John Locke Updates: 2006

As federal government grows more intimate with public schools through national benchmarks linked to funding (NCLB, et. al), many worry about the possibility of the federal government extending its…

Wake County, like many counties across the state, is facing a number of hurdles –enrollment booms, teacher shortages, and construction costs – all requiring the attention of a…

As journalists muse over the possible results of the indictment of N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill, Carolina Journal‘s Don Carrington, the bloodhound responsible for…

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…

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…

Michael DeBow, author of JLF’s Policy Report, “Health Savings Acounts: Consumer-Driven Health Care for North Carolina Employees and Teachers,” was featured on Donn Ansell’s morning radio…

The winning bid for a one-year deal for midway rights expected to put $3.7 million to $3.9 million in state coffers was decided by a slip of paper…

The first class for the E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders program have been chosen and notified. They will gather at the Embassy Suites in Greensboro on the…

After getting word of his Spotlight recommending an amendment to the State Constitution guaranteeing private property rights (reprinted here in the Mountain Xpress), the House Select Committee on…

Since early 2004, Carolina Journal‘s Don Carrington, in a series of articles, has tracked the illegal dredging of the Currituck Sound.  His reporting on the story helped lead…