Common Core Critical
Regarding the June 5 article “Forest no fan of Common Core”: I am concerned by misleading information regarding the Common Core State Standards. The CCSS effort is not an intrusion by the federal... Read More
NC Spin Articles
UNC's Ross Warns of Sobering Implications for Education in House Budget
From "Under the Dome," Friday, June 14, 2013 UNC President Tom Ross weighed in Friday on the House budget that passed this week, saying it has "sobering implications" for the university campuses... Read More
Temper Tantrums Don't Work Well in the Legislature
I have been following what’s going on at the North Carolina State Legislature since 1976. In the summer of 1977, I served as a page for Governor Hunt and really started taking time to pay... Read More
Ten things we’ve learned on Jones Street in ten days
The last ten days at the General Assembly have been some of the busiest of the session, with debates on the House budget, taxes, schools voucher schemes, gun laws, and more. The dizzying pace has made... Read More
Tax Debate Heading the Right Way
Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina’s tax code, however, I’d say the reverse is true. The journey may have been... Read More
House budget another side of a bad coin
The budget and tax dance is back on center stage at the General Assembly with the House pushing to approve its spending plan this week. Legislative leaders from both chambers will then return to the... Read More
N.C. ranks as fifth-largest state for Chinese investment
North Carolina is fifth in the ranks of U.S. states receiving Chinese business investment, according to data released by New York-based Rhodium Group and reported by Reuters. Following California... Read More
Protecting Our Rights to Assemble and Petition on Moral Monday
First let's think about our Right to Petition. Both the Federal and North Carolina Constitutions establish that the people have a right to petition. The Federal Constitution has this language in... Read More
House Raised Taxes? No Sale
When is a sales-tax increase not really a sales-tax increase? If you want to make sense of the contrasting claims about tax reform in North Carolina, this is one of the many questions you have to... Read More
New Dogs, Old Tricks
Daniel Gilligan, a bright young Democratic policy consultant from Raleigh, offers an analysis of Republican and taxes: “Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly have got themselves all... Read More
