John Locke Updates: 2008

Carolina Journal‘s ongoing investigation of scandals associated with North Carolina public schools’ free and reduced-price lunch programs attracted new attention in the past week. A Wake County school…

During an economic downturn, families and businesses often tighten their belts and learn how to do more with less. John Locke Foundation Vice President for Development Chad Adams says local…

Christmas-related news dominated headlines this week, but John Locke Foundation experts continued to shed light on important political developments. President John Hood used his forum on National Review Online’s main…

Advocates touting the alleged benefits of taxpayer-financed elections got a wake-up call this week from John Locke Foundation Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst. His op-ed in Tuesday’s News…

The sour economic picture continues to generate plenty of bad ideas in which the government would misuse taxpayer dollars. John Locke Foundation Fiscal Policy Analyst Joseph Coletti contributed…

The N.C. Department of Public Instruction has attracted criticism because its accountability program, the ABCs of Public Education, fails to help parents and taxpayers compare North Carolina students’ performance against…

As the General Assembly’s joint House-Senate annexation study commission discussed possible reforms this week, John Locke Foundation Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst Daren Bakst offered the group a “…

A recent scandal involving the United Way sparked a response from Meck Deck blogger Jeff Taylor, whose insights led to an appearance Tuesday night on Charlotte’s Fox television…

State lawmakers continue to discuss unfunded liabilities associated with the government-mandated Beach Plan coastal property insurance program. As a study committee met Thursday to discuss the issue, readers of the…

Carolina Journal associate editor David Bass contributed two articles this week to The American Spectator. One covered a recent Josephson Institute study on youth ethics, while the other…