Josh and WD take over Triad Today and put on an All-Star show from all of the regular guests from The Drive nbsp Voice of USA Baseball Daron Vaught to decide which regular movie should be turned into a Christmas movie in Unusual Questions th Man of the Tar Heels BDaht joins the show to see if Josh knows what it means to be Up in a session of Grahammar nbsp School Jeremy Markovich of NC Rabbit Hole joins the show to discuss his North Carolina Christmas Song and Hayes Permar of Sports Channel joins the show and gives WD [... more]

Joe Biden's win in the Democratic presidential primary topped the headlines but voters made other significant choices in North Carolina's March election Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief analyzes key primary results He looks ahead at the potential impact for the general election in November Government rules can have a major impact on the food we eat Sometimes those rules stand in the way of local entrepreneurs Donald Bryson president and CEO of the Civitas Institute discusses the harmful impact of overly burdensome regulations He makes the case for freedom of the fork State lawmakers continue to look for ways to [... more]

A judge has asked the parties in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit to develop a joint plan It would implement consultant's recommendations for major changes in the state's public education system including billion of new spending in the next eight years Terry Stoops John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies assesses the latest developments in the Leandro court proceedings You've likely heard of Brexit Great Britain's well-publicized exit from the European Union Now North Carolina is dealing with BLEXIT a project of black Americans distancing themselves from the Democratic Party Danielle Robinson BLEXIT state [... more]

Supporters of the N C Department of Transportation are raising concerns about dwindling funding for highway projects They point to higher-than-expected costs from hurricane repairs as well as money diverted from construction to pay legal settlements linked to the now-discarded Map Act Joseph Coletti John Locke Foundation senior fellow explores DOT funding issues North Carolina does relatively well compared to other states when it comes to parental school choice That's the assessment from Neal McCluskey director of the Center for Educational Freedom at the Cato Institute During a recent visit to the Tar Heel State McCluskey highlighted its recent school [... more]

A judge will hear arguments this month in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's certificate-of-need law A Winston-Salem surgeon is challenging a provision in the CON law that blocks him from purchasing an MRI machine Jon Guze John Locke Foundation director of legal studies has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the surgeon's case Guze explains why he believes the CON law is unconstitutional If North Carolina decides to move forward with legislation to allow dental therapy it will be good to know how that process has played out in other states Sal Nuzzo vice president for policy at the James Madison [... more]

Gov Roy Cooper has generated controversy by announcing a special million fund connected with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project The fund is slated to pay for mitigation work connected with the pipeline along with other economic development and renewable energy projects Cooper considers the fund a voluntary contribution to the state Critics say Cooper is trying to get around constitutional requirements that would give the General Assembly control over the money Rick Henderson Carolina Journal editor-in-chief discusses the latest developments in the case The N C Department of Health and Human Services is drawing fire from state lawmakers Legislators say [... more]

Recent Hometown Debates sponsored by the Institute of Political Leadership in Rocky Mount Burlington and Newton highlighted key points of debate involving N C public education Terry Stoops the John Locke Foundation's vice president for research served as a panelist in each debate He summarizes his arguments related to the state's role in local school construction school choice accountability and teacher pay The th-century English philosopher John Locke is known for his influence on the American Founders' political principles Duke University professor Michael Munger says Locke also could be dubbed the first modern economist Munger points to a little-known Locke [... more]

North Carolina moves up to No in the Tax Foundation's latest ranking of states' business tax climates Before comprehensive tax reform launched in the Tar Heel State's ranking languished in the s Roy Cordato John Locke Foundation senior economist and resident scholar discusses the reasons for the improvement Cordato also outlines some top priorities for federal tax reform Free speech will get additional attention and protection on N C public college campuses That's thanks to the Campus Free Speech Act state lawmakers approved this year Jenna Robinson president of the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal explains why this [... more]

Politically active corporate CEOs have been making news in recent months In some cases the political activism could mean bad news for the corporate bottom line Jon Pritchett John Locke Foundation senior vice president argues in a recent co-authored Wall Street Journal column that corporate shareholders negatively affected by a CEO's activism should be able to take legal action He explains why Critics have been pointing to Kansas in recent years as the poster child for the pitfalls of state-level tax reform But Patrick Gleason director of state affairs at Americans for Tax Reform contends that North Carolina serves as [... more]

It has attracted much less attention than other high-profile elements of the N C state budget plan but one provision could have major long-term positive benefits for taxpayers and for public education The provision creates a Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Finance Reform Terry Stoops the John Locke Foundation's vice president for research explains how that task force could play an important role When people lobby government to create a new occupational license for their profession they usually claim to be looking out for their customers' best interests In most cases they actually hope to limit entry into their [... more]

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]

NC Family president John Rustin talks with Bob Hall executive director of the political watchdog group Democracy NC about the corrupt nature of the video sweepstakes gambling industry in North Carolina and why state lawmakers need to reject any effort to legalize sweepstakes gambling in the Tar Heel State [... more]