John Locke Updates: 2007

Speaking to the Randolph County Republican Women’s Club, Becki Gray talked about Universal Health Care, Medicaid, the High Risk Insurance Pool, and other legislative issues. For those of you who…

Getting it in just under the deadline, Troy Kickler submitted an article to LewRockwell.com on Feb. 27th on the iconoclastic Black figure, George S. Schuyler. The article celebrates a…

Following the state and local government’s massive handout to Dell, it is clear that our state has become a prime target for business.  Unfortunately, the reason businesses are looking here…

Utah became the poster child for choice in education when Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed the Parent Choice in Education Act, which puts a portion of education funding directly…

The Tryon Daily Bulletin and the Kinston Free Press both made use of the Center for Local Innovation’s By The Numbers: What Government Costs in North Carolina Cities…

North Carolina government is looking to extend a generous hand to the poor through an earned-income tax credit, similar to the system already in place with the federal government. The…

The proposed wind-generated power plant – not the eco-endearing term, “wind farm” – is drawing ire from local residents in Ashe County. If the turbines are allowed to be…

Joe Coletti, who’s been featured quite prominently in this edition of the Impact Report, was quoted in an article in the Heartland Institute’s Health Care News on West Virginia’s…

Now that former Speaker of the House Jim Black has stopped short of admitting to charges of bribery and obstruction of justice in order to make a deal with state…

Despite higher-than-expected revenues, state lawmakers will probably be running at a loss. Joe Coletti predicted as much last year.  With new demands on revenue adding up this year, if…