N.C. policymakers recently learned that state government ended its last budget year in June with a revenue surplus of nearly $900 million. Meanwhile, Gov. Roy Cooper wants the state to borrow more money as it increases spending in the new budget year and beyond. Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior…
Brenee Goforth, John Locke Foundation marketing and communications associate, discusses North Carolina’s tax on illegal drugs. Goforth offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses a legal brief from Democratic U.S. senators threatening the U.S. Supreme Court. Kokai offered these comments during the Aug. 16, 2019, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
Gov. Roy Cooper isn’t waiting for lawmakers to act. Cooper on Monday, Aug. 12, signed an Executive Directive aimed at improving gun safety and preventing gun-related suicides in North Carolina. The Democratic governor announced the initiative at the N.C.
[This story has been updated with additional comments] Democratic lawmakers want the General Assembly to act on a pair of gun-control bills. In a morning news conference, Democratic lawmakers urged Republicans to sign discharge petitions, which would move two gun-control bills out of committee and onto…
Lawyers spent more time trashing experts than delving into the key constitutional question.
North Carolina’s effort to rewrite the state’s criminal code continues making gradual progress. The House Rules Committee recently issued a favorable report on Senate Bill 584, the latest legislative step in recodification efforts championed by criminal justice reform advocates and members…
New research from Duke University scholars questions Medicaid’s value for the people the health care program was designed to help. The research arrives as the N.C. General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper continue to bicker over Cooper’s proposal to expand Medicaid to several hundred thousand more people in the state.
Todd Smith was out of town one Saturday when he got an unnerving phone call. It was from a few friends who were running his CBD store, Top Hat Tobacco and Cigars, in Anderson County, South Carolina. Local law enforcement officials had entered the store, saying…
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Senate Bill 584, which would continue the work of collecting information about all N.C. crimes. Kokai offered these comments for an Aug. 2, 2019, report on WTVD (ABC11).
