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.
Reducing recidivism by giving rehabilitated offenders greater opportunities to work
Here is why the changes House Bill 770 would make to how licensing boards treat applicants with conviction records are important.
Lawmakers Should Slow the Growth of N.C.’s Criminal Code
North Carolina’s criminal code is a muddled, archaic monstrosity. The laws that govern criminal behavior are often unclear, encouraging senseless litigation and allowing bad actors to slip through the cracks.…
Hawley versus Big Tech
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon reports on a freshman U.S. senator’s high-profile actions in the tech field. If you were looking for a David to the multi-billion-dollar,…
Licensing Reform Aims To Make It Easier To Find a Job
Monday, June 17, 2019, Jon Guze, director of legal studies for the John Locke Foundation and Bill Rowe, general counsel and deputy director of advocacy for the progressive N.C. Justice Center, put…
How boosting distilleries can boost local communities
Since the end of Prohibition, NC distilleries have faced a very restrictive regulatory environment, even more so than wineries and breweries. The good news is that relaxing these restrictions can…
“Red, white, and gray”
That’s the title of a new report written by Lyman Stone and published by the American Enterprise Institute. In it, Stone discusses something most of us know but don’t like…
There IS a bill to modernize and adopt a license system for liquor in NC
In two reports this year, the John Locke Foundation has made the case for modernizing and adopting a license model for liquor sales in North Carolina. That's the kind of…
CJ Commentary: New craft beer law could be first of many needed alcohol reforms
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering multiple bills to reform the state’s outdated alcohol regulations, according a recent column in Carolina Journal by Becki Gray, senior vice president of…
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
N.C. craft brewers and beer distributors have reached a compromise to end a dispute over state restrictions on the brewers’ ability to expand their businesses. Rick Henderson discusses the compromise…
Who Reads the Fine Print?
The answer, of course, is “nobody.” In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Kevin Litman-Navarro explains why. Here’s a chart that summarizes the results of his analysis of…
It’s Time to Modernize and Adopt a License System for Liquor in North Carolina
Ever since the end of Prohibition over eight decades ago, North Carolina has been a “control” state for liquor. In North Carolina, government controls the pricing, warehousing, wholesale, and retail…
Overregulation Holds Back N.C. Distilleries
JLF’s Jon Sanders published a research brief last week on how North Carolina’s regulatory climate is inhibiting the growth of distilleries in North Carolina. According to Sanders, North Carolina distilleries…