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Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
December 07, 2020
North Carolina welcomes a new state superintendent of public instruction in Republican Catherine Truitt will take the job after serving as leader of the online-only Western Governors University in this state Truitt also served as former Republican Gov Pat McCrory's top education adviser Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar assesses Truitt's top priorities in her job at the head of the N C Department of Public Instruction Mention the word environmentalism and many people will think of left-of-center activists who oppose development energy exploration and other economic activity But a recent article in the [... more]
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
August 27, 2018
Headlines in recent months have focused on accusations of Russian collusion At least one aspect of the collusion debate deserves more scrutiny In a recent column for TheHill com John Locke Foundation Senior Fellow Donald van der Vaart recommended that the Trump administration look into possible collusion between the Russian government and American environmental activist groups Van der Vaart explains why an investigation makes sense Small business leaders today often point to government regulation as one of the largest obstacles blocking their growth and success But that attitude about government is a relatively new development in the history of American [... more]
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
January 08, 2018
Two years after the final resolution of a long-running court fight between a North Carolina family and state government over ownership of property near Hammocks Beach State Park there's a footnote a new master plan for the park's expansion Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson reminds listeners about the newspaper's role in bringing the story to light He also discusses former Gov Pat McCrory's role in resolving the dispute to ensure the state paid the family for its property Conservatives can feel marginalized on a college campus That's especially true for conservative women But a group called the Network of Enlightened [... more]
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
January 09, 2017
North Carolina lawmakers took steps in December to reorganize several large chunks of state government They cut back the number of political appointments incoming Gov Roy Cooper can make while removing his ability to appoint members to UNC campus boards of trustees and subjecting his Cabinet appointments to legislative review Lawmakers also consolidated state agencies that deal with elections ethics lobbying and campaign finance John Locke Foundation Senior Vice President Becki Gray analyzes key elements of the reorganization legislation A recent state review critiqued the North Carolina Medicaid program's efforts to detect waste fraud and abuse You'll hear highlights from [... more]
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
December 26, 2016
North Carolina lawmakers returned to Raleigh in December to address Gov Pat McCrory's million disaster relief plan linked to Hurricane Matthew and western N C wildfires The special session also generated concerns from left-of-center critics about other items the legislatures might address Becki Gray the John Locke Foundation's senior vice president analyzes the flurry of activity surrounding the state Legislative Building The elections are over but pundits and prognosticators are still sifting through the results They're trying to determine what the elections say about the state of politics and the future course of public policy in North Carolina John Locke [... more]
The Line of Fire
Dr. Michael Brown
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
December 19, 2016
Nearly a month after Election Day Republican Gov Pat McCrory's concession confirmed that Democrat Roy Cooper would assume office as North Carolina's new governor in January Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson recounts some of the questions about the election process and looks ahead to Cooper's challenge of working with a General Assembly dominated by Republicans No one bats an eye when we trade money for food or clothing The situation changes if we talk about spending money to buy or sell a kidney Georgetown University professor Jason Brennan argues in the book Markets Without Limits that kidney sales should be [... more]
Carolina Journal Radio
Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai
November 28, 2016
The election of Donald Trump as U S president is likely to lead to major changes in the Affordable Care Act otherwise known as Obamacare Katherine Restrepo the John Locke Foundation's director of health care policy assesses the potential impact of a Trump administration on the future of American health care policy Free speech on N C public university campuses has had no more vocal advocate in recent years than Mike Adams professor of criminology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington During a recent speech in Raleigh Adams explained why his latest free-speech cause involves the orientation sessions [... more]
Family Policy Matters
NC Family Policy
September 29, 2016
Traci Griggs NC Family Director of Communications interviews NC Family President John L Rustin about the vital importance of this year's election the NC Family voter guide and what listeners can do to help [... more]
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