By the time you read this, Britain should have left the European Union. Or, perhaps, it’s still a member. Maybe there will be another referendum. This uncertainty reveals how divided Britons are about their future and place in Europe. It also tells us a lot about direct democracy, a…
Buffalo Trace and Blanton’s are virtual unicorns for bourbon lovers living in North Carolina. Getting the chance to buy a bottle, particularly Blanton’s, in North Carolina is — using a movie reference — akin to finding a golden ticket in an oversized bar of chocolate.
The stack of bills from N.C. lawmakers looking to reform and modernize the state’s 80-year-old liquor laws is growing. In the Senate, lawmakers filed Senate Bill 290 on Monday, March 18. A companion bill, House Bill 378, came Tuesday morning. The measures would…
Gov. Roy Cooper recommends average 9 percent public school teacher pay raises and a $3.9 billion bond package in his latest budget plan. Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, analyzes Cooper’s proposals and highlights key pros and cons. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton garner more attention, but…
Dr. Jim Zink, associate professor at N.C. State University, discusses James Wilson’s significance for American constitutionalism. Zink offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
The first step to saving money is to stop wasting it. A full-scale recodification of our criminal laws would empower North Carolina to accomplish exactly that. In December, the N.C. Supreme Court issued its opinion in State v. Rankin, a felony littering case that illustrates how North Carolina’s haphazard collection…
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7 p.m. March 13. A bill filed Wednesday, March 13, in the N.C. Senate would raise the limit on the number of barrels North Carolina craft brewers can self-distribute. Senate Bill 246 — Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization…
State Superintendent Mark Johnson has put a price tag on his plan to make North Carolina the best place for public school educators to begin, learn, and teach by 2030. Johnson announced #NC2030, his education initiative to improve learning and…
The Map Act may have reached the end of the road. The House Transportation Committee has given a favorable report to House Bill 131, which aims to repeal the act. A companion bill, Senate Bill 71…
There’s no extra money. The 2019-20 General Assembly session is well under way. Bills are being filed and committees are meeting, but the attention will soon fall on the biennial budget, which the governor introduced this week and included new and expanded spending, including a 9.1…
