North Carolina's state transportation budget is full of cracks potholes and detours That's the conclusion of the John Locke Foundation's top budget analyst Senior Fellow Joseph Coletti He dissects key problems with the state Transportation Department's budgeting practices Gov Roy Cooper recently issued a statewide order for North Carolinians to wear face masks in public Even if Cooper has the power to issue that order it presents practical enforcement concerns Jeanette Doran president of the N C Institute for Constitutional Law discusses both the order's questionable enforcement mechanism and legal questions surrounding Cooper's order State lawmakers continue to show interest [... more]