Reform would boost NC incomes
North Carolinians would experience large gains in after-tax income under the tax-reform bill released last week in Washington, according to an initial analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. Its... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Cooper loses another round in separation of powers fight
The state Court of Appeals sided with Republican General Assembly leaders Tuesday, agreeing that a 2016 law requiring legislative approval of the governor's top appointments is constitutional. The... Read More
NC's Certificate of Need laws cause pain
Monday morning, around 1:00am, my husband woke up in severe pain. He knew what this was. By 1:15, we were in the car on our way to the ER. Kidney stones. They’re not life threatening, and I’ve... Read More
Bad ideas for the UNC system
What is the worst idea floating around about the UNC system these days? Jesse White, who headed up the Southern Growth Policies Board and also served adjunct professor of government and city and... Read More
Democrats get wins but not guarantees of success
The outcome of the Virginia governor's race was consistent with the special congressional elections we saw earlier this year. The Trump effect is a negative for Republicans by 4-5 percentage points... Read More
Fair voting districts
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 8, 2017. A federal court panel will rightly go ahead with plans to hire an outside expert to redraw several districts that it had ruled were tainted by... Read More
Republican options
After the drubbing Republicans took Tuesday, they need to stand back and look at their options. None of them are very good. They can keep on the current course. They can embrace Trump even more. Or... Read More
Paul Ryan is right
We’re with Trump,” he said after Tuesday’s elections. Indeed you are. So is every Republican on the ballot next year. They’re lashed to Trump like Ahab to the whale. If they cross Trump... Read More
The minimum wage myth
Raising the minimum wage reduces job opportunities for the least skilled workers. Minimum wage severs the relationship between employers and employees and pays people not according to their value and... Read More
