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
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
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
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
The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow. The “Reverend” Barber was decked out like a prelate of the Church of Rome (no insult is... Read More
We will not be Intimidated or Coerced by Certain Alphabetical Organizations or Committees under the Disguise of ‘Betterment of Certain Groups or Races’.” It reads like the reactions of some... Read More
House Republicans have proposed a $20.57 billion budget that its leaders expect to approve this week. The budget, released late Sunday night, is slightly less than the Senate’s proposal but the two... Read More
Where are the free-market Republicans when you need them? You would think with Republicans firmly in control of the General Assembly, that the free-market advocates would be falling all over... Read More
The House says the House budget will be published Friday, June 7. They promise the budget will be on the House floor next week. The question is can the House hold it together among its ranks long... Read More
The Moral Monday protests have given the NAACP a reason to march and protest. For a long time they have had to try to generate interest in something which would give them the ability to appear... Read More
