The third storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season — and the first to make landfall in the US — Tropical Storm Chantal caused significant damage in North Carolina. The NCDOT has closed 120 roads due to flooding through Alamance County, including I-40/85.
The forecast for Hurricane Florence looks bleak. It’s hard to imagine as of this writing, but if the storm proceeds the way it’s predicted to go, then by next week people’s lives and neighborhoods in many areas of the state, from the coastal towns to the central Piedmont, will be radically altered. In the next...
An approaching hurricane reminds North Carolina about the importance of fiscal discipline.
The words “ambitious state budget” must test well in polls and focus groups. At least that’s what one might presume after hearing left-of-center politicians and pundits repeatedly describe North Carolina’s latest General Fund budget plan as “not ambitious.” Unable to rely on old standby clichés such as “draconian cuts” or “risky schemes,” critics have latched...
RALEIGH — In the aftermath of Hurricane Fran in 1996, some people clapped as police hauled away sellers with $8 bags of ice. University of Arizona philosophy professor Jerry Gaus credits the clapping to what he labels the "reactive emotions view." Gaus explained Monday for the John Locke Foundation's Shaftesbury Society how reactive emotions can cause some people to make decisions that seem to contradict their own economic self-interest.
RALEIGH — Today, Carolina Journal Radio’s Donna Martinez discusses the pricing of water and other commodities during times of scarcity with economist Karen Palasek, director of educational and academic programs for the John Locke Foundation. (Go to http://www.carolinajournal.com/cjradio/ to find a station near you or to learn about the weekly CJ Radio podcast.)
FEMA's role in disasters should be limited to what it does best,thereby making disaster relief more cost-effective.
With effusive praise breaking out all over for state politicians' response to Hurricane Isabel, it's time to recall past crises -- and the resulting political handiwork.
When natural disasters create immediate needs for government expenditure, it certainly helps to clarify the need for setting fiscal priorities.
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