John Locke Updates: 2005

Last Sunday, the Raleigh News & Observer detailed how House Speaker Jim Black used funds he personally controls to pay for a state job for former Rep. Michael Decker. That…

The budget debate featured on NBC 17’s “At Issue” two weeks ago led to an invitation this week for Donna Martinez to appear on “Prosperity Today,” produced by Americans for…

Last Friday night in Raleigh, nearly 200 friends and supporters joined JLF to commemorate the foundation’s 15 years of support for policies that enhance freedom and liberty. Sen. George Allen…

Sunday’s Raleigh News & Observer featured Richard Wagner commenting on open government. The piece noted that JLF “isn’t shy” about pursuing public records and mentioned CJ’s work surrounding state spending…

Chad Adams spoke to members of the Capital City Kiwanis Club on Monday about performance management – a strategy being successfully employed by some local governments in their efforts to…

In an online discussion conducted by PERC (Property and Environment Research Center), Roy Cordato joined other economists and academics in addressing an interesting question posed by PERC. If one stipulates…

Karen Palasek is taking the lead on a new JLF initiative geared to university faculty. The Faculty Affiliate Program is designed to bring together university faculty grounded in the classical…

Last week, Americans for Prosperity NC tapped Roy Cordato’s January report, Liberty and Economic Growth, which outlines tax reform based on principles of economics and individual liberty. It was…

George Leef’s latest Inquiry Paper on higher education spending has been picked up by EducationNews.org. In the piece, Leef countered conclusions reached by a recent Institute for Higher Education…

Lindalyn Kakadelis hosted a booth this week at a conference sponsored by the North Carolina Christian School Association Administrators. She discussed school choice issues and the possibility of a tax…