Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses recent developments in President Trump’s trade talks with China. Kokai offered these comments during the Dec. 7, 2018, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Here we are, two years later. We’ve taken many, arduous, often tedious steps. Only to return to where we began, having gone nowhere. In late 2016, as Gov. Roy Cooper was preparing to take office, the General Assembly decided it would change…
State Treasurer Dale Folwell says a revised Senate Bill 117 would eliminate some costly benefit options and impose forfeiture of retirement benefits for some criminal offenses. He supports the changes, which are intended to protect the underfunded system. “We have to…
A state legislative committee plans to hire an outside investigator to look into a controversial $57.8 million fund tied to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the decision to seek outside investigative help. Henderson explains why the fund has raised concerns about North Carolina’s environmental permitting…
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood addresses N.C. farmers’ challenges during the Nov. 30, 2018, edition of “NC SPIN.”…
Rick Henderson, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses the N.C. General Assembly’s concerns about a $57.8 million fund tied to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Henderson offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Hospital lobbyists persuaded lawmakers to draft legislation blocking N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell’s cost-cutting reforms to the State Health Plan, Carolina Journal has learned. Rep. Josh Dobson, R-McDowell, co-chairman of the House Health Committee, is working on a bill to preserve the current…
Dr. Gajendra Singh and his attorney, Josh Windham of the Institute for Justice, discuss Singh’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Singh and Windham offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
The Senate Finance Committee has approved Senate Bill 820, which would raise the amount of corporate handouts to large companies considering moving their headquarters to North Carolina. The committee voted Tuesday, Nov. 27, to raise the cap on the Job Development Investment…
Lawmakers are developing rules for the freshly passed voter ID constitutional amendment. But nobody believes the law will take effect without a pitched court battle. One voting law expert has a suggestion. “I would recommend that the state legislature include a provision in…
