JLF’s Joseph Coletti explains why states don’t need a federal bailout
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, urges Congress to avoid calls for another bailout of state governments.
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GOP lawmakers want to know why Cooper grabbed rural broadband money
Senate Republicans are asking Gov. Roy Cooper to reverse a move to eliminate relief money for rural broadband, hurting children and seniors. A new education partnership may be the reason for the move, but 15 Republicans who wrote the governor still want an explanation. The money…
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Good news on the state budget
Gov. Cooper repeatedly vetoed pay raises for teachers, betting that Democrats could transform the resulting public frustration into legislative gains. It was a bad bet.
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Incoming superintendent Truitt wants to put students, not politics, at center of education policy
As state superintendent, Catherine Truitt will oversee North Carolina’s vast public education system, which spent more than $14 billion this school year. But she won’t be doing it alone. Truitt, a Republican, narrowly defeated Democratic candidate Jen Mangrum for the state’s top education position. Truitt…
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Markets are more than money
The undercounted cost of the COVID pandemic is in the lives lost to despair, addiction, suicide, and other illnesses. Whether people have voluntarily cut off ties, albeit after government officials suggested shutting down for two weeks in March to “flatten the curve,” or were forced to do it by their…
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Republican Council of State majority will make policy impacts
Republicans can take a breath, even if their signature red is mixed with myriad shades of blue. They keep control of the N.C. Council of State, 6-4, albeit with narrow margins in all the races. The results remain unofficial. Elections officials are dealing with 41,000 provisional…
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Lower spending is the key to fiscal sustainability
As Tears for Fears sang in the 1980s, everybody wants their taxes lower. Well, that might not be the exact line, but the sentiment is shared across the political spectrum. Still, examples in other states and at the federal level provide frequent reminders that cutting taxes without cutting spending is…
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Republican leaders celebrate wins but say there’s a lot to do
Republicans celebrated wins in North Carolina while remaining focused on future priorities, especially redistricting, school choice, and economic revival. Party leaders shared their thoughts and plans during a news conference at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, Wed., Nov. 4. November’s election continued a decade…
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Local measures: Booze and bonds yes, sales taxes no
It was a good night for bonds and booze. While voters were picking their representatives, in some counties residents were deciding whether to approve bonds, tax increases, and the sale of alcohol. Small towns are warming to the idea of alcohol sales, said…
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Appeals court rejects retirement benefits from convicted former Wake County official
After taking almost $1 million from taxpayers, former Wake County Register of Deeds Laura Riddick won’t qualify for retirement benefits, a three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, Nov. 3. Riddick, a Republican, pleaded guilty to six counts…