Reversing a trend, North Carolina has experienced ten consecutive quarters of per capita income growth equal to or greater than the national average, the latest data show. In an email citing research... Read More
Trump squints. Shakes his head. Raises his hand and gestures, pointing his index finger upwards into the air. The crowd roars and he says, ‘I love you Arizona.’ In the Primary Donald Trump pledged... Read More
You watch the Commander-in-Chief’s forum, and you see clearly that Donald Trump is dangerously unfit for office. But the race is too close for comfort. Why? First, Hillary Clinton is a woman. It’s... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 9, 2016. Did the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce write part of HB2? Either it did and officials there are lying, or it didn’t and Gov. Pat McCrory is... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 7, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on the state legislature’s new election law underscores the folly of wrongheaded laws that the legislature... Read More
by WCNC, September 8, 2016. After making his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy, Dr. John Connaughton from UNC Charlotte said he believes HB2 has had a limited impact on the state’s... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory said Wednesday that a group of top business leaders helped to draft House Bill 2, something the North Carolina Chamber has denied for months. The statement appears to put the... Read More
Members of the State Board of Elections seemed to switch between serving as referees, advisors, confidants and, in a few cases, exasperated parents of unruly local election officials as they slogged... Read More
Here’s one of those statements that seems like it can’t be true and yet is firmly supported by the evidence: Americans don’t move around as much as they used to. This is not about people... Read More
by Mike Walden, Professor of Economics, NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, September 2, 2016. It’s amazing how time can change perceptions. Frequently we see this with past... Read More
