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JLF’s Mitch Kokai assesses President Trump’s United Nations speech
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses President…
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo discusses problems with N.C. certificate-of-need rules
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy,…
Judges detail reasons for rejecting special N.C. legislative elections
Judges in one of North Carolina’s ongoing electoral redistricting fights…
JLF’s Becki Gray discusses recodification of the N.C. criminal code
Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation senior vice president, explains her…
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JLF’s Mitch Kokai assesses President Trump’s United Nations speech
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo discusses problems with N.C. certificate-of-need rules
JLF’s Becki Gray discusses recodification of the N.C. criminal code
Crabtree’s retirement announcement sparks memory of JLF gig
Cato’s Ilya Shapiro assesses U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016-17 term
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo critiques N.C. certificate-of-need restrictions
Extending the press’s campaign finance law exemptions to boost donor privacy
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo discusses N.C. consideration of telemedicine parity
JLF experts dissect latest N.C. school performance data
JLF’s Mitch Kokai analyzes recent high-profile UNC governance issues
New study a wake-up call for opponents of later start times
Teen biology favors the night owl, not the early bird. This reality is prompting educators to reconsider when to ring…
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Locke scholar calls North Carolina entry into U.S. Climate Alliance ‘virtue signaling’
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that North Carolina would join 13 states and Puerto Rico in the U.S.
Court of Appeals rules on two lawsuits over education challenges
The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled on two cases concerning public school education, the state and local government agencies…
Crabtree’s retirement announcement sparks memory of JLF gig
Retiring Triangle television news anchor David Crabtree once helped the John Locke Foundation celebrate the N.C. Constitution’s important role in…
Cato’s Ilya Shapiro assesses U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016-17 term
Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the libertarian Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review,…
Waking the dead
Slow the redistricting process, engage stakeholders, judicial witnesses say
If the separation-of-powers undertones in the judicial redistricting process weren’t already obvious, state Rep. Justin Burr, R-Stanly, left no…
Partisan decline is nothing new
In the past eight years, Democratic registration in North Carolina has dropped by about 128,000 voters while Republicans have gained…
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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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N.C. needs no law dictating telemedicine ‘parity’
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N.C. leaders raise concerns about GenX in Cape Fear River
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Supreme Court looks ahead after ‘lower-key’ 2016-17 term
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Price-gouging laws prevent markets from working during emergencies
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 748: Price-gouging laws create more problems than they solve
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Trump tweet misses mark in attacking Amazon
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Nation’s top law enforcement officer touts anti-gang work in North Carolina
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Political left weaponizes athletics, impacts sports business
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Makeup artist challenges N.C. business restrictions on free-speech grounds
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 747: Makeup artist sues over burdensome N.C. regulations
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Quick Takes
State treasurer awards BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina administrator contract
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has awarded BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina the Third Party Administrator contract for the State Health Plan. The TPA negotiates contracts with health-care providers and processes claims paid with taxpayer money. BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina holds the current TPA contract,…
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Quick Takes
Expanded 911 system will link call centers; let users send photos, texts
If you see a crime, who are you going to call? If you’re civic minded, the state’s toll-free 911 system. In the near future, 911 callers also will be able to send photos, videos, and text messages of a crime in progress.
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CJ Exclusives
Partnership involving health-care giants raises concern over antitrust issues
Federal regulators are getting increasingly uneasy with proposals such as a partnership involving UNC Health Care and Carolinas HealthCare System. Such arrangements, critics say, inhibit competition and raise the potential for anti-trust violations. Devon Herrick, a health economist and policy adviser to the Heartland Institute in…
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Hole in the wall
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Daily Journal
Probing progressive tax nostalgia
RALEIGH — Ever since North Carolina enacted a major tax reform package in 2013, left-of-center politicians and pundits have lamented the disappearance of a progressive income tax. The reason for their disappointment is unclear. That disappointment is especially perplexing if their goal is to ensure that taxpayers with higher incomes…
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JLF’s Katherine Restrepo critiques N.C. certificate-of-need restrictions
Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation director of health care policy, pans North Carolina’s certificate-of-need requirements for new medical facilities. Restrepo offered these comments for a Sept. 18, 2017, WGHP (Fox8) report.
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Extending the press’s campaign finance law exemptions to boost donor privacy
News media outlets have enjoyed longstanding exemptions from federal and state campaign finance restrictions. It makes sense to extend those exemptions to nonprofit social and civic groups that also inform the public. Extending the media exemption would help encourage more information about important public policy issues. Jon Riches, director of…