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.
The impact of Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire tax bill
David Lesperance examines likely consequences of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s latest attack on American wealth. After weeks of tough talk Senator Elizabeth Warren has now thrown down the gauntlet. The…
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on state alcohol regulators renewing a contract with a vendor tied to a controversial 2018 audit. John Hood’s CJ Opinion labels the latest…
People ahead of government in returning to ‘normal’
Cassidy Morrison writes for the Washington Examiner about public response to recent COVID-19 developments. People have increasingly resumed travel and restaurant dining, optimistic that an end to the pandemic is…
Research warns lockdowns and other restrictions have deadly consequences. What about Cooper’s? Part 3
Part 3 of this series provides the data from the CDC and DHHS used to make the graph. It uses a sample week to demonstrate how to apply the data.…
The NC Threat-Free Index for the week ending March 8
All things considered, nearly 99.7% of people in NC posed no threat of passing along COVID-19 to anyone — a virus most had never had and the rest had recovered…
We’re No 13! We’re No. 13! — N.C. jumps in latest U.S. News ranking
North Carolina moves up five spots to No. 13 in U.S. News’ latest rankings of the best states. Topping the list this year: Washington Minnesota Utah New Hampshire Idaho The…
$1,400 for you, $1,400 PER WEEK for some federal employees
It’s bad enough that the $1.9 trillion federal ‘rescue’ plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives is filled with pork and appropriates only a small fraction for COVID-19 health…
China’s end game explored
Manyin Li writes for National Review Online about communist China’s geopolitical objectives. The hope of U.S. engagement policy was to invite China into an international community based on free trade…
Women should be capitalism’s loudest advocates
Capitalism has been a net good for women, but you wouldn’t know it if you did a quick Google search of women and capitalism. Many of the top results, aside from…
WATCH: Why Sen. Tillis Voted ‘NO’ To COVID Bill
Just days before the vote in the U.S. Senate on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending bill, Sen. Thom Tillis took to the Senate floor to explain what was about to…
Venezuela continues to feel the impact of full-fledged socialism
Patricia Laya and Nicolle Yapur write for Bloomberg about the latest evidence of Venezuela’s crumbling economy. Venezuela said it will introduce new large-denomination bolivar notes as hyperinflation renders most bills…
This mom is getting it done
Such a great story of pushing through hardship from the folks at CNBC. Meet Tiffany Dangerfield of Alabama, who has turned her side hustle into a thriving business — all…