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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses the COVID-19 vaccine priority list
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the…
JLF experts discuss chief justice recount, 2020 election impacts
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Vice President Donna…
JLF’s Joseph Coletti explains COVID-19 state-by-state misery index
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses a misery…
The voters have spoken, now let’s get to work
The 2020 election is over. Thankfully and finally. Maybe.
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses the COVID-19 vaccine priority list
JLF experts discuss chief justice recount, 2020 election impacts
JLF’s Joseph Coletti explains COVID-19 state-by-state misery index
The Right AOC on Point: COVID-19 vaccine takes away Cooper’s excuse for N.C. shutdown
JLF’s Becki Gray assesses prospects for compromise in 2021 N.C. legislative session
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses early news about N.C.’s 2022 Senate race
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses pressure on Biden to cancel student debt
JLF’s John Hood analyzes N.C. political changes over past 50 years
JLF’s Joseph Coletti explains why states don’t need a federal bailout
JLF’s Terry Stoops analyzes new N.C. Superintendent Catherine Truitt’s priorities
But does he have the votes?
JLF’s Becki Gray assesses prospects for compromise in 2021 N.C. legislative session
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, discusses the possibility of compromise between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the…
State auditor says DPI COVID mismanagement puts children at risk
The Department of Public Instruction spent $76 million of Coronavirus Relief Funds without making sure the money was…
Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson discusses early news about N.C.’s 2022 Senate race
Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses early developments in the race for North Carolina’s open 2022 U.S. Senate seat. Henderson…
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Voters say no to discrimination
When employers, governments, schools, and other institutions use race or ethnicity to decide who will be hired or served, that…
Lawmakers slam state officials for COVID lockdowns that have left students behind
More students face repeating a grade than any time in the past century, says David Stegall, deputy superintendent…
Focusing on the wrong election numbers can lead to bad ideas
Statewide vote totals in legislative and congressional elections offer little useful information.
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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. 915: Returning students to in-person schooling presents urgent challenge
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 914: N.C. voters tackle taxes, bonds, alcohol measures
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 913: Voters add three new Republicans to Council of State
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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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Quick Takes
State Senate Republicans select Harrington to lead caucus
Republicans within the N.C. Senate have elected Kathy Harrington unanimously to serve as their majority leader. She’s the first woman to hold the job. “It’s such an honor to have earned the faith and trust of my colleagues for this leadership position,” Harrington, R-Gaston, said in a news release. “North…
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N.C. lowers rate of teacher attrition, as GOP made it a priority
Before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools, more teachers were staying in North Carolina’s classrooms. North Carolina succeeded in lowering its teacher-attrition rate, even after its budget stalemate froze teacher pay. The state lost only 7.53% of its 94,410 teachers in the past reporting year. …
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 915: Returning students to in-person schooling presents urgent challenge
There’s an urgent need to return N.C. public school students to in-person instruction. That’s the message Terry Stoops hopes to send. The John Locke Foundation’s vice president for research and director of education studies explains why the science and data suggest that school kids face much more danger of long-lasting…
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CJ Exclusives
Legislature should put constitutional guardrails on spending, JLF study concludes
A decade of fiscal responsibility and sustainable government could be squandered unless North Carolina taxpayers build some financial guardrails in the state constitution. A report by the John Locke Foundation says a tax and spending limit needs to be enshrined in…
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She said the house was clean
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Daily Journal
When shorthand gets it wrong
About 41% of voters in union households picked Trump this year. They went 40% for Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, and 39% for John McCain. Reagan won 44% in 1980 and 46% in 1984.
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses pressure on Biden to cancel student debt
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses political pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to cancel college student loan debt. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 27, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…