Education and productivity; dare we ask?
Andrew Coulson at the Cato Institute has authored an interesting study tracking academic performance and state spending over 40 years. What does he find? Despite more-than-doubling in inflation... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC must struggle for decency on five fronts
by Gene Nichol, published in News and Observer, March 23, 2014. Electoral season is on the horizon. Our two parties gird for battle. The Republicans seek to enhance and secure a dramatic... Read More
Taking the 'local' out of local control
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, March 22, 2014. First, there was a law telling N.C. cities and towns they no longer had control over billboards in their jurisdictions. Then there were the laws... Read More
Living together doesn't lead to divorce
If you lived together before marriage, you might not be on a fast track to divorce after all. A UNC Greensboro professor has found that there is little difference in divorce rates between couples who... Read More
Fact check: Does Governor McCrory 'have coal ash on his hands?'
NCCapitol's fact-checking staff has had a pair of ads aimed at Gov. Pat McCrory by the Natural Resources Defense Council on our "to-do" list for so long that neither is still on our air. However, we... Read More
Congress must act
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 22, 2014. State legislators rarely paused to think last year while enacting far-reaching policy changes. Regulatory reform, tax reform, election reform... Read More
McCrory: Here are three things holding back NC startups
Entrepreneurs, Gov. Pat McCrory wants you to know you have a cheerleader in Raleigh. McCrory, taking a break from his schedule on Thursday to chat all things entrepreneurship, tells me he’s waving... Read More
Film incentives no winner for NC
Predictably, filmmakers, television producers and their associated special interest groups immediately sprang into action when the N.C. General Assembly passed a tax reform law in 2013 that would... Read More
Make judiciary discipline process open again
Editorial by News and Observer, March 21, 2014. So if there is a proposal to change the way complaints against judges are handled, specifically to deny the public access to the process, who would be... Read More
Do companies have a moral compass
This coming week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in what is likely to be one of the most contentious cases of the year: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. The case consolidates two lower... Read More
