The John Locke Foundation’s Becki Gray and Jon Sanders and the N.C. Justice Center’s Bill Rowe tout the potential benefits of occupational licensing reform in North Carolina. Gray, Sanders, and Rowe delivered these comments Jan. 21, 2016, to an occupational licensing boards subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee.
Economist John B. Taylor of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution explains how a return to basic economic “first principles” — predictable policies, rule of law, strong incentives, reliance on markets, limited government — can boost American economic growth and prosperity. Taylor offered these comments during the Sept. 30, 2015, John W. Pope Lecture at...
Families celebrate the N.C. Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program of school vouchers. Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina sponsored the July 24, 2015, lunchtime celebration. Interviews feature PEFNC president Darrell Allison and Raleigh parent Delicia Hare.
Sen. Jeff Tarte, R-Mecklenburg, leads a June 30, 2015, news conference with North Mecklenburg County business leaders who oppose plans for new toll lanes on Interstate 77 between Charlotte and Mooresville.
Americans for Prosperity unveils its new NC Jobs Agenda during a May 26, 2015, news conference at the State Capitol. Speakers at the event were AFP N.C. spokesman Joseph Kyzer; Rep. Mike Hager, R-Rutherford; Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie; AFP state director Donald Bryson; and AFP president Tim Phillips.
Eddie Goodall of the N.C. Public Charter Schools Association and Marcus Brandon of CarolinaCAN address recent concerns about charter schools’ financial accountability. Goodall and Brandon offered these remarks during a May 7, 2015, news conference.
The John Locke Foundation hosts a panel discussion on Medicaid reform, featuring experts who have contributed to reforms in Kansas, Florida, and Louisiana. Speakers at the April 13, 2015, event in Raleigh were Christie Herrera, senior fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability; Alan Levine, president/CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance and a former health...
Damon Root, senior editor at Reason magazine, discusses key themes from his book Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court. It outlines the debate between judicial activism or engagement and judicial restraint. Root offered these comments during an April 2, 2015, presentation in Raleigh for the Triangle Lawyers Chapter of the...
Bipartisan sponsors unveil House Bill 399, the Young Offenders Rehabilitation Act. It aims to transfer misdemeanor offenses by 16- and 17-year-olds from the adult court system to the juvenile system. Speakers at a March 31, 2015, news conference are Reps. Marilyn Avila, R-Wake, Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson, Jonathan Jordan, R-Ashe, and Duane Hall, D-Wake; Durham Chief...
Dr. Peter Boettke, George Mason University economist, discusses the theme of “Taming Leviathan,” or slowing growth of the federal government, during a March 30, 2015, Hayek Lecture at Duke University.
Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to N.C. lawmakers March 26, 2015, on issues state legislatures can address to boost the family and improve education.
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