Editorial, Winston-Salem Journal, July 18, 2013. With the announcement that they have agreed on a new tax-reform package, Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory have disproved one... Read More
One of the most baffling stories I've followed out of Raleigh this year -- and there have been plenty -- has been the legislature's determination to take Charlotte-Douglas International Airport from... Read More
Right after Pat McCrory got elected, he like to say that government was going to treat citizens like customers. Now, we see what kind of business he’s running, or at least helping run. It’s one... Read More
As the majority party in the General Assembly, Republicans have the power to pass any legislation, but might does not make right. Our democratic system of government depends on allowing everyone’s... Read More
Charlotte Observer Editorial, July 18, 2013. North Carolina’s House of Representatives took action on 36 bills Wednesday. They included a package of tax cuts totaling more than $2.4 billion over the... Read More
Editorial from Fayetteville Observer, July 17, 2013. There are few things that North Carolina needs more than jobs. With our unemployment rate seemingly immovable and one of the worst in the nation... Read More
From Winston-Salem Journal editorial, July 16, 2013. It seems like every third bill discussed in Raleigh this year carries “reform” in its title. But the latest so-called reform bill makes the... Read More
Editorial from Greensboro News-Record, July 17, 2013. If George Zimmerman had shot and killed Trayvon Martin in North Carolina instead of in Florida, he still might have been acquitted of any criminal... Read More
Thankful yet? You get a tax cut. And North Carolinians get more jobs. At least, that’s the theory. Cary Republican Rep. Nelson Dollar called it the “jobs bill of a generation.” Sen. Josh... Read More
North Carolina’s tax reform package, cutting the personal income tax rate, is the most significant plan likely to be approved in 2013, an analyst with a national tax reform organization said Tuesday... Read More
