Time to champion occupational choice
Workers don’t lose skills when they cross state lines to live in North Carolina. Let’s not punish them for wanting to call North Carolina home.
Asheville shouldn’t get away with racial preferences for key commission
If plaintiffs successfully challenge the commission selection process, Asheville will have to start evaluating applicants by their individual voice, not their race.
War on 3rd parties could come back to haunt Dems in November
If post-Kennedy polls suddenly show Trump regaining comfortable leads in the swing states, Democrats will have nobody to blame but themselves.
Duke Health injecting race into care, firing doctors who object
Duke invited its employees to communicate with them about the science-backed anti-racism pledge, yet Dr. Conger was terminated after asking for scientific and clinical data to back its claims.
Cheers to the unsung thinkers shaping the policy landscape
Once a year, SPN affiliates from all over the country assemble for a veritable Super Bowl of policy insights on restoring the individual rights and local governance.
Price controls
Constitutional originalism only appears partisan to the untrained eye
Put simply, constitutional originalists believe that controversial policy choices are best left to us — the people.
Passing the torch
Downtowns change, like it or not
Four years ago, communities in North Carolina and beyond were reeling from the COVID-induced Great Suppression. After spiking into double digits in April 2020, the state’s headline jobless rate was still a painful 7.3% by August, with some 376,000 fewer North Carolinians employed than on the eve of the pandemic. Central business districts of Raleigh,...
NC Supreme Court can rebalance use of deference
Locke has recently filed “friend of the court” briefs in two cases that give the NC Supreme Court an opportunity to reconsider judicial deference.
Leandro ruling could open up education finance debate
A decision shaking up the 30-year-old legal dispute could open the conversation about reforming North Carolina's education finances.