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…
Adrian Moore, vice president of policy for the Reason Foundation, discusses the prospects for a mileage-based transportation fee in North Carolina. Moore offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
North Carolina ranks 14th in the cost-effectiveness of our highway system, and beats the national average in both rural pavement condition and urban congestion.
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 776: Time is running out for North Carolina’s gas tax to play the leading role in funding state transportation projects. Adrian Moore, vice president for policy at the libertarian Reason Foundation, delivered that message recently to state lawmakers. Moore explains why he believes…
The University of North Carolina system recently studied the way its campuses train teachers for the state’s public schools. The resulting report titled “Leading On Literacy” draws poor reviews from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research. Stoops shares his concerns about UNC teacher training. He also offers…
What’s the theme for limited government, personal responsibility, opportunity and freedom across North Carolina for the 2018 election cycle? Keep on keepin’ on. Reforms since 2011 have transformed our state into an economic powerhouse, creating jobs and opportunities like never before. Tax cuts begun in 2011 have put $5 billion back into the…
The N.C. Court of Appeals released three separate rulings in Map Act cases, dealing another blow to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. On Tuesday, March 20, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of landowners in NCDOT v. Stimpson,…
A committee studying school district divisions has raised more questions so far than it has answered. The Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units met Tuesday, March 13, to discuss the consequences of breaking up large school districts, such as…
Medicaid is the largest spending item of the roughly $53 billion flowing through state coffers this year, yet state policymakers have minimal control over the program. Joseph Coletti, a senior fellow at the John Locke Foundation, noted the major role of Medicaid and other health and…
State Rep. John Szoka, R-Cumberland, is worried $92 million from a national Volkswagen consent decree over Clean Air Act violations might get tangled up in another separation-of-powers showdown between Gov. Roy Cooper and the General Assembly. With the nasty battle over the governor’s foiled attempt to…
