Rap on the Election
Paul Chesser reports that after the North Carolina House majority swerved to Republicans, political observers at a John Locke Foundation luncheon in Raleigh Monday heard election analysis from state and national pundits.
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North Carolina Politics Nears Parity
A preliminary analysis of state and local results from North Carolina’s 2002 elections suggests that North Carolina is continuing its move toward political parity, said John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation. “Republicans made significant gains on Tuesday, but the end result was to catch up to, but not…
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N.C. Students Among Most Subsidized in Nation
Jon Sanders reports that according to the most recent data, taxpayers in North Carolina pay the fourth-highest per-pupil amount in the nation to subsidize public-college students in their state. Those findings are according to an October Inquiry paper (No. 14, “Providing Access: Who Pays What for Higher Education in N.C.”)…
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N.C. Tells Neighboring States to Clean Up Air
When the “clean smokestacks” bill was overwhelmingly approved by the General Assembly in June, most lawmakers said North Carolina needed to regulate its power plants’ emissions before it could tell neighboring states to clean up their act. Empowered by the new law, the state is now telling the rest of…
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Easley Falsely Links ‘Jobs’ Bill, Business Climate
Gov. Mike Easley announced that North Carolina garnered the No. 1 ranking in the nation in a national magazine’s annual assessment of each state’s business climate. Easley used the good news to promote the value of the recently-passed North Carolina Economic Stimulus and Jobs Creation Act. However, Paul Chesser reports,…
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NEA Plans to Play Hardball
The National Education Association is arming for battle with parents, schools, and the federal government over choice and accountability provisions embedded in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, better known as the No Child Left Behind Act. Karen Palasek reports……
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Easley, Basnight Manipulate Golden LEAF, Papers Show
The Golden LEAF Foundation, which administers half of North Carolina’s share of the national tobacco settlement, claims to operate independent of political persuasion. But documents obtained by Carolina Journal suggest that Gov. Mike Easley and N.C. Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight wield significant influence over the nonprofit foundation, reports…
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Study Finds No Ozone-Asthma Link
There is no link between ground-level ozone, or “smog,” and asthma among children, according to a new study by Dr. Roy Cordato of the John Locke Foundation. He cautions policymakers and the news media to “check the facts” before coming to conclusions about scientific issues.
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College kids take over GTP
The latest plan to keep the Global TransPark alive was unveiled Thursday at a forum in Greenville, reports Carolina Journal Associate Publisher Don Carrington. Isaac Manning, a consultant recently hired by the GTP Foundation, told a select group of invitees to the forum that a team of five college students…
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TransPark financial risk to state overrated
N.C. DOT officials have apparently overstated potential financial obligations in a recently released report on the Global TransPark, according to federal officials, reports Carolina Journal Associate Publisher Don Carrington. Federal airport grants to North Carolina fall under the authority of the FAA Airports District Office in Atlanta. Manager Scott Seritt…