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Incoming superintendent Truitt wants to put students, not politics, at center of education policy
As state superintendent, Catherine Truitt will oversee North…
Parity extends down the ballot
The number of Republican-controlled county commissions jumped from 56 to…
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses important Georgia Senate runoff elections
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses two…
JLF experts discuss Cunningham’s concession, N.C. election vote total delays
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief…
CJTV
Interviews with newsmakers, policy experts, and CJ staffers on the issues you need to know.
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses important Georgia Senate runoff elections
JLF experts discuss Cunningham’s concession, N.C. election vote total delays
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses N.C. chief justice’s potential impact on redistricting, school choice
Historian Wilfred McClay discusses American history text ‘Land of Hope’
The Right AOC on Point: Facebook censors JLF’s data on ineffective mask mandates
JLF’s Donald van der Vaart discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s second-term energy plans
JLF’s Joseph Coletti analyzes N.C. local election referendum votes
JLF’s Mitch Kokai details key 2020 N.C. election results
JLF experts discuss split-ticket voting, delayed results in 2020 N.C. election
JLF’s Becki Gray discusses 2020 election’s impact on the N.C. General Assembly
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses N.C. chief justice’s potential impact on redistricting, school choice
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, explains how the outcome of the N.C. Supreme Court chief justice’s election…
Historian Wilfred McClay discusses American history text ‘Land of Hope’
Dr. Wilfred McClay, G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma, is author…
Court packing: Repeating history’s unconscionable mistakes
A national pandemic. New minimum wage standards. Calls for a “New Deal.” If you didn’t know any…
Margin of errors
N.C. waits … and waits … for resolution as election results trickle out
The waiting truly is the hardest part. As election results trickle out, North Carolinians are watching,…
JLF’s Donald van der Vaart discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s second-term energy plans
Dr. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s energy plan as Cooper prepares for…
JLF’s Joseph Coletti analyzes N.C. local election referendum votes
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses key votes in 2020 N.C. local referendums. Coletti offered these comments during…
Cooper tightens restrictions as state treasurer questions COVID-19 measures
Gov. Roy Cooper moved North Carolina backward in economic reopening in another virtual news conference that shut out…
The endless election
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. 912: Supreme Court welcomes originalist Amy Coney Barrett
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 911: Voters should pay attention to important down-ballot races
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 910: Questions surround key COVID-19 data points
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 909: Taxpayers cannot afford another state, local bailout
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 908: Barrett nomination highlights left-wing attacks on Constitution
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 907: New analysis reveals N.C. Medicaid expansion funding gap
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 906: North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race has national significance
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 905: Courtroom deal raises questions about N.C. school funding
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 904: Comparing N.C. response to Spanish Flu and COVID-19
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 903: Election campaigns head into home stretch
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Daily Journal
Time for Cooper to deal
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected. It’s an outcome his two immediate predecessors, Democrat Bev Perdue and Republican Pat McCrory, were unable to accomplish. A sweet as that victory must taste to the governor and his team, his ability to convert the ballots North Carolinians cast in…
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Daily Journal
Cooper, Berger can choose cooperation or contention
The governor and Senate leader have signaled their interest in a better working relationship.
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CJ Exclusives
Republican Council of State majority will make policy impacts
Republicans can take a breath, even if their signature red is mixed with myriad shades of blue. They keep control of the N.C. Council of State, 6-4, albeit with narrow margins in all the races. The results remain unofficial. Elections officials are dealing with 41,000 provisional…
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 912: Supreme Court welcomes originalist Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett has joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its 115th justice. She has said her judicial philosophy mirrors that of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and supporters characterize her as an originalist. Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director legal studies, analyzes Barrett’s record. He discusses the new justice’s…
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CJ Exclusives
Republicans got out and voted on Election Day, and it paid off
Boots on the ground are worth more than a dollar. Democrats wildly outspent Republicans in North Carolina’s federal races. But they apparently weren’t able to prevent Republicans from again delivering President Trump the state’s 15 electoral votes and returning U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis to Washington. …
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