State superintendent Mo Green and the chair and vice chair of the State Board of Education are urging voters to reject two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot that would cap the state income tax rate and require limits on…
This election, three constitutional amendments appear on the ballot for all voters, and the Durham City Council wants people to vote against all of them. Late Monday night, the council unanimously approved a resolution urging residents to reject the three…
Two men named Richard, with very different views on how to handle certain governmental issues and policies. The race is an important one, because it's part of the fight for control of congress. One thing the two men have differing…
Lee Cavinass has lived in the same house in Greensboro for 30 years. A lot of things have changed in that time span. "My wife and I are retired and on a fixed income, and it makes it very difficult to…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online criticizes laws that thwart innovation in the name of protecting jobs. Our James Lileks laments the City of Minneapolis requirement that self-driving cars have a $31.50/hour nondriver sitting in the driver’s seat, even though…
Intern, John Locke Foundation Property taxes are a burden for many North Carolina families. In the March 2026 Carolina Journal poll, 76.8 percent of likely voters said property taxes were a burden on their household budget. But they can be hard to…
North Carolina property taxpayers could have saved $5.9 billion over the past five years if county property tax levy growth had been limited to inflation plus population growth, according to a new John Locke Foundation model released Monday. Under the model,…
Director of the Center for Effective Education, John Locke Foundation In September, The Carolina Journal Poll asked North Carolinians how they felt about two of the constitutional amendments. One question asked respondents whether they support or oppose a North Carolina…
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