Deregulation boosts economic growth
There are many different ideas about the best way to increase the growth of North Carolina’s economy. But this variation of opinions masks an important level of agreement on the basic building... Read More
NC Spin Articles
A nonpartisan confirmation of the dangerous new normal in NC
State legislative leaders this week dismissed a report by their own nonpartisan legislative staff showing the latest round of tax changes will create a budget shortfall of more than a billion dollars... Read More
Legal battles over election board leaves counties in limbo
Gov. Roy Cooper’s refusal to appoint members to the new Bipartisan State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement has shut down 10 county boards of elections, adding confusion to the 2017 electoral... Read More
Partisanship takes another victim
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 10, 2017. They should have seen it coming. And in all likelihood, they did. But that didn’t stop the General Assembly’s Republican majority from... Read More
Ex-NC Governor on science and religion
Can a former North Carolina governor bridge the gap between science and religion? Jim Martin gives it a try in a new book, “Revelation Through Science: Evolution in the Harmony of Science and... Read More
Have NC Fiscal Analysts been out in the sun too long?
WRAL-TV recently highlighted a report released by NC Senate Democrats of a “potential” $1 billion dollar budget gap in the North Carolina. What the story fails to discuss is the poor track... Read More
New report explains NC's disappearing middle class
by Patrick McHugh, NC Policy Watch, July 11, 2017. Does it feel like your paycheck never goes as far as it used to? Do you scratch your head when leaders in Raleigh talk about how great our economy is... Read More
Shifting population dots mark changing NC
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Asheville Citizen-Times, July 12, 2017. Ferrel Guillory, the former newsman and current UNC scholar, often lectures to journalists with slides that... Read More
Thom Tillis wants more visas for workers
by Jim Tynen, Civitas Review online, July 13, 2017 I have to hand it to the N&O, it’s had some stories recently that made me sit up at the breakfast table and say, “What the …?” Like this one... Read More
State school leader likes working in the dark
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, July 14, 2017. State school superintendent Mark Johnson might be in the wrong job. Instead of in Raleigh, perhaps he should be in Washington, handling White House... Read More
