Health clubs, gyms, spas, and karate dojos have joined to file a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order keeping their businesses closed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The lawsuit is the latest challenge of Cooper’s response to COVID-19. In the…
if North Carolina has a particularly bad jobs reports next month, the governor’s go-slow approach to reopening will likely be responsible for a significant share of the negative economic consequences.
The N.C. Senate Committee on Commerce and Insurance on Tuesday, May 26, approved duplicate amendments to a pair of bills revising state alcohol laws as they apply to outdoor seating in restaurants. The two bills, which do similar things but apply to different businesses, would…
The pandemic could spur innovation and new practices that lead to greater worldwide prosperity.
President Donald Trump flummoxed officials in Charlotte while taking a partisan swipe at Gov. Roy Cooper by suggesting the Republican National Convention may skip past North Carolina. Amid a string of tweets Monday, May 25, about Memorial Day and the golf trips President Obama took while in office, Trump…
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated more attention for telemedicine. As more people access health care through their phones and computers, the John Locke Foundation and Brookings Institution have prepared a new telemedicine report. Co-author Jordan Roberts, JLF’s health care policy analyst, discusses the report’s key findings and recommendations. North Carolina…
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed. It’s designed to boost the search for a COVID-19 vaccine. Kokai offered these comments during the May 22, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Jeff Brooks was watching the governor in a news conference. Brooks, who owns a gym in Onslow County, immediately realized he was in trouble. “I remember turning to my wife and saying, ‘He’s going to screw us.’” Brooks, co-owner of Swansboro Health and Fitness, told…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Budget buster: The Office of State Budget and Management and the legislature’s Fiscal Research Division opened the Memorial Day weekend…
Matt Ridley, best-selling author of The Rational Optimist, explains how innovation will help the world return to prosperity after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridley’s latest book is titled How Innovation Works. Ridley offered these comments during an episode of the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke” podcast.
