What's left? Right and center
To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Latest NC employment data bolster the state's fiscally conservative approach
North Carolina’s official unemployment rate dropped again in March to 6.3 percent. John Hood looks beyond that headline number and assesses the implications for North Carolina public policy. The... Read More
7th District GOP primary interesting to watch
The race for the Republican nomination in the 7th Congressional District has focused less on issues in Washington and more on the candidates’ personal and professional lives. Wilmington attorney... Read More
Democrats meddling in GOP primary
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has gone to meddling in next month’s North Carolina Republican Senate primary. The Senate Majority PAC, which is closely associated with Reid, last week began a... Read More
Community colleges creating tomorrow's workforce
From Korey H. Coon, chair of the N.C. Commission of Workforce Development and human resources director for Caterpillar, Inc.’s Building Construction Products Division: Economic developers will tell... Read More
NC Population estimates tell different stories for LEAs
Over the last few years there have been many comments about overcrowded K-12 classrooms and understaffed schools. Often observers tie these problems to North Carolina’s growing population in ways... Read More
Teacher exodus
When hundreds of teachers leave in the middle of the school year – in one of the nation’s best places to live and one of its best school systems – we have a crisis. But Republicans are in... Read More
Exodus of teachers and alarming sign
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 18, 2014. "The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at... Read More
NC has second largest increase in employment in March
North Carolina showed the country's second-largest increase in employment in March, when 19,400 jobs were added and the jobless rate fell to 6.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said... Read More
Teachers and taxes
While Governor McCrory and his patrons at the John Locke Foundation were bragging about tax cuts on Tax Day, Republicans in the Legislative Building were digging an even deeper teacher-pay hole for... Read More
