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.
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Carolina Journal Online reports on a bill before Gov. Roy Cooper that would help more small businesses offer health insurance to their employees. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how N.C.…
Energy
Once people get an idea of how much a ‘carbon tax’ will cost, they oppose it
It is easy to tell a pollster you favor something when its costs and benefits are both hypothetical. It's a different thing altogether when the benefits are still speculative, while…
Elections & Public Integrity
CJ’s Rick Henderson Discusses Voting Machine Controversy on NC SPIN with Tom Campbell
On last week’s episode of NC SPIN, Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discussed the voting machine controversy with host Tom Campbell. When Campbell asked Henderson what all the indecision is about,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on one state high school’s response to the N.C. state budget gridlock. John Trump’s Daily Journal probes potential problems with North Carolina’s system…
Regulation
North Carolina law allows non-license disclosure in real estate
Knowing that North Carolina law already provides a way for consumers to choose a non-licensed service professional in one area (real estate) ought to make it easier to expand that freedom…
Health Care
JLF’s Jordan Roberts Offers Five Ways to Lower Health Care Costs in the Fayetteville Observer
Last week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts published an opinion piece in the Fayetteville Observer on methods to lower the cost of health care. According to Roberts, health care expenditures have gotten…
Agriculture
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on confusion surrounding N.C. law and smokable hemp. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how trade wars hurt N.C. workers.
Law & Public Safety
Becki Gray Discusses Gun Policy with North Carolina Public Radio’s Jeff Tiberii
Last week, JLF’s Becki Gray went on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC with host Jeff Tiberii and fellow guest Rob Schofield from the N.C. Justice Center to discuss gun policy…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
Rewrite North Carolina’s Criminal Code To Make It Fair and Clear
A 79-year-old Ohio widow, Nancy Segula, made national news last week when a judge sentenced her to serve 10 days in jail for feeding her neighbor’s abandoned cats. Although another…
Health Care
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on Gov. Roy Cooper’s gun-related executive order. The Daily Journal highlights a recent court ruling that exposes a key problem with North Carolina’s…
Regulation
What is Occupational License Consumer Choice?
The key to the Occupational License Consumer Choice approach is something called a nonlicensed disclosure. With that, occupational licensing is no longer an entry regulation.
Education
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
North Carolina has seen multiple reforms this year of state alcohol regulations. Rick Henderson analyzes those reforms and the prospects for future changes during the next edition of Carolina Journal…