What to do with an extra $3 billion
The greater than project funds are a result of smaller than expected decline in individual income taxes, strong corporate profits, strong consumer spending and better than expected investment returns. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Intensive tutoring is the best way to address learning loss. Why is it lacking in so many school districts?
Why have so many schools and parents slow to respond to the need for tutoring. It is the best remediation possible. Read More
The shuttering of NC’s churches is a bad sign for liberty
Before we convert abandoned churches into loft apartments or skate parks let's take a moment to think about what role these odd gathering spaces full of singing and sermons played for our country. Read More
The GOP's false narrative
It took over thirty years to build the infrastructure and quality of life factors that set off the boom of the 1990s and 2000s. Republicans are systematically dismantling it. Read More
A bad idea that won't go away: Legislators try to revive the "Taxpayer Protection Act"
The experience of Colorado, the only state to enact the TPA, was that the scheme was largely a failure, and the source of many failures in public services, like education. Read More
The earthquake
Europe now sees Putin as a threat and there's no turning back the clock. Read More
Get off the voter ID merry-go-round
Enough already. Let's enact a reasonable ID law and move on. Read More
Bishop Curry's message of love
In a nation torn by partisanship and a world torn by war and hate, “can we find a sensible center?” – not so much political compromise, but common ground founded on common values and a common vision. Read More
Drug, weapon possession rose sharply in state’s public schools
The state’s high schools reported 5,991 acts of crime and violence among their students during the 2021-22 school year. That’s a 23.5% increase over the 2018-19 school year. Read More
Three ways government subsidies ruin the marketplace
Policymakers speak as if using your money to chase lofty, vague ends is morally superior to your choices with i Read More
