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.
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the John Locke Foundation is offering freedom-forward ideas to help government address the resulting problems. Amy Cooke discusses those ideas during the next edition of…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online about the COVID-19 shutdown’s impact on those who cut hair and perform manicures. John Trump’s Daily Journal urges N.C. leaders to loosen restrictions…
JLF’s Amy Cooke explains that great challenges lead to great innovation
Handgun purchase permits: Time to get rid of another unnecessary regulation
On March 24, Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker announced he was temporarily suspending all pistol permit services until April 30. State Senators Warren Daniel (R-Burke) and Danny Britt (R-Robeson) were…
Alcohol sales climb during coronavirus shutdown
Madison Dibble writes for the Washington Examiner about one impact of the massive shutdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bars may be closed, but people in the United States haven’t…
Coronavirus emergency measures: How long will they last?
Andrew Stuttaford asks at National Review Online how long we’ll be dealing with emergency measures tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether Britain’s COVID-19 lockdown will be worth what it will…
Gun shops are essential to protect a fundamental right when it’s needed most
Under the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, many state and local governments around the country have issued “stay at home” orders. These orders make broad exceptions for workers at a…
JLF Research Division: COVID-19 review for March
Three weeks ago today, Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19. One day later, John Locke Foundation researchers paused all other projects and got to…
How is tripling the price of eggs NOT ‘gouging’? WRAL’s Smart Shopper writes a smart piece
This is one of the best articles I've read in the local press on the subject. Smart job, Smart Shopper.
Feds think gun stores should remain open
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon highlights a recent federal change involving gun stores. The Department of Homeland Security added gun dealers, ranges, and manufacturers to its essential business…
Pondering a Trump quarantine
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online responds to President Trump’s suggestion that he might issue a quarantine. The powers of the federal government in general, and of the president in…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on the federal CARES Act’s impact on local school district flexibility. The Daily Journal examines the Wake County sheriff’s promise of “kind,” “polite”…