Infrastructure needs will not wait
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, February 21, 2015. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx swung through the Carolinas last week to press the local and regional... Read More
NC Spin Articles
N. C. must be sensible about eminent domain
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, February 21, 2015. A state law making it easier to preserve land for roads has instead been a burden on owners of property in the path of some future highway. This... Read More
Local school districts submit plans for differentiated teacher pay pilot
Seventy five of North Carolina’s 115 school districts have submitted teacher compensation proposals to the General Assembly with the hope of participating in a pilot program that would reward highly... Read More
Bad bill of the week: Restore the Teaching Fellows program
Facing a $2.5 billion budget shortfall in 2011, the new Republican legislative majority eliminated $13.5 million in annual funding to the NC Teaching Fellows program. Now several legislators – all... Read More
Money talks
We’re in the Great Mentioner season of the political cycle, when the names of potential 2016 candidates start floating through the rumor mills, media and blogosphere. And nothing talks like money... Read More
A shortfall of candor in Raleigh
Politicians spin. That’s not news. But Rep. Paul Stam’s spin this week was unusually brazen. He even accompanied his spin with “proof,” but the proof just showed he was spinning. Stam, a... Read More
More mental health beds needed as ER's become swamped
Editorial by News and Observer, February 20, 2015. Thankfully, it is uncommon, but two weeks ago WakeMed had to close its emergency department to all but those with heart attacks, stroke or severe... Read More
Duke proposes $102 million settlement of coal ash charges
Duke Energy was charged Friday with nine counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act in connection with the handling of coal ash at its North Carolina power plants, including one that spilled tons... Read More
McCrory proposes to put all attractions under one roof
The N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher and Carolina Beach State Park could soon be getting a new boss, but not everyone thinks that's necessarily a good idea. Gov. Pat McCrory in his State of the State... Read More
The beginning of the end for the Map Act?
On Tuesday the N.C. Court of Appeals handed down a ruling that strikes at the heart of a controversial piece of legislation known as the Map Act. Here at the John Locke Foundation, we have been... Read More
