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.
Regulation
Biden sets dangerous precedent on food assistance
Angela Rachidi writes for National Review Online about a disturbing decision from the new Biden administration. President Joe Biden’s recent executive order to expand food assistance to U.S. households, while…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Time to amend the Emergency Management Act, Part Four
The North Carolina Emergency Management Act (EMA) delegates too much power to the executive branch and provides too little legislative guidance and oversight. This article proposes specific changes to the…
Regulation
Facebook targets Second Amendment group with no explanation
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon documents the latest questionable editorial decision from a social media giant. A top Virginia gun-rights group was booted from Facebook without explanation on…
Regulation
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on a bill that would extend deadlines for state alcohol permit holders who’ve been closed by COVID-19. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion argues that…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Rural broadband expansion needs policymakers to clear the way for private enterprise
The obvious societal need for rural broadband signals opportunities for human ingenuity in the private sector. State policymakers should continue to focus on removing regulatory barriers to enable more rapid…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on the negative impact of state certificate-of-need restrictions. The latest CJ Opinion explains that a regulatory rollback linked to COVID-19 should apply to…
Energy
Biden executive orders have real-life job-killing impact
Salena Zito writes for the New York Post about the damage done by President Biden’s early executive orders. On the morning of Jan. 20, every room of the two-story Stroppel…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Cato expert pans Biden’s labor union, minimum wage plans
Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute highlights two new analyses of the incoming president’s plans. The first addresses labor unions. Joe Biden is old. He has been in politics since…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Stein’s coal-ash settlement agreement means even higher rates for Duke customers
Prior to becoming governor, AG Roy Cooper spoke strongly against consumers being made to pay coal ash cleanup costs, but under his governorship and two settlement agreements later, consumers appear…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s mininum-wage plan versus years of research
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon explains how the new president’s mininum-wage proposal ignores the best evidence on the topic. Democrats’ plan to hike the minimum wage would…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Andrew Dunn reports for Carolina Journal Online that the Biden administration could move left on important issues affecting North Carolina. Those include school choice and health care. John Hood’s Carolina…
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Law & Public Safety
Time to amend the Emergency Management Act, Part Three
The first three counts are concerned with the discriminatory way Cooper has applied the Emergency Management Act. The last two counts, on the other hand, point to problems with the…