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
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on details of Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest budget proposal. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explains why North Carolina needs to do more to protect…
Locke experts: Cooper’s latest budget plan spends too much, takes aim at parents’ educational choices
Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest two-year budget plan would spend far too much money, setting North Carolina’s state government on an unsustainable future path. The governor also continues his pointless push…
What do Cooper’s 12 mask order extensions all have in common?
Every time Cooper has extended or tightened his face mask order, the average daily case numbers have been higher than they were when he originally leveled the order.
Connecting Rural North Carolina To High-Speed Broadband
Locke report identifies three reforms to bolster quick action at a lower cost North Carolina is well-positioned to close the gap in access to high-speed broadband in our state’s rural…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online on a bill to block boys and men from competing on women’s sports teams. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how tutoring and other…
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending March 21, plus a note about vaccinations
• All things considered, about 99.8% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had…
Lockdowns and psychological distress
About one in three young adults (32%) under 30 reported experiencing high levels of “psychological distress.” Another third (31%) reported medium levels. Nearly half (45%) reported being “nervous, anxious or on…
A lesson from Alexander the Great on occupational licensing
What would be the "Great" solution to the North Carolinian knot of occupational licensing? It's to go straight at it with a package of reforms in our Carolina Rebound report.
COVID-19 stimulus bill includes many questionable items
Mairead McArdle details for the Daily Wire some of the least-defensible elements of the latest federal COVID-19 stimulus package. Some of the items are only loosely related to relieving pandemic…
Democrats pursuing party-line tax-hike vote
Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner reports Republican warnings about D.C. Democrats’ tax plans. President Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes could make it through the Senate if Democrats employ…
Your price tag for COVID-19 stimulus
You thought that $1,400 stimulus check was free money? Kevin Hassett and Matthew Jensen set the record straight at National Review Online. With all the trillion-dollar numbers spinning about government…
UK research team: “lockdowns serve no useful purpose and cause catastrophic societal and economic harms”
"The data is in: lockdowns serve no useful purpose and cause catastrophic societal and economic harms. They must never be repeated in this country."