A new report shows that 33% of major roads in North Carolina are in poor or mediocre condition. Published by TRIP, a National Transportation Research Nonprofit, the data comes from the N.C. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation. 23% of the state’s major roads are in fair condition with...
The United States just averted a critical situation when Congress agreed to extend the country’s debt limit. President Biden is set to sign the bipartisan legislation. Speaker Kevin McCarthy and North Carolina Republican Patrick McHenry whipped House GOP members into line to authorize the $1.5 trillion debt limit deal struck with President Biden, but ultimate...
Recently I started hearing more and more reports of people’s cars being stolen in North Carolina. My curiosity was further piqued as two fellow John Locke Foundation employees had their vehicles stolen just in the last month. It turns out, there is much more than anecdotal evidence suggesting a surge in car thefts in 2023...
North Carolina would end its three-day grace period for absentee ballots arriving after Election Day, and counties would be banned from taking so-called “Zuck bucks,” under provisions of an omnibus elections bill filed Thursday in the state Senate.