When North Carolina is competing with other states and nations for investment, business startups and expansions, and high-value professionals, we start out with some important advantages. Our tax code... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 29, 2017. We wonder what Jeff Sessions would say if a college football team or band followed the lead of NFL players and took knees during the national... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 27, 2017. Could President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans finally take a step forward for illegal immigrants after Democrats failed? It might be a... Read More
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, September 28, 2017. Margaret Spellings is right: Public education is too expensive. Paying for it is a tough burden for all but the wealthiest families. For... Read More
Republicans in Washington are about to undertake tax reform. As we in North Carolina know, that means a massive tax cut for the rich and massive budget cuts for programs that help the rest of us. The... Read More
Last night’s installment of Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War” recalled how divided our country was 50 years ago. Today we’re just as divided. Thanks to Trump. Apparently, the Divider-in-Chief... Read More
When a politician takes a poll most folks figure he means to figure out how he can bamboozle people and there’s truth in that but a poll’s also a picture of the powers – like fear, revenge... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, September 28, 2017. The Index retreated slightly in August from its reading in July. However, this was not unexpected given the Index's strong rise in... Read More
Sandra Byrd has been a decorated North Carolina high school teacher in western North Carolina and an associate professor at UNC-Asheville, where she also served as assistant provost. So she seemed a... Read More
Editorial by The Charlotte Observer, reprinted in The Burlington Times-News, September 29, 2017. The Graham-Cassidy health care bill appears to be mercifully dead, as Senate Majority leader Mitch... Read More
