America’s convoluted, public-private health care system is filled with bad policies and inefficiencies. Government intrusion into the market has rendered it unusable and impenetrable for many. A lack of price transparency is one of the most glaring issues in America’s health care system. It’s hard to…
During a 2020 legislative session immersed in financial doubt and civil unrest, Republican lawmakers flailed against Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto power, fighting executive orders they say hurt North Carolina. It’s a political game, much like the 2019 standoff over the General Assembly’s $24 billion budget bill, which Cooper vetoed. But now, in an election year, the…
Making North Carolina a more attractive place to live, work, shop, invest, and create businesses must be a high priority. But secret deals and preferential treatment are the wrong tools for the job.
A lawsuit has helped expose controversy surrounding a multimillion-dollar N.C. Medicaid contract. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, dissects the issue. He says evidence suggests that state regulators manipulated the bidding process to help a favored company. State Auditor Beth Wood recently revealed that the N.C. Transportation…
North Carolina’s public schools are expected to reopen for the fall, but they’ll face some changes linked to continuing concerns about COVID-19. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, analyzes state guidelines for public school operations in the 2020-21 academic year. The pandemic already has…
John Locke Foundation Senior Vice President Becki Gray and Chairman John Hood discuss N.C. budget challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic shutdown. Gray and Hood offered these comments during the June 19, 2020, edition of “NC SPIN.”…
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Local health departments: The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services allocated $35 million in federal money for…
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on local government budgets in North Carolina. Coletti offered these comments for a June 18, 2020, report on Spectrum News.
Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation senior fellow, shares his concerns about N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coletti offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
As North Carolina recovers from the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the John Locke Foundation is offering help. The new Carolina Rebound project is designed to give policymakers ideas that will help the state recover as quickly and efficiently as possible. Terry Stoops, JLF vice president for research and…
