It wasn't always this way
Academics and public intellectuals, who should know better, attempt to explain the highly visible and publicized pathology witnessed in cities such as Baltimore, Detroit, Chicago, Ferguson and others... Read More
NC Spin Articles
The 7 top education issues in the state budget
Lawmakers have been making a lot of noise about how hard they’ve been working on a state budget that is more than two months overdue. Speaker Tim Moore tweeted Thursday that a framework for the... Read More
Media ignore wealthy funders on the left
WRAL’s Laura Leslie wrote about an Energy Forum held at the Legislature yesterday organized by opponents of renewable energy programs. (Translation from WRAL speak: opponents to taxpayer-funded... Read More
What a difference a Speaker makes
What a difference a speaker makes. If you want to blame one person for this session of the legislature dragging into September, Tim Moore would be the man. It’s not because he’s failing. It’s... Read More
14 years after 9/11: Somehow, we must must forward together
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 11, 2015. Martin Niemцller, the German Lutheran, hit a universal note when he spoke about the Nazis and the disastrous folly of not standing against all... Read More
Budget end is near
With a state budget compromise nearing completion, the 2015 long legislative session soon will come to an end. Here are 10 highlights of the session on Jones Street so far this year: 1)Magistrates... Read More
Get NC tax reform right
After a lengthy and often messy process of both public and private negotiations, leaders of the North Carolina House and Senate appear to be on the cusp of completing a state spending plan for the... Read More
Congress must prioritize NC's transportation network
Considering the state of North Carolina’s roads and bridges, it’s hard to believe policymakers in Washington would duck their responsibility to provide long-term, ongoing funding for ours and the... Read More
Still badly troubled: The state of working North Carolina 2015
New report paints a sobering picture of North Carolina’s post-Great Recession recovery The Great Recession of the last decade that battered the North Carolina economy and sent state tax revenues... Read More
The growing concentration of power and the long overdue budget
It’s been more than a month since the state House voted to put a $2.85 billion bond issue before voters in November that would pay for infrastructure improvements and construction of buildings on... Read More
