This Year’s Reforms Mark a Good Start
The year 2013 has seen significant reforms in North Carolina — to our tax system, job-killing regulations, transportation and infrastructure priorities, and education. The result will be substantive... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Offshore drilling a 'when'
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 7, 2013. The question is no longer “if” North Carolina will see offshore oil and natural gas exploration but “when.” Citizens on both sides of... Read More
Online charters: Court rightly provides precious oversight time
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 8, 2013. The N.C. Court of Appeals has provided the General Assembly with precious time to fix an oversight in the state’s charter schools law... Read More
Voters call foul on political games
An Elon Poll released in late November revealed what many voters have already long known - people are fed up with politicians. Every major elected official polled by Elon had negative approval ratings... Read More
UNC Chapel Hill demographer sees megalopolis along I-85
Urban sprawl could take on a whole new meaning for the Triad and central North Carolina if projected housing and population growth patterns come to fruition by 2050. It could lead to -- if not make... Read More
Coalition wants to end gerrymandered districts
A coalition of groups is trying to take the politics out of the most political activity in state government: drawing legislative and congressional districts. The latest effort to end gerrymandering... Read More
Labor market on the mend
North Carolina’s economy isn’t behaving the way it was supposed to. According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its... Read More
Poles vault far above North Carolina in schools
Jokes about “Polacks” have always been tasteless and silly. Based on the latest international test scores, trying to get a laugh today by portraying Polish people as ignorant or dumb is a good way... Read More
A bridge too far
His comments may have been over the top, but state Transportation Secretary Tony Tata has this much right: A lawsuit that has stopped a replacement span for the Bonner Bridge callously disregards the... Read More
Key indicators foretell better days for economy
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 8, 2013 Two recent developments on the economic front bode well for the Triad and North Carolina going into 2014: The state’s unemployment rate continues... Read More
