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Governor signs into law bills helping storm victims, hospitals, and the DOT
Hurricane victims, struggling rural hospitals, and the state…
Civitas Institute’s Donald Bryson emphasizes importance of food freedom
Donald Bryson, president and CEO of the Civitas Institute, discusses…
Carolina Journal Radio No. 861: Mecklenburg rejects local sales-tax increase
Mecklenburg County voters recently rejected a sales-tax increase. It was…
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Interviews with newsmakers, policy experts, and CJ staffers on the issues you need to know.
Civitas Institute’s Donald Bryson emphasizes importance of food freedom
JLF’s John Hood assesses reactions to N.C. budget impasse
JLF’s Jon Guze discusses the American Bar Association’s judicial selection role
American U’s Seth Gershenson discusses research on teacher race and charter schools
JLF’s Terry Stoops analyzes public perceptions about top school problems
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses Elizabeth Warren’s N.C. campaign stop
JLF experts analyze N.C. city election results
Rep. Dennis Riddell explains plan to clean up N.C. criminal code
JLF’s Joseph Coletti analyzes N.C. local sales-tax votes
JLF’s Jordan Roberts discusses project to pay off medical debt
UNC System board hoping to put recent controversies in the past
Members of the University of North Carolina System’s Board of Governors want you to know something. …
When government push comes to shove
Government is inevitable and necessary because human beings are flawed creatures with temptations, inherent in our unchangeable human natures, to…
CJ politics week in review, November 11-15
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we…
JLF’s John Hood assesses reactions to N.C. budget impasse
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s question about reaction to North Carolina’s ongoing budget impasse. This…
Senate passes congressional districts as new legal fight looms
North Carolina is all set for its 2020 congressional and legislative elections. For now. The state…
JLF’s Jon Guze discusses the American Bar Association’s judicial selection role
Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director of legal studies, discusses the future of the American Bar Association’s role in reviewing…
Transportation bill stiffs Map Act victims, may be unconstitutional, attorneys say
Homeowners whose property was taken by the government for highway projects may be out of luck if Gov.
American U’s Seth Gershenson discusses research on teacher race and charter schools
Dr. Seth Gershenson, professor of public policy at American University, discusses research about the impact of a teacher’s race on…
The success of community college ‘noncompleters’
A sense of urgency has taken hold of higher education leaders nationwide. Reports of declining community college graduation rates…
CJRadio
A weekly, one-hour newsmagazine on North Carolina, Carolina Journal Radio is hosted by Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai and features a diverse mix of guests and topics. Education reform, tax policy, the state legislature, affirmative action, air pollution, freedom of the press and the courts – these are just a few of the subjects that Carolina Journal Radio has tackled since the program began production in 2003.
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 861: Mecklenburg rejects local sales-tax increase
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 860: Judges call for new congressional map, accept legislative districts
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 859: Highlighting oddities in N.C. criminal code
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 858: N.C. Transportation Department raises funding concerns
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 857: Recording unveils national Democratic strategy in N.C. Senate race
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 856: Judge to hear challenge of N.C. certificate-of-need law
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 855: Leadership shakeup for UNC system
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 854: Constitution Day reminds us about the document’s importance
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 853: Republicans win both N.C. special congressional elections
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 852: New law takes another step against N.C. overcriminalization
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CJ Exclusives
NCDOT gets spending reprieve with some strings attached
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s financial woes may be over, but its headaches live on. After the department overspent by $2 billion, the legislature gave the department $200 million, but at a price. The department must undergo a performance audit, and…
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CJ Exclusives
Congressional map from N.C. House could help Democrats gain seats
The state House has passed a new congressional map, giving Democrats a better chance to pick up U.S. House seats in 2020, based on recent voting history. The new map in House Bill 1029 was proposed Thursday, Nov. 14, by House Redistricting Committee Chairman, Rep.
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JLF’s Terry Stoops analyzes public perceptions about top school problems
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses opinion polling on the top problems within public schools. Stoops offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Daily Journal
Overcriminalization: N.C. criminal laws are a mess
North Carolina suffers from a severe case of overcriminalization. We have more activities and actions classified as a crime, something worthy of public condemnation, than just about any state. In addition, those crimes are scattered far and wide — not only in Chapter 14 of the General…
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CJ Exclusives
Population shifts will affect how ‘representative’ new districts can be
For several North Carolina counties, the General Assembly’s new election maps may misrepresent the actual population counts by around 20%. That’s because lawmakers have to rely on 2010 census data until no later than 2021, when the next set of data is published. From 2010 to…