Opinion

N.C. Supreme Court is collateral damage in left’s lust for power 

If you aren’t hair-on-fire alarmed at how the left is using a nuclear option to stage a coup at our state’s highest court, you haven’t been paying attention. The coup would nullify two election cycles and nearly 10 million votes.   This won’t be North Carolina’s first coup d’etat. In 1898, Democrats led by News and...

Amy Cooke
News

John Locke Foundation and Civitas Institute combine capabilities Jan. 1

The intellectual forces that have driven three decades of freedom-forward research and policy reforms in North Carolina will merge their capabilities, ensuring that North Carolinians’ liberties are robustly defended and advanced as we enter this next decade. Effective January 1, 2021, the staff and resources of the John Locke Foundation and the Civitas Institute will...

CJ Staff
News

JLF leads effort to ensure CARE Act flexibility for states

The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fixing the flaw could help state governments avoid unsustainable budget spending increases. Working with the Nebraska-based Platte Institute, the two organizations drafted a letter to bipartisan congressional leaders. More...

CJ Staff
News

JLF CEO: North Carolina-centric solutions to the coronavirus pandemic

From health care workers to wait staff, from ride-share drivers to truck drivers, North Carolinians, like the rest of the country, are in for a rough few weeks, possibly even a rough few months or more. Demanding that the federal government act isn’t a solution. It’s a delay that we can’t afford. Not right now....

Amy Cooke
News

CJ politics week in review, Jan. 20-24

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 a week in review: New CEO: Amy O. Cooke has joined the John Locke Foundation as its new CEO. Cooke is also the new publisher of Carolina Journal. Before joining...

Lindsay Marchello

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