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    State Debt and Where It Comes From

    posted February 10, 2013 by Sarah Curry
    View in your browser. Last week we discussed Unemployment Insurance and the debt burden it is giving North Carolina.  This week I want to discuss our…
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    JLF experts hit the airwaves, hit the road

    posted February 7, 2013
    The news this week that former North Carolina governor and convicted felon Mike Easley has had his state law license restored prompted some media outlets to turn to Carolina Journal…
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    Editorial writers take note of JLF’s work

    posted February 7, 2013
    A pair of recent Sanford Herald editorials cited work from John Locke Foundation researchers. One editorial noted Roy Cordato‘s recent book chapter on tax reform and the proposed…
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    Carolina Journal coverage attracts lawmakers’ attention

    posted February 7, 2013
    N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails this week a number of articles featured at CarolinaJournal.com. CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith wrote about charter school districts…
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    Other items of interest

    posted February 7, 2013
    A Charlotte Business Journal profile of John Locke Foundation founding chairman Art Pope quoted John Hood. (Depictions of Pope as a Machiavellian mastermind amuse those close to him.
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    Higher energy prices for nothing: Resistance is futile?

    posted February 6, 2013 by Jon Sanders
    View in your browser. Corporate welfare for energy, whether it’s for renewables (nationally or statewide, directly or indirectly through "crucifixion") or nuclear, is at…
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    Media ignores public school job numbers

    posted February 5, 2013 by Dr. Terry Stoops
    View in your browser. Welcome Did you hear about the latest public school employment numbers released by the NC Department of Public Instruction?  The number of…
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    Climbing Out of the Deficit Pit of Unemployment

    posted February 4, 2013 by Sarah Curry
    View in your browser. North Carolina is in line behind California and New York with the 3rd largest Unemployment Insurance (UI) debt in the United States. …

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