Between July 2016 and July of this year, North Carolina added enough people to its population to build a new city the size of Wilmington — an increase of 116,730 people that makes us one of the... Read More
Earlier in the week Under the Dome ran a piece by N&O reporter Will Doran where he relays Governor Cooper’s apprehension about having enough money for next year’s state budget. Doran notes that... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 22, 2017. In a few weeks I will celebrate the 40th anniversary of my job interview at North Carolina State University. I had left a snow... Read More
Public safety is the first and foremost responsibility of government. North Carolinians want their public officials to do what is required — pass laws, appropriate funds, administer courts and... Read More
Lawmakers may not find enough consensus on judiciary reforms to pass anything when they gather again for a special legislative session next month, House Rules Chairman David Lewis said Friday. Lewis... Read More
Well, another year has almost come and gone and the season of celebration and gift giving is well underway. What better time than this to construct a holiday gift wish list for some of North Carolina... Read More
For the second time in as many years, Senate Democrats walked out on their Republican colleagues and left them to conduct legislative business by themselves. The first time they did it was in March... Read More
We can’t have a state where the ZIP code you’re born in dictates your future... Read More
Among the pagan-inspired customs of the Christmas season now appears to be the ritualistic burning of the straw man. Specifically, I refer to the traditional seasonal column by a sly journalist or... Read More
Like just about every university and college these days, mine — N.C. State University — spends millions each year on a sprawling bureaucracy advocating racial, gender, and other types of... Read More
