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.
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s commitment to transparency involving the State Health Plan and public pensions. John Trump’s Daily Journal explains how the…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the impact of Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to block dine-in restaurant options across North Carolina. Becki Gray’s Daily Journal reminds us that…
Lift ABC rules against to-go cups to help restaurants and bars hurt by Cooper’s edict
People are going to miss a good mixed drink, and some establishments have their own signature drinks. Others may serve local beers on tap that aren't available in take-home containers.…
North Carolina’s COVID-19 Response: Regulation and Red Tape
As North Carolina faces societal upheaval from the novel coronavirus COVID-19, we’re given the comforting reminder that “We’re all in this together.” And we are: epidemiologists, government officials, business leaders,…
Coronavirus Shines Light on Government Health Care Restriction
In his recent opinion piece for Carolina Journal, Mitch Kokai illuminates the ways the government restricts the supply of health care in the United States. Kokai writes: N.C. Health and…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on recent N.C. policy changes linked to COVID-19, including unemployment benefit changes and the closing of dine-in restaurant options. John Hood’s Daily Journal…
Does Gov. Cooper want more supplies or not? Mixed signals from his executive order
The governor is taking good steps to ensure we have access to health care professionals and medical equipment. He's taking the opposite approach to other necessities.
Panic buying and price gouging
Frank Bullitt writes for Issues and Insights about the value of “price gouging” in a situation like the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxious consumers across the country are raiding stores, emptying entire…
CJ’s John Trump Discusses Journalism and ABC Laws on Wilmington’s Big Talker
Carolina Journal‘s John Trump recently went onto the morning radio show “Morning with Joe Catenacci” on Wilmington’s “Big Talker” 106.7 FM. Together, Trump and Catenacci discussed a recent one of…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports on Charter Communications’ offer of free internet access to N.C. public school students affected by school closings. The Daily Journal explains that concerns about coronavirus testing remind…
NC stops telling hospitals they have to ask permission to add more beds, temporarily
Make no mistake: the state government has no business telling hospitals how many beds they think they need. Why do they do it? Because of Certificate of Need (CON) laws.
Reform could boost the number of American physicians
James Capretta of the American Enterprise Institute recommends changes that could influence health care supply in the United States. Since the latter half of the 19th century, the medical profession…