Is NC Missing its Federal Paycheck?
When we discuss the NC state budget, many times we focus solely on the General Fund and tax revenue. This is not the whole picture and leaves out very pertinent information. North Carolina... Read More
NC Spin Articles
More conservative, less Republican
The conservative project has two main parts: first, winning the argument, and, second, winning elections. The first is a job for what we call the conservative movement, meaning everything from... Read More
New trade bill would be disastrous to NC
Job growth in North Carolina is going in the wrong direction. The most recent government data revealed a surprising increase in the state’s unemployment rate – now the third-highest unemployment... Read More
Pat McCrory, Jim Martin not so different
See if you can identify this N.C. governor. During his successful election campaign, he argued that business taxes were discouraging employers from locating or expanding in North Carolina. “I’m... Read More
Cooper’s bid for governor looks ready to launch in ’16
Roy Cooper has touched this button before. He’s never actually pushed it. By all accounts, he plans to do so this time around. Prominent political insiders in Raleigh had been saying for weeks that... Read More
McCrory Administration Officials Suppressed Insight Into Medicaid
Soon after taking control in Raleigh in early 2013, people hired by Gov. Pat McCrory to run the Department of Health and Human Services made strategic edits to the departmental response to State... Read More
NC DHHS comes up short on answers after meeting with legislators
After grilling leaders at the state Department of Health and Human Services for about nine hours on Tuesday about flawed programs and high salaries, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed... Read More
Overconfident
What if Obamacare flops? What if the public has sticker shock? What if voters blame both sides for the shutdown? From the White House down, Democrats seem awfully confident the shutdown-Obamacare... Read More
The problem with the truth at DHHS
The biggest story this week about the troubled state Department of Health and Human Services has nothing to do with the testimony of embattled DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos before a legislative oversight... Read More
New push for immigration action is overdue
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, October 8, 2013. The national debate over immigration reform is often couched in inflammatory language about low-skill workers who entered the country illegally... Read More
