Hundreds of people are still having issues with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina five weeks into 2016. The problems are now impacting the state’s Department of Insurance.1 The Department of... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, February 4, 2016. State budget officials have sided with top Senate leaders in their spat with state Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson over whether education... Read More
The John Locke Foundation’s First in Freedom Index ranks North Carolina No. 36 in the nation and No. 8 in our region in regulatory freedom. Even with regulatory reforms enacted every legislative... Read More
by Dan Way, Carolina Journal, February 5, 2016. State Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is concerned that insurers “have left health insurance markets in droves due to the increased burdens” of... Read More
The state court system has reasons to celebrate, according to Chief Justice Mark Martin, but adequate funding isn’t one of them. In late January Martin announced a Celebrate North Carolina Courts... Read More
Student enrollment in teacher education programs in the UNC System has declined 30 percent since 2010, a UNC System official told State Board of Education members at their meeting Wednesday.2 From... Read More
Free market advocates on Tuesday urged lawmakers to adopt a measure that could curtail some regulations placed on North Carolina businesses and individuals. “Every rule has a cost on those who have... Read More
The public rationale for many of the efforts to dismantle traditional public education with various privatization schemes almost always includes the claim that it is all about helping students do... Read More
In case you haven’t noticed, North Carolina’s primary elections are less than two months away, on March 15. With primary battles taking place in North Carolina for president (of course), U.S... Read More
The states of Iowa and North Carolina have at least two things in common. First, they are the nation’s top producers of hogs. Second, they are often overrun with politicians desperate to attract... Read More
