Reason magazine

The courageous First Amendment

“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty,” Thomas Jefferson I love the First Amendment with a burning hot passion of a thousand suns. It’s what drew me to journalism. Fear of losing it drew me to public policy. More information is freedom. Less information is tyranny. Freedom of speech,...

Amy Cooke

News

N.C. Senate committee discusses sacking plastic bag ban

One lawmaker thinks it’s high time that North Carolina sack a ban on plastic bags. A proposed committee substitute from Sen. Bill Cook, R-Beaufort, aims, as part of House Bill 56, to repeal the longstanding ban. The provision, enacted in 2009, prohibits businesses in several Outer Banks counties from using plastic bags, with some exceptions. The intent...

Lindsay Marchello

Podcast

NC Counties Engage In Tax Incentive Spending Spree

Sarah Curry on tax break deals signed by counties; Damon Root on judicial activism vs. judicial restraint; Mike Krzyzewski on supporting education; lawmakers debate property tax break for homebuilders; Becki Gray on transparency in state & local spending

Sarah Curry, Becki Gray

The courageous First Amendment

N.C. Senate committee discusses sacking plastic bag ban

NC Counties Engage In Tax Incentive Spending Spree

Help Support Non-profit Journalism & Donate Today

Receive our bimonthly print edition delivered right to your doorstep.