Former President Bill Clinton used his 1996 State of the Union to hail that “the era of big government is over.” But he also used many of those addresses to offer up a vast wish list of government... Read More
If the State of the State was the Oscars, Governor Cooper won Best Performance, Democratic women legislators won Best Costume and Phil Berger was hands-down Best Villain. Once derided as dry and... Read More
In case you missed it, there was an enormously important ruling issued last Friday afternoon by a Wake County Superior Court judge that ought to rekindle the public’s belief in (and support for... Read More
Arguing that GOP-tilted districts had rendered elected lawmakers “usurpers” who “did not represent the people of North Carolina,” Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins has struck down... Read More
Do you remember the important North Carolina connection to “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” one of America’s most loved novels? The book was written in North Carolina. Although its author, Betty... Read More
By Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, February 27, 2019. It’s March, and for most of my colleagues, neighbors, and friends, this means only one thing – “March Madness” and the NCAA... Read More
Death and taxes aren’t the only two certainties North Carolinians face. New congressional and legislative districts are coming, too — for 2020 (by court order) and 2022 (after the end-of-decade... Read More
Although I write regularly about politics and public policy, my “day job,” so to speak, is to give money away. It’s not as easy as you might think. Or, to be more precise, it may be easy to give... Read More
The United States economy is primarily driven by the economic activity within its metropolitan areas. From 2012 to 2017, 90% of the nation’s annual GDP was contributed by the nation’s 383 metros... Read More
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers Thursday introduced the second of what may be several measures to reform North Carolina’s redistricting process. The two bills share several sponsors. But House... Read More
