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Increasing allowable sales at distilleries would give businesses fighting chance as N.C. ABC trims product list
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Lawmakers will hire investigator to probe Cooper’s creation of pipeline fund
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Jonah Goldberg shares themes from ‘Suicide of the West’
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses Congress’ lame-duck session
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Congress’…
JLF’s John Hood predicts N.C. redistricting reform for 2019
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s…
JLF’s Becki Gray assesses 2018 elections’ impact on N.C. legislature
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses the…
Impactful N.C. congressmen: From the Civil War to World War II
I have shared a list about North Carolina politics with…
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Interviews with newsmakers, policy experts, and CJ staffers on the issues you need to know.
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses Congress’ lame-duck session
JLF’s John Hood predicts N.C. redistricting reform for 2019
Jonah Goldberg shares themes from ‘Suicide of the West’
JLF’s Becki Gray assesses 2018 elections’ impact on N.C. legislature
Bo Wright of Strong Towns describes the group’s work
JLF’s John Hood analyzes 2018 election results
Carolina Journal’s Dan Way discusses North Carolina’s Medicaid waiver
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses latest developments in Amazon’s HQ2 search
JLF experts discuss 2018 N.C. election surprises
JLF’s Donald van der Vaart discusses Cooper order on reducing N.C. emissions
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IJ study shows occupational licensing cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs
Occupational licensing may have cost North Carolina more than 42,000 jobs and millions in economic losses, a…
Legislative leaders question possible benefits ACP fund may offer governor
A special legislative investigative panel wants to know if Gov. Roy Cooper was in line to benefit personally…
Bo Wright of Strong Towns describes the group’s work
Bo Wright, development director of Strong Towns, discusses the group’s work to help declining American communities. Wright offered these comments…
Down for the count
Please mind your own business
We might have a better chance of getting governmental busybodies to mind their own business if we really and truly…
Democrats, others, file lawsuit in state court to overturn legislative districts
The results of this month’s legislative elections haven’t been certified. Yet Common Cause, the N.C. Democratic Party, and…
Next session gives lawmakers chance to practice for 2019
The General Assembly should stick to the business it needs to complete before the end of the year.
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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. 808: Expert analyzes Cooper’s N.C. emissions order
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 807: Voters to decide future of N.C. General Assembly
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 806: Lawmakers target more money toward hurricane relief
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Lawmakers offer contrasting assessments of Florence’s impact on hog lagoons
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New commission hears testimony from injured student-athlete
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National expert rebuts myth about private school science education
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Libertarian group flunks Cooper despite N.C.’s strong fiscal health
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 805: Libertarian group assigns Cooper F grade for fiscal policies
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Florence’s flooding creates challenges for N.C. schools
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Lawmaker highlights problems linked to Lyme disease
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CJ Exclusives
Looking to land auto plant, state pushed not-ready-for-prime-time megasite
North Carolina officials insist the state is prime territory for the next big industrial manufacturing facility — most likely an automaker. Auto assembly plants can attract billions of dollars in investment, create hundreds of high-paying jobs, and revitalize a local economy. But we keep losing the competition for…
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UNC System board gives raises to some chancellors but not others
The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors awarded thousands of dollars in raises to 10 of the system’s 17 chancellors. Several who didn’t get a boost are notable. One is UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt, who took office in July 2013. Folt is eligible…
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JLF’s John Hood analyzes 2018 election results
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood applied his expert analysis to 2018 election results, then shared the results during a presentation Monday for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 808: Expert analyzes Cooper’s N.C. emissions order
Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an executive order calling on state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to have North Carolina follow through on dictates of the Paris climate agreement, even though the Trump administration has pulled the United States out of that agreement. Donald van der…
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Carolina Journal’s Dan Way discusses North Carolina’s Medicaid waiver
Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses a federal waiver that will help North Carolina change its Medicaid program. Way offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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CJ Exclusives
Debt fared better than taxes in local referendums
In addition to choosing representatives, and deciding six statewide constitutional amendments Tuesday, Nov. 6, North Carolina voters approved more than $1.8 billion in local bonds for K-12 and community college projects, parks and open spaces, low-income housing, and street improvements. Voters also weighed in on sales…