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Regulatory sandbox bill one step closer to becoming law after clearing N.C. House
Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses N.C. foster care crisis
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses problems with foster care…
Locke’s Jon Guze analyzes two recent opinions from N.C. Chief Justice Paul Newby
Jon Guze, senior fellow in legal studies…
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Republicans cut a deal on state budget. Will key Democrats join, or block teacher raises again?
As state budget negotiations get down to the fine details,…
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Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses N.C. foster care crisis
Locke’s Jon Guze analyzes two recent opinions from N.C. Chief Justice Paul Newby
The Right AOC on Point: Nuclear energy holds key to reducing carbon emissions
Locke’s Jon Sanders explains how data contradict COVID-19 ’emergency’ status
Locke’s Terry Stoops assesses N.C. social studies glossary controversy
John Hood discusses the historical fantasy novel ‘Mountain Folk’
Locke’s Andy Jackson analyzes bill to shift N.C. absentee ballot deadline
Carolina Journal’s Ray Nothstine says Lt. Gov. Robinson understands limited role of politics
Carolina Journal’s Donna King analyzes Trump endorsement of Ted Budd
Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses Senate slowdown for Biden’s agenda
Alcohol-related bills moving through General Assembly, some more quickly than others
Several bills to help N.C. distillers and to loosen alcohol regulation in the state are moving through the…
State Board of Education approves guiding documents for controversial social studies standards
The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday, June 17, to approve guiding documents for controversial…
Locke’s Jon Sanders explains how data contradict COVID-19 ’emergency’ status
Jon Sanders, senior fellow in regulatory studies and research editor at the John Locke Foundation, discusses data…
State tax cut a must after citizens told to sacrifice
In the name of safety and at times part political theater, North Carolinians spent over a year following stringent emergency…
So, governor, who’s playing politics now?
If more people are getting vaccinated because of the governor’s handouts and giveaways, I sure can’t tell.
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House moves to exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes
The N.C. House passed a bill by a vote of 100-5 on Wednesday to exempt military retirement pay from state…
Audit finds thousands in unauthorized spending from former Nash superintendent
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Shelton Jeffries, the former superintendent of Nash County Public Schools, violated…
Bill to penalize tardy payments to charter schools moves forward
The state Senate’s main education committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize N.C. school systems for late payments to…
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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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Carolina Journal Radio No. 924: State should take new steps to fight collusive lawsuits
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 923: Cooper, Robinson to offer contrasting N.C. visions
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 922: COVID-19, government lockdowns create special challenges for businesses that sell alcohol
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 921: Chief Justice Newby takes over as top N.C. court official
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 920: Teachers union fights efforts to reopen schools
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 919: Year-end program highlights key issues from 2020
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 918: New index tracks COVID-related ‘misery’
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 917: Looking ahead to North Carolina’s 2022 Senate race
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 916: Truitt to take reins as top N.C. education official
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Carolina Journal Radio No. 915: Returning students to in-person schooling presents urgent challenge
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Locke’s Terry Stoops assesses N.C. social studies glossary controversy
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, highlights problems he detected within a glossary of terms for new N.C. social studies standards. Learn more here: “The latest on Glossarygate.”…
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CJ Opinion
Political left’s hypocrisy on donor privacy bill
Taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent, and private citizens deserve protection from government overreach into their lives. These seem like simple concepts, right? The establishment left in North Carolina seems to disagree. Progressives are performing acrobatic leaps to justify their opposition to two bills introduced this…
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CJ Opinion
Government shouldn’t set prices
The reason most industries with lesser-skilled workers don’t already pay $15 an hour is that they see details the politicians and political activists can’t see.
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News Article
Lawmakers: NC cities can delay 2021 local elections
Local municipalities will be allowed to delay their 2021 elections one year, under a bill passed in the North Carolina Senate on Monday evening by a vote of 33-14. The bill would extend current elected municipal officials’ time in office by one year while allowing any new candidates more time…
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CJ Exclusives
State tax collections spike, opening door for historic tax relief
North Carolina has over-collected more than $6 billion in state taxes when compared to May of 2020 economic forecasts. This according to data just presented to members of the Joint Full Chairs Appropriations Finance Committee by the nonpartisan Fiscal Research Division at the General Assembly and the Office of State…
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John Hood discusses the historical fantasy novel ‘Mountain Folk’
John Hood, author of “Mountain Folk,” discusses the novel’s combination of American history and fantasy. Learn more here: MountainFolkBook.com.