Unemployment Benefits Affect Employment
Noting that the unemployment rate continues to drop, albeit at a painfully slow rate, one think tanker told The Wall Street Journal that recent reductions in the generosity of the unemployment... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The General Assembly in 2013: "The Next Election is 2014"
The NC General Assembly convenes January 30 for the long session. With an influx of new members, we are sure to see leadership take more control to stay on schedule. And, there will be the usual... Read More
Joe Mavretic’s perspective on the 2013 session of The General Assembly
I think the 2013 General Assembly will continue asking these questions about the lines in our budget, "Why did we begin funding this activity, why have we continued to fund this activity and is this... Read More
John Hood’s perspective on the 2013 session of The General Assembly
I expect the 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly to combine a number of discrete, easy-to-explain, and popular initiatives — such as a voter ID bill — with a few big policy slogs... Read More
New Year Brings Opportunity for Reform
A new year brings new opportunities, and North Carolina offers the nation's best opportunities to change state government. North Carolina has the strongest Republican leadership in well over a century... Read More
Separating Fact from Fiction: North Carolina’s Unemployment Insurance Crisis
By Andy Ellen NC Retail Merchants Association The federal government isn't the only one facing a "Fiscal Cliff." North Carolina is staring down its own fiscal cliff in the form of a $2.5 billion debt... Read More
"It's broken. It's a mess."
Public relations is the art and science of managing information to persuade an audience. Governor McCrory has clearly adopted his PR strategy to persuade the people of North Carolina. By repeating the... Read More
Let's Reform Judicial Elections
North Carolina policymakers will have a lot on their plate in 2013. The General Assembly will tackle education reform, a rewrite of the state tax code, the unemployment-insurance debt, and other... Read More
Robin Hood in reverse for unemployed workers
By the time you read this, it’s almost certain that a plan to punish unemployed workers for unwise tax cuts state lawmakers gave to businesses will have cleared another hurdle and will be on the way... Read More
McCrory Promise Tracker
WRAL’s Mark Binker has catalogued the promises candidate Pat McCrory made on the campaign trail and has organized them on the WRAL.com website to track how well Governor McCrory keeps his promises... Read More
