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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses recent Virginia gun rights rally
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior poltical analyst, discusses reaction…
JLF experts analyze prospects for N.C. teacher strike
John Locke Foundation Senior Vice President Becki Gray and Chairman…
CJ politics week in review, Jan. 20-24
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back…
Heritage Foundation’s Walter Lohman discusses ‘China challenge’ for the United States
Walter Lohman, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center,…
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Interviews with newsmakers, policy experts, and CJ staffers on the issues you need to know.
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses recent Virginia gun rights rally
JLF experts analyze prospects for N.C. teacher strike
Professor Ilan Wurman explores his book on originalism
Heritage Foundation’s Walter Lohman discusses ‘China challenge’ for the United States
New CEO Cooke discusses vision for JLF
John Locke Foundation welcomes Amy Cooke as CEO
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses new poll on threats to Americans’ rights
JLF experts assess N.C. state budget stalemate
Cato Institute’s Jay Schweikert touts N.C. criminal law reform
JLF’s Joseph Coletti analyzes N.C. transportation funding issues
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The ‘other’ border wall
Allowing Leandro report to dictate education in N.C. unwise at best
Earlier this week, Judge David Lee convened a status conference with the plaintiffs and defendants from the ongoing…
John Locke Foundation welcomes Amy Cooke as CEO
Amy O. Cooke joins the John Locke Foundation as its new CEO. Cooke takes the top job at JLF after…
Hold the burger
Take action on affordable housing
On average, incomes have gone up faster than housing prices. But builders are producing disproportionately more capacity aimed at upper-income…
New consent order in Leandro case sets stage for action
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional comments from Rep. Craig Horn, R-Union. The long-running…
Don’t equate across-the-board tax cuts with corporate ‘giveaways’
A recent article suggests Gov. Roy Cooper is not alone in mislabeling helpful tax relief measures.
Duke lobbyist said Cooper aide was untruthful
A Duke Energy lobbyist said Gov. Roy Cooper’s senior policy adviser, Ken Eudy, wasn’t truthful when making statements…
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. 870: N.C. parental school choice options continue to grow
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 869: Fighting back against public education myths
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 868: Lawmakers to return to Raleigh for mid-January session
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 867: Year-end special revisits intriguing 2019 topics
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 866: Interesting developments in N.C. 2020 Senate race
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 865: Redistricting fights resolved for 2020 elections
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 864: Freedom’s defenders see more N.C. victories in 2019
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 863: Candidates flock to wide-open N.C. lieutenant governor’s race
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 862: Identifying the largest problem in public schools
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 861: Mecklenburg rejects local sales-tax increase
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 870: N.C. parental school choice options continue to grow
As National School Choice Week approaches, it’s a good time to highlight the growth of parental school choice in North Carolina. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, sifts through the data. Stoops explains why more and more parents are opting for alternatives…
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CJ Exclusives
Does more money for education lead to better student performance?
Twenty-five years ago, Robert Leandro and his mother, Kathleen Leandro, lent their name to one of the most significant education lawsuits in North Carolina history. At the time, the family lived in Raeford, a town with a small tax base and a struggling economy. Robert attended a local…
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What I said was …
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Daily Journal
Partisan battle extends beyond suburbs
Neither Democrats no Republicans are content simply to clasp national coattails. And both are courting voters who live in urban townhouses, rural ranch houses, and everything in between.
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses new poll on threats to Americans’ rights
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a new poll that suggests most Americans believe their basic rights are threatened. Kokai offered these comments during the Jan. 17, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
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JLF experts assess N.C. state budget stalemate
John Locke Foundation Vice President Donna Martinez and Chairman John Hood answer host Tom Campbell’s questions about North Carolina’s state budget impasse. These exchanges took place during the Jan. 17, 2020, edition of “NC SPIN.”…