Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged the GOP may not take the Senate in the midterms Rep Guy Reschenthaler and Jason Miller join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes NC Family's John Rustin and Jere Royall as they recap the highs and lows of the short legislative session at the North Carolina General Assembly [... more]

Don Jans discusses the effects with Pastor Greg of four major SCOTUS decisions and the hope and restoration they bring Dobbs NY Rifle Kennedy and the EPA Life Liberty and the deconstruction of Substantive Due Process and the Administrative State Ending judicial tyranny and restoring God to the throne over America Chaps Pray in Jesus Name the Kennedy case restoring religious liberty School Choice for Parents defending A and the return of cases by SCOTUS to states to apply A Our military needs to be defended over their religious liberties [... more]

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This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Dr Terry Stoops from the John Locke Foundation for Part of a -part show Dr Stoops unpacks two recent reports from the NC Department of Public Instruction that evaluate K- student performance during the pandemic [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back Mike Long President of PEFNC to discuss the growth in school choice that North Carolina saw throughout and what we can expect looking forward into [... more]

In breaking news the ACLJ has signed a coalition letter demanding Congress ban forced taxpayer-funding of abortion The Hyde Amendment has been on the books for over forty years but it runs out this month The threat of Americans being forced to directly fund abortions is very real Jay Jordan and the rest of the Sekulow team - including ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell - discuss this topic and more today on Sekulow [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes back school choice expert Dr Terry Stoops to discuss the statistics on school choice during the - school year Dr Stoops outlines how and why North Carolina saw a drastic surge in school choice enrollment over the past school year particularly in homeschools [... more]

Today on Sekulow we are discussing a school choice case that is going to the Supreme Court School choice is a cause we at the ACLJ have championed for years and we launched our School Choice Initiative nearly a year ago ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell joins us to talk about this hot button topic This and more on today's Sekulow broadcast [... more]

The races for president governor and U S Senate have been dominating N C headlines But voters are making other important decisions in the next week Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief assesses recent developments in races for offices such as lieutenant governor superintendent of public instruction state treasurer and labor commissioner North Carolina's popular Opportunity Scholarship program faces a new legal challenge Plaintiffs challenging the scholarships are tied to the N C Association of Educators teachers union Corey DeAngelis director of school choice at the libertarian Reason Foundation analyzed the suit during a recent online forum North Carolina's junior U [... more]

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Carolina Journal Radio celebrates its th weekly episode marking more than years of documenting interesting developments in N C politics and public policy Using that milestone as a starting point John Locke Foundation CEO Amy Cooke looks ahead to the future for JLF efforts to spread the message about individual freedom personal responsibility and limited constitutional government Plaintiffs tied to the N C Association of Educators teachers union are challenging Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers in court Opponents contend vouchers violate the state constitution despite the fact that the N C Supreme Court upheld Opportunity Scholarships in Jeanette Doran president and [... more]

BREAKING School Choice Now Act Introduced This and more on today's show [... more]

Teachers Unions Demand That States Restrict Learning Opportunities We discuss this and more on today's show [... more]

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BREAKING Major Victory for School Choice at the Supreme Court We discuss this and more on today's show [... more]

BREAKING ACLJ Launches New School Choice Initiative We discuss this and more on today's show [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters host Traci DeVette Griggs talks with Marty Lueken Director of Fiscal Policy and Analysis for EdChoice Lueken shares EdChoice's recent report which analyzed much of the existing research on school choice programs nationwide [... more]

With the appointments of new Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and Associate Justice Mark Davis the N C Supreme Court now has six Democrats and just one Republican Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes the political implications of changes within the state's highest court Henderson also looks ahead to three contested Supreme Court elections in Donald Trump has changed the face of presidential politics He's also had an impact on the national Republican Party F H Buckley professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University assesses those changes in his recent book The Republican Workers Party Buckley shares [... more]

Gov Roy Cooper is one of just two Southern governors and eight nationwide to earn F grades in the libertarian Cato Institute's latest Fiscal Report Card for America's Governors Cooper earns this failing grade despite the fact that other measures tout North Carolina's strong economy and fiscal health Chris Edwards editor of Cato's DownsizingGovernment org explains why North Carolina's chief executive deserves such low marks School choice faces a number of attacks from critics One of the most common criticisms involves standards at private schools that see increased enrollment thanks to school voucher programs Matthew Ladner senior research fellow at [... more]

With legal battles over congressional redistricting and state constitutional amendments resolved for now North Carolina's election ballot is now set for November Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief discusses the key issues voters will be addressing in this so-called blue moon election with no presidential gubernatorial or U S Senate race Critics of school voucher programs often point to history They say vouchers arose from segregationists' efforts to fight school integration Phillip Magness senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research says the actual history is much more complicated Magness explains that the earliest supporters of school vouchers often [... more]

Most school-age children are back in classrooms after summer break Their families recently encountered the annual trip to the store to buy new school supplies Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar crunches the numbers to determine how much parents teachers and state taxpayers spend to equip kids for a new year of school Advocates of North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship school voucher program recently touted results of a study from N C State University It documented the vouchers' positive large and statistically significant benefits for low-income students Two of the key NCSU researchers assistant professor [... more]

Pro-growth policies have helped boost North Carolina's economy in recent years From tax reform to regulatory reform to government spending restraint policymakers have taken steps to help boost North Carolina's competitiveness Becki Gray John Locke Foundation senior vice president highlights evidence of the state's recent economic successes A process called civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement agencies to seize private property from people who have been convicted of no crimes It's the type of property-rights abuse the Washington D C -based Institute for Justice fights across the country During a recent visit to North Carolina IJ President and General Counsel [... more]

Feb marks the opening date for applications involving two school choice programs in North Carolina Parents can apply for the Opportunity Scholarship Program which provides funding for low-income families to send their children to private schools Parents also can apply for the new Education Savings Account program It provides funding to help defray other education costs for students in low-income families Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research explains the role of both programs in promoting parental school choice Nearly state regulations help slow North Carolina's economic growth James Broughel research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George [... more]

Gov Roy Cooper wants the N C Supreme Court to declare part of the new state budget unconstitutional In a recent court filing the governor expanded his Cooper v Berger lawsuit It now includes a challenge to budget provisions targeting Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers roughly billion in block grant funding and the use of million secured from a legal settlement Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes Cooper's argument The N C Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice presented a report this year designed to address long-term changes that would improve the state's court system State Supreme Court Chief [... more]

The NCAA has agreed to return some of its championship events to North Carolina in the coming years The college sports organization made that decision after the General Assembly repealed the controversial House Bill bathroom law with a compromise that blocks local governments from regulating bathrooms or enacting ordinances dealing with private employment or public accommodations until December Carolina Journal Editor-in-Chief Rick Henderson analyzes reaction to the NCAA's decision While Gov Roy Cooper wants to end future state funding for Opportunity Scholarship school vouchers some of his Democratic Party colleagues in the N C General Assembly disagree A group of [... more]

Gov Roy Cooper's first state budget proposal includes an emphasis on raising public school teacher pay Cooper's plan shows little interest and some outright opposition to boosting school choice options Terry Stoops the John Locke Foundation's director of research and education studies analyzes Cooper's proposals and compares them to the Republican-led General Assembly's recent education priorities Stoops also highlights recent remarks from some African-American Democratic legislators who stand against Cooper in supporting school choice Most of us have heard about mandates associated with the federal Affordable Care Act But a group called the N C Coalition for Fiscal Health is [... more]

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Teachers who left North Carolina public school classrooms in the past year were on average less effective than those who stayed That's one of the key findings of a newly redesigned report on teacher attrition prepared by the N C Department of Public Instruction Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation director of research and education studies analyzes the changes and explains why they might prove helpful in assessing links between state public policy and teachers' willingness to work in the Tar Heel State Education reformers have made great strides in North Carolina in recent years They have scrapped the state's public [... more]

Education reformers have made great progress in North Carolina in recent years They still have plenty of work to do to improve traditional public schools and to expand opportunities for parental school choice Terry Stoops the John Locke Foundation's director of research and education studies outlines key education recommendations from the latest version of JLF's Agenda document Free trade has taken a beating during the presidential campaign Donald Trump Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton all took aim at agreements designed to remove trade barriers between the United States and foreign countries That's bad news to Scott Linciome international trade attorney [... more]