From Carolina Journal Program No. 697: A movement dubbed “ban the box” targets questions on employment application forms that ask an applicant to indicate whether he has a criminal record. Some employers have decided to drop those questions, and advocates want government agencies to step in force other employers…
From Carolina Journal Program No. 697: It doesn’t attract as many headlines as taxes or education, but North Carolina’s infrastructure is attracting attention from state legislators. A blue-ribbon commission is looking into the state’s infrastructure needs. One idea involves a state infrastructure fund. You’ll hear highlights from the commission’s…
From Carolina Journal Program No. 697: Much discussion on the campaign trail this fall involves the “Carolina Comeback.” Republican Gov. Pat McCrory uses that name to describe the state’s economic growth during his term in office. Meanwhile, McCrory’s Democratic opponent, Attorney General Roy Cooper, disputes the notion of a…
From Carolina Journal Program No. 697: Amid all the debate about teacher pay in North Carolina, a much more important issue continues to be ignored. That’s the opinion of Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies. Stoops says people interested in improving public education should…
Amid all the debate about teacher pay in North Carolina, a much more important issue continues to be ignored. That’s the opinion of Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies. Stoops says people interested in improving public education should spend more time addressing the “persistent failure”…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 696: As public school students across North Carolina deal with the opening weeks of a new school year, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction has unveiled the latest data on 2015-16 student standardized test scores. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s director of…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 696: The latest twist in North Carolina’s long-running debate over the process of drawing election maps involves the work of a bipartisan group of retired state judges. Led by former UNC system president and current Duke University scholar Tom Ross, the judges drafted…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 696: Students have returned to college campuses across the country, but many of them have not returned to places interested in the free flow of often-controversial ideas. Robert Shibley, the N.C.-based executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, documents disturbing…
From Carolina Journal Radio Program No. 696: North Carolina officials have been celebrating the recent announcement that CSX will build a new transportation hub in Edgecombe County. But a Carolina Journal examination shows that government agencies have promised $700,000 in subsidies for every new job promised in connection with…
North Carolina officials have been celebrating the recent announcement that CSX will build a new transportation hub in Edgecombe County. But a Carolina Journal examination shows that government agencies have promised $700,000 in subsidies for every new job promised in connection with the project. CJ Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes the…
