Typically, “saving American jobs” is the reason given for implementing protectionist trade measures, i.e., tariffs and quotas. The argument goes something like this: Foreign producers of a product are offering American consumers a more attractive price or better-quality product than they can get from American producers of the same…
People display less trust in American institutions these days. One major cause is the transformation of those institutions into platforms for promoting personal agendas. Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs, made that argument Monday during a presentation for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
After the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, lawmakers, educators, and law enforcement immediately looked for ways to improve school safety. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page announced during a Feb. 28 press conference plans to enact a volunteer school resource program. The same…
What’s the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle? Keep on keepin’ on. Reforms since 2011 have transformed our state into an economic powerhouse, creating jobs and opportunities like never before. Tax cuts begun in 2011 have put $5 billion back into the…
Mental health dominated the first meeting of the House Select Committee on School Safety, with speakers warning legislators about a shortage of student mental health services. Legislators began looking for ways to improve school safety after the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and House…
Craft brewers are waiting to learn whether a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the state’s distribution cap and franchise laws will proceed. The complaint — filed May 15 by Craft Freedom LLC, The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery LLC, and NoDa Brewing Co. —…
Southside Ashpole Elementary is one step closer to having an Innovative School District operator. Monday, March 19, ISD Superintendent Eric Hall recommended Achievement for All Children — a charter management organization — to operate the low-performing school during a brief…
It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account. ESAs, established by the N.C. legislature in 2017, provide up to $9,000 annually to families with children suffering from autism, visual or hearing impairment, developmental and…
Journalists are criticized today for any number of things. They’re biased and even evil. They invent stories and propagate fake news, an allegation, by the way, that’s as dangerous as it is wrongheaded and ridiculous. That’s not what good journalists do. Period. Good journalists are vital…
House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, D-Wake, says Gov. Roy Cooper was within his constitutional authority to create a $57.8 million side deal to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. But he thinks the relevant public records should be released to show precisely how it came…
