NC's unemployment policy: Get a job
North Carolina’s Republican-sponsored race to the bottom is nearing another milestone. Come July 6, anyone who applies for unemployment benefits will be able to collect for a maximum of only... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Remember sacrifices of our warriors
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, May 26, 2014. Last week, William “Kyle” Carpenter got the news that he would receive the Medal of Honor next month for his valor on the field in Afghanistan... Read More
Can grey become green in rural areas?
by Mike Walden, William Neal Reynolds professor of Economics at NC State, published in Durham Herald-Sun, May 24, 2014. Retired people are on the move. They’re going to resorts, towns and cities... Read More
The tax cut hole
No matter how many ways Governor Pat McCrory and legislative leaders try to deny it, the main reason they are struggling to find enough money to give teachers and state workers a meaningful raise next... Read More
Honor fallen and veterans
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, May 24, 2014. Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering and honoring those brave men and women who have fought to preserve American freedoms, and in doing so... Read More
Don't let companies wreck state's auto insurance system
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, May 24, 2014. North Carolina's auto insurance system is not broken, and consumers should be wary of the "fix" prescribed by a coalition of insurers seeking to change... Read More
Faulty NC medical examiner system needs a fix, legislators say
Gov. Pat McCrory and lawmakers are promising a review of North Carolina’s troubled medical examiner system following an Observer series showing that examiners conducted thousands of faulty... Read More
New wrinkle, old politics
There are scads of Super PACs running around attacking Thom Tillis or Kay Hagan so one more came as no surprise except when Planned Parenthood said it was going to whack Tillis I thought, Whoever... Read More
There are plenty of reasons to cut session short
It’s as much a rite of spring as April showers, May flowers and puppy love: Legislators return to Raleigh for their “short session” and promise to adjourn quickly. They say it every year; they... Read More
You decide: Do we live in the most interesting times?
by Mike Walden, William Neal Reynolds professor of Economics,NC State, published in Durham Herald-Sun, May 10, 2014. I like looking back. I love to read and talk about history. I initially wanted to... Read More
