Parents homeschool more than students in North Carolina Nearly more students attend private schools in the state Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies analyzes recent growth in both of those numbers Stoops assesses the significance for education policy in the state Private-sector innovation has driven massive positive changes in the American energy industry Recent tax and regulatory reforms should lead to even more growth in the nation's energy sector Dan Brouillette deputy U S energy secretary delivered that message recently during a speech in Raleigh for the Jesse Helms Center Brouilette explains [... more]

As N C state government continues to consider policies that benefit the solar energy industry residents of one Beaufort County community are fighting a proposed -acre solar facility planned near a local school Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief explains why people in Terra Ceia are raising concerns about the project North Carolina lawmakers have been debating proposed changes in laws limiting the freedom of craft brewers to distribute their own products It's an issue that has attracted attention from Christopher Koopman senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University Koopman explains why state restrictions on craft breweries [... more]

North Carolina's solar energy industry depends on heavy subsidies from taxpayers and electric ratepayers State legislators recently heard a presentation from Duke Energy spelling out the details of those subsidies Dan Way Carolina Journal associate editor recaps the presentation's highlights and the reaction from state lawmakers North Carolina's premier higher education watchdog recently changed its name The James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal honors North Carolina's only two-term Republican governor of the th century Martin explains why he was willing to lend his name to the group while Martin Center President Jenna Robinson explains the group's priorities for the [... more]