John Locke Updates: 2008

A new JLF report grading N.C. school systems on the basis of their “parent-friendliness” continues to attract attention. The Charlotte Observer highlighted the report, while both the…

Clay County commissioners scheduled today — the Friday before Labor Day — as the date for a countywide referendum on a proposed land-transfer tax hike. John Locke Foundation researchers have…

As Labor Day approaches, the election season will move into a heightened stage. John Locke Foundation President John Hood discussed elections with Don Curtis this week for a weekend radio…

Whoever wins this year’s presidential race, Americans are likely to see major changes in federal energy policy. That means bad news to Roy Cordato, whose critique of the Democratic and…

When addressing specific public policy issues, John Locke Foundation experts base their arguments on the concepts of free markets, limited government, and individual liberty. Two JLF experts had recent opportunities…

While Congress is focusing attention on credit card companies’ role in college students’ increasing debt loads, Jenna Ashley Robinson of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy assigns more importance…

The E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders earned some publicity from the Triangle Business Journal this week, with an article quoting JLF Director of Educational and Academic Programs…

Several JLF experts contributed to the environmental debate this week. The American Spectator printed an article from Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato that contends…

Television and radio audiences had a chance to hear from JLF experts this week. Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray joined John Hood as a panelist on the statewide N.C.

People across North Carolina learned this week what many parents already knew: most public school systems are not particularly “parent-friendly.” JLF Education Policy Analyst Terry Stoops‘ report on…