In addition to the 2018-19 state budget, school safety is a top priority for the 2018 short session. At the conclusion of the long session, Speaker Tim Moore established a House Select Committee on... Read More
When pollsters ask voters to list the issues they care about most, economic concerns usually rank high on the list — even when unemployment rates are relatively low. There’s a stolen base here... Read More
Former state senate leader Marc Basnight’s restaurant near Manteo evokes two of my favorite things: politics and people coming together for good food. Working on a follow-up to my book, “North... Read More
by Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, May 11, 2018. In several states, teachers are protesting for higher salaries and more support for education, and those protests have come to North Carolina... Read More
North Carolina ranks 44th in the nation in access to health care. When you consider we have great access in some parts of the state — those close to metropolitan areas and teaching hospitals in... Read More
There is a familiar kind of political argument that goes something like this: “I know we are politically divided. I think that partisanship has its place — but surely there is no need to make... Read More
Here is a newspaper headline from last week: “A 'palace' in NC: One of the state's largest homes is for sale.” Must be the Biltmore House in Asheville, I thought. Then I kept reading. No, the... Read More
For the first time in recent memory, the General Assembly is well underway in putting together the state budget before session has even started. For fiscal conservatives, anyone interested in sound... Read More
North Carolina ranks 44thin the nation in access to health care. That’s an average of access across the state. When you consider that we have great access in some parts of the state – those close... Read More
Sometimes the truth hurts. More precisely, the truth hurts when somebody calls you on what you have been purporting to be the truth. I imagine that the folks from the ultra-conservative Foundation for... Read More
