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The Carbon Plan law: Energizing higher power bills
Power bills are getting worse in North Carolina. While families try to cope, high rates have grabbed the attention of news media and politicians such as Gov. Josh Stein, Attorney…
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Revolutionary Resolves in NC from the East to the West
Annoyance and resistance to the policies of King George III and the British Parliament did not just materialize after the April 1775 battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. In…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Tracking the impact of Trump’s tariffs
Trump’s tariffs have: imposed significant costs on U.S. households, harmed GDP, did not reduce America’s trade balance, and amounted to the largest tax increase since 1993.
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The truth about universal coverage, part two
A similar version of this article was originally published by Law & Liberty. In part one of this article, I began to expose the truth behind the claim that “other developed…
Elections & Public Integrity
How “swingy” are North Carolina General Assembly districts?
While most North Carolina General Assembly districts trend Republican, this looks like a good year for Democrats. They enjoy a 48-42.6 percent advantage over Republicans on the state legislative generic…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Government housing for teachers and public employees is not the solution to Wake County’s housing problem
Wake County leaders want to build affordable housing for teachers and public school employees. The idea was presented earlier this week to a joint meeting of the Wake County School…
Education
Reflections from North Carolina’s Covid Generation
Note: This article was first published by the North Carolina History Project on August 12, 2026. “No one learned anything. We all sat around online, pretending to pay attention, and…
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The truth about universal coverage, part one
Note: A similar version of this article was originally published by Law & Liberty. The affordability issue is taking center stage in national political discourse this year. Foremost in this debate…
Education
What do teachers think about K-12 education and school choice?
How the public feels about education issues is recorded by a stream of never-ending polls. It’s rare to have a poll ask teachers their views on a variety of education…
Research Brief
Energy
High power bills? Blame bad state policies, not data centers
A new report from the John Locke Foundation, “Energy Poverty in North Carolina: Securing Affordable, Reliable Power,” features a county-by-county energy poverty index for North Carolina. The previous research brief…
Research Brief
Elections & Public Integrity
Cary case is a wake-up call to combat local government secrecy, waste, and corruption
The town of Cary appears to be a sleepy suburb of Raleigh, but it is North Carolina’s seventh-largest municipality and has an annual budget of half a billion dollars. That…
Elections & Public Integrity
State Board of Elections proposes new campaign finance rules
The North Carolina State Board of Elections (SBE) has proposed a series of campaign finance rules and amendments. Brief summaries of the proposals are below, along with information on how…