John Locke Updates: 2006

The National Center for Policy Analysis highlighted Joe Coletti‘s Spotlight, “Carve the Medicaid Turkey.”  The report recommends slowly removing the county’s share of the Medicaid burden,…

In a few unrelated topics, JLF staffers have righted the misinformed opinions of a few.  In the Foundation for Economic Education‘s online News and Commentary section, the Pope Center’s George…

JLF recently released a slew of press releases targeting ten media regions in the state.  Each release, highlighting relevant numbers from the Center for Local Innovation‘s By…

Two members of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC), Vice President of NCACC, Terry Garrison of Vance County and Wake County Manager David Cooke, presented…

Articles in the Bertie Ledger-Advance and Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald mention Lindalyn Kakadelis‘s contribution to the Save Our Schools (SOS) fight waging in Bertie County.  At issue is the recommended…

President Bush’s State of the Union Address brought commentary by JLF. Senior Fellow, Marc Rotterman appeared on WPTF’s Bill LuMaye Show, while Carolina Journal‘s Paul Chesser in the Washington…

Super sleuth, Don Carrington, gave Lockwood Phillips of WTKF an update on the latest news in the ferryboat scandal and the campaign finance hearings.  In the ferryboat…

Resident historian, Troy Kickler, recently returned from a meeting with the Union County Historical Society.  Troy introduced the group to the JLF‘s NC History Project. His lecture centered on Nathaniel…

JLF’s Michael Sanera writes in the Wilmington Star-News that the 3 percent increase to the hotel occupancy tax to help pay for the proposed convention center may influence…

Two JLF staff members hosted state radio shows last Friday. Chad Adams, CLI Director and Vice President of Development, hosted the Matt Mittan show WWNC – 570 in Asheville, while…