John Locke Updates: 2012

View in your browser. Iredell County rejects the Charlotte rail line. Here is my letter congratulating the Iredell County Commissioners for their 5-0 vote…

Gov. Beverly Perdue’s surprise announcement that she is not seeking a second term in office prompted media outlets to seek reaction and analysis from John Locke Foundation President John Hood.

When Gov. Beverly Perdue announced plans Thursday not to seek re-election, Carolina Journal jumped into action. Associate Editor David Bass offered an initial report on the news for…

When a Wake Forest University professor suggested this week to listeners of WPTF’s Rick and Donna Martinez program that the United States needs more deficit-fueled government stimulus spending, Fergus Hodgson…

When a death row inmate sent a letter to the Gaston Gazette taunting taxpayers for keeping him in a life of “leisure,” WTVD Television asked Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation…

View in your browser. This weekly newsletter, focused on environmental issues, highlights relevant analysis done by the John Locke Foundation and other think tanks, as well…

View in your browser. Welcome Last week, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released teacher effectiveness ratings for each…

About 500 people will gather Saturday evening in Raleigh to help the John Locke Foundation celebrate its 22nd anniversary. Fox News analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano will offer featured remarks. On…

The News & Observer‘s “WakeEd” blog cited analysis from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation Director of Education Studies, about a controversial recent meeting between newly elected Democratic members…

Wake and Orange County officials are debating possible referendum votes on local sales taxes for transit. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson discussed the topic this week with…