N.C. Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse said Democrats’ efforts to compel information from him would chill political speech. Woodhouse hosted a press conference Thursday, April 19, at state party headquarters. He said on April 9 he was served a subpoena…
RALEIGH — It’s time to get aggressive in the fight against opioid addiction, said U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a Raleigh presentation on the nationwide opioid crisis. Sessions, the nation’s top law-enforcement officer, is a longstanding crusader in the war on drugs. Now he faces…
The need to train school resource officers more intensively was a recurring theme during a meeting of the Student Physical Safety and Security working group. The group is one of two offshoots of the House Select Committee on School Safety. While the other working group…
Gov. Roy Cooper is appealing courtroom defeats involving school vouchers, judicial appointments, and control over state money.
The N.C. Supreme Court on Monday heard another round of arguments over school funding — this time whether county commissioners or General Assembly lawmakers are responsible for guaranteeing sufficient spending. In Silver et al. v. Halifax County Board of Commissioners,…
When the General Assembly returns to work in May, lawmakers will focus on key education-related issues, including school safety and the funding formula for school districts. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research, assesses the legislature’s approach to education heading into the 2018 session in Raleigh. More than…
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest courtroom setbacks in his legal fight with the Republican-led General Assembly. Kokai offered these comments during the April 13, 2018, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”…
John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood answers host Tom Campbell’s question about the latest courtroom battle pitting Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper against the Republican-led General Assembly. This exchange took place during the April 13, 2018, edition of “NC SPIN.”…
What follows is the first of an occasional column — taken from news sources throughout North Carolina — highlighting how government spends our money and makes other questionable moves about which state residents may not be aware. Reidsville in Rockingham County, like much of that region, has lost much…
A bill to crackdown on sex trade websites is now federal law — but not all anti-trafficking experts back the measure. On Tuesday, April 11, President Trump signed the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, a bill to block the proliferation of modern sex…
