The North Carolina Court of Appeals celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. As the court heads into its next half century, Chief Judge Linda McGee has a lot of hopes, but the biggest is for an... Read More
When Donald Trump ran for president, he promised to look after the “forgotten man.” Rural voters who felt left out by the economic recovery heard this promise and voted for Trump. Many of us did... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, June 14, 2017 Over the last four years, Republican legislators, fueled by veto-proof majorities in both houses, have refashioned... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU College of Agriculture Professor of Economics, June 9, 2017. My wife has now been retired for ten years. She taught elementary school for 32 years, usually putting in 12 to... Read More
Carolina Journal Since the beginning of this year, there have been no net new jobs created in North Carolina. In fact, using the latest data from the monthly survey of employers, there were about... Read More
The Progressive Pulse As anyone paying attention to policy debates in North Carolina in recent days is well aware, the age-old battle over guns and gun violence is front and center right now. Thanks... Read More
John Locke Foundation Before Gov. Roy Cooper and his surrogates accuse the N.C. General Assembly of “thumbing its nose at the North Carolina Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court,” the governor... Read More
A CBC Editorial: Tuesday, June 13, 2017; Editorial # 8172 The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company As the pressure mounts on the General Assembly to fix its unconstitutional... Read More
House and Senate leaders are now meeting behind closed doors trying to work out the differences between the budgets passed by each chamber and come up with a final spending agreement. It is an annual... Read More
I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice. They don’t currently... Read More
