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.
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. nurse practitioners pushing back against state restrictions of their work. Jenna Robinson’s Daily Journal focuses on lessons other universities can learn…
Health Care
CJ Reports: UNC Hospitals expects to regain accreditation even though agency cited 44 issues
Wednesday, Julie Havlak reported in Carolina Journal on the developing story on UNC accreditation denial and probation. According to Havlak: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations made its…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
North Carolina Takes Another Step Forward on Criminal Law Reform
Session Law 2019-198: Criminal Law Reform became law this month. It marks an important step forward for criminal law reform. But the bill that was signed into law looks much…
Regulation
Ideas for a light, lean, sensible regulatory environment
Since regulation is fraught with red tape and overregulation, both of which are harmful to job creation and the state's overall economic health, we favor a menu of reforms and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Minimum wage as sales tax on the middle class
Matthew Klein of Barron’s explores the government-mandated minimum wage’s impact on the middle class. [N]ew research from Peter Harasztosi of the European Commission and Attila Lindner of University College London…
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
A student-centered approach could help fix North Carolina’s broken school funding model. That’s a key recommendation from the John Locke Foundation’s latest report on N.C. school financing reform. Terry Stoops…
Agriculture
CJ Reports: Smokable hemp rules likely to be settled in court, Dixon says
This week, Carolina Journal’s Kari Travis reported on the latest version of North Carolina Farm Act of 2019. Travis writes: A new version of Senate Bill 315, North Carolina Farm Act…
Regulation
How would a $15/hr. minimum wage affect NC workers?
Estimates vary, but nearly half of North Carolina workers earn less than $15/hr. Hiking the minimum wage that high would disemploy an estimated 367,000 North Carolinians.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ Commentary: Fighting cronyism could boost N.C. freedom ranking
This week, senior political analyst Mitch Kokai published an opinion piece in Carolina Journal. His piece focused on North Carolina’s ranking in the Cato Institute’s cronyism index. According to Kokai:…
Health Care
JLF In The News: JLF Researcher Jordan Roberts And CJ Reporter Julie Havlak Quoted In Forbes
This week, the John Locke Foundation’s Jordan Roberts and Carolina Journal’s Julie Havlak were quoted in a recent opinion piece in Forbes, written by Patrick Gleason . While the piece…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
The Debate Over Risk Assessment Tools in Pretrial Detention
When it comes to public policy, extreme, ideologically-driven posturing has become the norm in many parts of the country. Here in North Carolina, however, people tend to take a more…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
CJ Commentary: N.C. sells liquor through 170 independent, political boards: What could go wrong?
On Friday, Carolina Journal’s John Trump published an opinion piece on North Carolina’s government-run liquor business. Trump explains Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson, has sponsored legislation in the General Assembly that…