New research from Duke University scholars questions Medicaid's value for the people the health care program was designed to help The research arrives as the N C General Assembly and Gov Roy Cooper continue to bicker over Cooper's proposal to expand Medicaid to several hundred thousand more people in the state Jordan Roberts John Locke Foundation health care policy analyst assesses the new research and its potential impact The latest U S Supreme Court term yielded several important rulings including two with direct impacts on N C congressional elections and the state Revenue Department's taxing authority Ilya Shapiro director of [... more]

A new Vanderbilt University report questions the academic benefits of Tennessee's prekindergarten program Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president of research and director of education studies assesses the new research and discusses its implications for state pre-K programs in North Carolina As stories about a national opioid epidemic continue to generate headlines more and more states are considering new taxes on opioid drugs Patrick Gleason vice president of state affairs at Americans for Tax Reform analyzes the growing interest in targeting opioids for taxation He explains ATR's concerns about these taxes It's hard to tell how well a government [... more]

Experts fear that poorly designed government policies could make a bad situation worse when it comes to North Carolina's opioid epidemic Carolina Journal's latest cover story highlights the experts' concerns Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson shares details from the CJ report Free trade has taken a hit in recent public policy debates Bryan Riley senior analyst in trade policy at the Heritage Foundation explains why free trade continues to play an important role in American economic growth Riley rebuts dubious claims about the negative impact of trade One of the most popular statistics in debates about public education is per-pupil expenditure PPE [... more]