Principals getting deserved raises
The North Carolina General Assembly has correctly focused on raising salaries for teachers during the past six years while compensation for principals and assistant principals left our state at or... Read More
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Our economy needs new enterprises
North Carolina’s economy is in reasonably good shape. Over the past five years of available data, our state’s employers have added 480,000 net new jobs, with our job-creation rate exceeding the... Read More
10 years of tobacco-free schools
North Carolina schools just observed the 10th anniversary of the 100 percent Tobacco-free Schools Law. When this law passed in 2008, NC immediately became a national leader in protecting its children... Read More
'Fishing expedition' could compromise privacy of millions of NC voters
If North Carolina election officials are forced to comply with federal subpoenas for election data, the government would have information about how more than two million people voted over the past... Read More
Experts shed light on winners and losers of election lawsuits
A handful of lawsuits which threatened to upend North Carolina’s November elections resolved quietly over the past few days. With the situation settling, several N.C. political experts offered... Read More
Raleigh or Ralegh?
Anna Beer could cost North Carolina taxpayers millions of dollars. How in the world could this British author and scholar cost us so money? Based on her comprehensive research, she argues that the... Read More
Legislative districts not the only ones that need to be redrawn
Gerrymandering is a portmanteau of the last name of Elbridge Gerry and a salamander. Elbridge was Governor of Massachusetts in 1812, and wanted to create a voting district which favored a state... Read More
How is North Carolina's economy at mid-year?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, August 31, 2018 The actor Tom Selleck was in a TV crime show series 30 years ago that my wife and I enjoyed. It was called Magnum PI, and the lead... Read More
Ethics officials should take close look at Superintendent's iPad purchase
If you missed it last week and care at all about the subject of ethics in government, please take a few minutes to read Policy Watch reporter Billy Ball’s investigative report on the recent... Read More
Restricting consumer choice is folly
My wife is angry at the government. No surprise there, I suppose — we do have a great deal in common. To be more specific, my wife is angry with the city of Charleston, South Carolina. For the... Read More
