Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 23, 2016. There really is strength in numbers, at least in the political sense. In a growing state like North Carolina, that's easy to see. The Census... Read More
North Carolina again faces an NCAA charge for providing improper extra benefits tied to its multi-year academic fraud scandal. The school on Thursday released a third Notice of Allegations (NOA) from... Read More
As one of his final acts as governor, Pat McCrory submitted his recommended budget for 2017-18. Outgoing governors are required by state law to submit a budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. The... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 23, 2016. Leave it to a late-night TV host, Seth Meyers, to provide a perfect description of the abomination of leadership that has been North Carolina... Read More
As recent events have reminded us, North Carolina’s state government is not a precise analogue to the federal government. Its leadership is more diffuse. The state legislature is stronger, relative... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, December 22, 2016. Shortly after the state Senate finished a day filled with rancor and mistrust by rejecting efforts to repeal House Bill 2, the controversial measure dealing... Read More
by Matthew Burns, WRAL.com, December 22, 2016. The state NAACP will ask the national leaders of the civil rights group next month for a nationwide economic boycott of North Carolina to protest the... Read More
The real barrier to repealing HB2 this week was trust. Efforts at some kind of compromise had been going on for months, starting in April and ongoing through the fall. But the 2016 elections got in... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 16, 2016. In the preamble of North Carolina’s Constitution, the authors listed the two reasons for its existence -- “the more certain security (of the... Read More
by Mike Walden, NC State Professor of Economics, December 9, 2017. I often begin my economic outlook presentations with the following joke: Professional economists are frequently called upon to make... Read More
