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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Half the states in the country currently provide help for their low-wage workers with a state Earned Income Tax Credit patterned after the federal EITC that former President Ronald Reagan called the... Read More
Academia can be annoying. It’s full of people who ask difficult questions, sometimes loudly. They take what’s comfortable and roll it around their fingers, looking for flaws. It’s disconcerting... Read More
