By Julie Havlak Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper plans to allow fans at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte and other outdoor entertainment venues. Cooper plans to move the state toward Phase 3 of his COVID-19 limits Oct. 2,…
by Kari Travis Greensboro, NC – Like many North Carolina business owners burdened by Gov. Roy Cooper’s prolonged COVID-19 shutdowns, Greensboro developer Marty Kotis is fed up. He’s taking questions and complaints to the streets, literally, launching a billboard campaign…
By Kevin Roche Going randomly here to pick up on a few pieces of new research. Let’s start out with the often ignored by the media mountain of evidence accumulating about the lockdown response to the coronavirus causing more health…
by Andy Taylor Raleigh, NC – It’s trite to say the country is divided. It’s a presidential election year and the racially charged protests over police conduct ended whatever fleeting moment of national unity there was in the age of coronavirus.…
by John Trump Raleigh, NC – Which is it, Gov. Roy Cooper? People are more important than property, Cooper tweeted. His backdrop was violence, the riots and looting of downtown Raleigh and other N.C. cities. The brutal killing of George…
By Kevin Roche A few short months ago, we were riding high, a vibrant economy lifting everyone’s quality of life, now, nothing but disaster, and we are doing it to ourselves. Nonetheless, I will press forward attempting to shed as…
By Kevin Roche Another week of even more insanity. You might think any diversion from the epidemic would be welcome, but not protesting, rioting and looting over yet another episode of inexplicable police behavior. As if we don’t have enough…
by John Hood Raleigh, NC – Over the first two months of the coronavirus crisis, our state’s labor-market cratered. The number of employed North Carolinians dropped by 820,000, or 17%. Only 56.3% of working-aged residents were either employed or actively…
by Mitch Kokai Chapel Hill, NC – UNC-Chapel Hill economist Martin Zelder (guest on the latest edition of the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke” podcast) submits a new column this week. He continues to question state government’s approach to COVID-19. Why…
by John Hood Raleigh, NC – As we all follow the news about North Carolina’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, it is important to remember that the most-tracked statistics offer at best a distorted and incomplete picture of the situation.…