Brenee Goforth

Last week, Virginia’s General Assembly passed a resolution to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. The legal legitimacy of this move, however, is highly questionable. Under the original text of the amendment, three-fourths of the states would need to ratify the amendment within seven years…

On Tuesday, January 21, the parties in the decades-old Leandro lawsuit received a court order from Judge David Lee. Carolina Journal’s Lindsay Marchello explains: Lee issued a 34-page order Tuesday, Jan. 21, during a meeting with the parties in the decades-old case. Leandro, a court battle that started in 1994, cemented the…

Today, the John Locke Foundation welcomes a new CEO, Amy O. Cooke. Below is a copy of the press release originally published on the John Locke Foundation website.   John Locke Foundation Begins 2020 With New CEO   Amy O. Cooke, known across the United States for…

JLF’s Becki Gray continues with her regular appearances on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC with host Jeff Tiberii. In her latest appearance, Becki joined Rob Schofield from the N.C. Justice Center. In the episode, Tiberii asked his guests about the budget impasse, the possibility of Medicaid expansion, and new voting…

As of 2018, 55.1 percent of Americans had employer-sponsored coverage. But, even with employers sponsoring such a large portion of American health care, they have surprisingly little influence over the price they pay. This week, JLF’s Jordan Roberts wrote a research brief on how reference-based pricing could change the…

This week, the North Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (NCMA) shared a summary of JLF’s Jon Sanders’ research brief on coal ash. The brief goes over how, in 2014, Gov. Roy Cooper argued that ratepayers should not be on the hook for the cost of coal ash cleanups around the state,…

When Gov. Cooper vetoed the bipartisan state budget last year, one of the reasons he cited was the corporate tax break it included. Cooper is clearly not opposed to all corporate tax breaks, however, as JLF’s Jon Sanders illustrates in this week’s research brief chronicling the governor’s announcements over…

On Thursday, January 16, the N.C. Rules Review Commission announced that dental hygienists in high-need areas will be allowed to treat patients without direct supervision. This is a step forward for dental care in the rural parts of North Carolina. Carolina Journal’s Julie Havlak explains: North Carolina’s rural communities are…