Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Regulation
Government regulations typically restrict people’s behaviors and choices– causing economic damage, especially to society’s vulnerable who can least afford to comply. Locke works to deregulate and support innovation and growth.
Research Brief
Regulation
Redistricting Dilemmas: Legislators Must Either Split Fayetteville or Surround It
The geography of Cumberland and Moore counties will force legislators to make tough choices when drawing North Carolina Senate districts for them. Legislators could draw relatively compact districts, but at…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Leandro Plan Would Have Benefited from Collaboration with the General Assembly
For nearly three decades, Leandro v. State of North Carolina has had the potential to bring together elected officials from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches for the benefit of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Show Me the Crypto
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to oversee it and China has outlawed it. But North Carolina and a handful of other states might just pave the way for it to…
Health Care
The Affordable Care Act as Poorly Drafted Law
Tom Miller writes in National Affairs about one seldom-discussed flaw in the Affordable Care Act. It is natural to think of the enactment of a piece of legislation into law…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
NC Supreme Court at a Crossroads?
The NAACP has asked the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn the results of the 2018 election as they pertain to two constitutional amendments approved by the voters. It has…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 2: Reliable, Cost-Effective Alternatives to Cooper’s Disastrous Plan
By favoring wind and solar generation with battery storage to the exclusion of viable, dependable sources, Gov. Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" would be extremely expensive, costing consumers an average of…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about a regulatory sandbox bill moving through the N.C. General Assembly. John Hood’s CJ Opinion explains why North Carolina’s labor force shouldn’t be…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Energy Crossroads, Part 1: Cooper’s Plan Is Unnecessary and Fraught with Costs to Consumers and the Environment
Cooper's "Clean Energy Plan" has a very definite preference for extremely expensive, intermittent, and unreliable electricity resources, to the exclusion of viable, dependable resources. A report for Locke by energy…
Regulation
NCGA should move forward with Regulatory Sandbox bill this session
The North Carolina General Assembly is winding down business for this legislative session. There are still several big-ticket items lawmakers need to accomplish, such as passing the biennial budget and…
Research Brief
Regulation
Redistricting Dilemmas: All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men Cannot Put Caldwell County Back Together Again
Caldwell County leaders do not want the county to be split in redistricting, and the county has political clout. Despite that, Caldwell County is certainly going to be split between…
Regulation
Vaccine Mandate Would Face Enforcement Challenges
David Hogberg of the Washington Examiner reports on potential problems for federal regulators trying to enforce President Biden’s vaccine mandate. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is likely to face…
Regulation
Regulatory Decluttering Beats Central Engineering
Ryan Streeter of the American Enterprise Institute explores a promising approach to public policy. Everyday people are always less ideological than policymakers in Washington want them to be. States often…