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.
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online on the return of work search requirements for people seeking N.C. unemployment benefits. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why controversial reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones…
The Right AOC on Point: People Should Demand Answers About COVID-19 Lockdowns
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” says North Carolina needs a great reckoning about lockdowns and other restrictions tied to COVID-19. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow her…
Why Not an Earned Income Tax Credit?
A state EITC would inherit the costs of the federal program without adding to the benefits, making it of questionable value. Legislators would get more bang for the buck by…
North Carolina Has More Covid Cash Than It Can Use
State government prioritized spending federal Covid money over knowing that the money is accomplishing a goal. Cooper and legislators have time to make future expenditures more accountable. With $13.6 billion…
Biden’s Pipeline Hypocrisy Hits Home for Keystone XL Supporters
Barnini Chakraborty writes for the Washington Examiner about responses to the Biden administration’s recent pronouncements on pipelines. Laurie Cox couldn’t believe her ears when she heard Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm…
Placing Pipeline Politics in Perspective
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online dissents from the publication’s official stance on Russian pipeline politics. Conservatives have it wrong on Nord Stream 2 in particular because conservatives have it…
How Politics Turned in a Week and Cooper Suddenly Lifted Most Covid Orders
Last week, Gov. Roy Cooper and his administration had made it sound as if his mask order would last for several more months. Then on Friday, May 14, Cooper eliminated…
North Carolina Needs to Free Its Distilleries and Other Alcoholic Beverage Enterprises
North Carolina's ABC system is convoluted, but the state makes it worse with its own unique set of restrictions limiting homegrown alcohol businesses. Legislation this year would relax some restrictions…
Elections Have Consequences
Another spot-on cartoon, published by carolinajournal.com.
Pushback Against Pro-Union Biden Appointee
Graham Piro of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a legal challenge that could test a top Biden administration official on labor issues. An appeal filed by two union dissidents could…
New Carolina Journal Online Features
John Hood’s new CJ Opinion explains how North Carolina could improve its regulatory climate. Bruce Ashford’s column documents an American “patriotism problem.”
The NC Threat-Free Index for the Week Ending May 17 — and Why Are We Still Under a “State of Emergency”?
Nearly 99.9% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone. A true state of emergency would be blatantly obvious, not something that needs five belabored…