already Feeling Inflation’s Pinch
Jordan Davidson writes for the Federalist about the real-world impact of inflationary government policies. American families are struggling to cope with inflation egged on by President Joe Biden’s willingness to…
Red, Blue States Boost Entertainment Industry Giveaways
Zachary Halaschak of the Washington Examiner documents disappointing bipartisan support for a bad idea: state film and television incentives. States, even those not traditionally associated with Hollywood, have been pushing…
Communism Deserves the Blame for Cuban Poverty
John Miltimore writes at National Review Online to challenge a popular left-wing narrative about Cuba’s economic woes. Last week, more than 60 years after Fidel Castro seized power, the communist…