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.
Dragging DSS’s hidden rules into the light is long overdue
Rules created by a state agency can carry the full force of law. But in our system of government, legislators are the ones who make law. How are agencies able…
Freedom is the foundation for ensuring black lives matter
A message from our CEO Amy Cooke: Thomas Jefferson said, “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” All of us at the John Locke…
Second Amendment rights attract new attention amid looting, riots
Charles Cooke of National Review Online proclaims in his latest column: “This is why we need guns.” “Only the cops need guns” simply could not live forever alongside, “The cops…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The John Locke Foundation’s new Carolina Rebound project is designed to help North Carolina recover from the negative economic impacts linked to COVID-19 and its associated government lockdowns. In the…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on a bill making it easier for military veterans and their spouses to get N.C. work licenses. John Trump’s Daily Journal probes Gov.…
Public comment on the financing of fiber infrastructure construction
Before the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 May 19, 2020 Concerning: Public Hearing to receive public comment on the financing of Fiber Infrastructure Construction…
Preserving Donor Privacy in North Carolina
Executive Summary Donor privacy protects our expressive rights, especially with regard to matters of public policy. Unfortunately, entrenched political interests have often successfully undermined that protection by forcing policy and…
The Right AOC on Point: Carolina Rebound offers guide to winning economic recovery
John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke, “The Right AOC,” explains how JLF’s new Carolina Rebound will help guide North Carolina to winning the economic recovery. Contact Amy at [email protected]. Follow…
It’s Time for a Carolina Rebound
On Friday, May 22, The John Locke Foundation released its public policy guide for recovering from the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. The policy guide focusses on four primary areas…
ICYMI: NCGA to consider universal licensure recognition
In case you missed it during this busy week, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina Senate to create a system of universal licensure recognition in North Carolina. In…
Time to amend the Emergency Management Act, Part One
In a recent opinion piece, I complained that Gov. Cooper’s statewide lockdown orders have been worse than useless. On the one hand, a growing body of empirical evidence shows that…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Rick Henderson reports for Carolina Journal Online on details of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Phase 2 reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic. Roy Cordato’s Daily Journal exposes the false choice between public…