College students are returning to campus amid delta variant fear spikes, restrictions, and, now, some University of North Carolina faculty pushing for a return to remote instruction. But how does a return to campus affect students psychologically? “It’s kind of a mood-killer,” said Grayson Rosas, a senior at N.C. State University. College campuses are full...
Thousands of elderly patients lost their health care provider, and nurse practitioner Michelle Schmerge had to watch them go. When her supervising physician decided to retire, she couldn’t find a replacement. As a nurse practitioner in North Carolina, Schmerge couldn’t practice without a doctor’s guidance, but geriatric doctors are in short supply. Patients with dementia,...
State Treasurer Dale Folwell says the State Health Plan is paying UNC Health Care too much for member services and treatments. He just doesn’t know how much the potential waste, fraud, and abuse is, and the health care system refuses to give him information needed to correct the overpayments. Folwell vented his frustration during a...
Standardized testing has provided little evidence justifying school districts' cash outlays for individual student laptops or tablets, especially in early grades.
Screen saturation for young children amounts to a grand experiment with potential negative consequences.
RALEIGH — A study by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine concludes that 500,000 people would be left uninsured by the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act. But the estimate is contradicted by that same study, as well as other state sources.
RALEIGH — Bills targeting food served at schools, sodium consumption, and diabetes are putting lawmakers in charges of school and family menus. The role of taxpayer-financed health care is used to justify state action.
RALEIGH — Business owners trying to navigate the maze of new government mandates and restrictions are not racing to add new jobs in North Carolina. The John Locke Foundation's top budget expert offers that assessment as the N.C. Employment Security Commission lists the state's unemployment rate at 9.7 percent for August, down one-tenth of a percentage point from July's rate of 9.8 percent.
RALEIGH — An initiative by the Food and Drug Administration regulating salt content in packaged foods and on restaurant menus would alter the flavor and character of a host of regional specialties — and prevent chefs from offering signature dishes.
RALEIGH – North Carolina needs a “Coast Law” to protect residents from wind turbines that ruin local landscapes, harm wildlife, and pose potential health risks, all while providing an unreliable source of electricity. That’s the key conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Despite the lack of supporting evidence, heard politicians and activists assert confidently that suburban “sprawl” is a public-health problem that regulation and transit can address.
