John Locke Updates: 2015

View in your browser. Traditionally, city and county Parks and Recreation (P&R) departments provided the public with parks and user-fee-supported sports leagues — soccer, softball,…

View in your browser. A new, groundbreaking report from Beacon Hill economists estimated that in 2015 state regulations cost North Carolina’s economy at minimum $3.1 billion…

View in your browser. The excessive amount of bureaucracy that has been entrenched in our nation’s health care system is curiously pushing medical providers to…

View in your browser. Welcome I usually do not address international aspects of education policy and practice, but this one is a doozy. CommenTerry…

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ closed-door vote to award pay raises for UNC chancellors generated media attention this week. John Locke Foundation Vice President for…

View in your browser. 1. Roy Spencer addresses critics The graph below compares the temperature predictions of the major climate models to actual climate…

View in your browser. Today is Election Day for many local governments across North Carolina.  While it is a big day, many of the races will…

View in your browser. On November 1, round three of Obamacare enrollment begins. Americans who do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance, are self-employed,…

This week’s release of new National Assessment of Educational Progress test results prompted media outlets to seek expert analysis from the John Locke Foundation. Director of Research and Education Studies…

View in your browser. In last week’s newsletter I linked to several commentaries offering qualified praise for the sentencing reform bills that have…