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.
North Carolina Needs a Broader Debate over Corporate Welfare
The budget standoff in North Carolina is generating national attention, which focuses on the debate over Medicaid expansion. But there’s another policy standoff in Raleigh, and it’s interesting not just…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on highlights from the third day of North Carolina’s partisan gerrymandering trial. John Trump’s Daily Journal assesses the General Assembly’s recent alcohol regulation…
CJ Reports: Senate passes alcohol reform bill; awaits governor’s signature
On Tuesday, July 16, the N.C. Senate approved Senate Bill 290, according to a story by Carolina Journal’s John Trump. The bill, among other things, would: allow brewers to offer…
New Carolina Journal Online features
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on approval of a state alcohol regulation reform bill. John Hood’s Daily Journal offers ideas for resolving the state budget impasse.
General Assembly relaxes restrictions on craft distilleries
This bill would free up craft distilleries from burdensome rules that many of their peers in other states don't have to deal with. This could be particularly helpful for North…
LISTEN: JLF’s Becki Gray makes case for certificate-of-need repeal, reform
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, explained to the N.C. Senate Rules Committee today why it’s a good idea to move forward with reform and eventual repeal of…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on the first day of testimony in North Carolina’s latest partisan gerrymandering trial. Lindsay Marchello reports on legislation that would block people from…
Deplatforming People and Censoring Social Media Content Won’t Work
An Oxford Ph.D. candidate named Nathan Cofnas makes that claim in an article recently published by Quillette. I think he’s right, and I think what he has to say is…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
Gov. Roy Cooper and Lt. Gov. Dan Forest appear at this date to be the most likely candidates to square off in North Carolina’s 2020 gubernatorial election. Rick Henderson analyzes…
Telemedicine and rural America
An NPR story from earlier this week highlights the benefits of telemedicine, or telehealth, for those in rural areas of the country: Telehealth turned Jill Hill’s life around. The 63-year-old…
Bill strengthening periodic review passes unanimously, goes to governor
This bill contains the John Locke Foundation's top recommendation in our Policy Position on Red Tape and Regulatory Reform.
Licensing reform in the Keystone State
James Sutton writes for National Review Online about Pennsylvania’s approach to occupational licensing reform. Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf has taken steps toward making it easier for low-skilled workers to enter…