DMV blunders undermined Voter ID law
Blunders at the state Division of Motor Vehicles in the state Department of Transportation undermined a crucial vote reform, it was revealed Friday. State lawmakers softened a portion of North... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Turning the concept of religious freedom on its head
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, June 19, 2015. Senate Bill 2, which became law when the General Assembly overrode Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto, landed North Carolina back in the national spotlight... Read More
Senate budget's collateral damage to nonprofits, communities
The recently introduced state Senate tax package proposes multiple new tax burdens on North Carolina’s nonprofits. As membership and marketing director for the Alamance County Community YMCA, I am... Read More
NC's labor market improved incrementally
In May, employers in North Carolina added 10,400 more jobs than they cut, with net gains occurring in the public and private sectors. Over the year, North Carolina gained 108,800 more jobs than it... Read More
Can you pull a lawmaker over for reckless legislating?
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, June 21, 2015. As North Carolinians are learning, there’s a price to pay for their legislators’ love of corporate tax cuts. We saw that in April with the larger... Read More
A generation ago, gun control debate looked quite different
North Carolinians can breathe a bit easier after the State House backed off some of the more extreme gun measures it had seemed poised to pass. Many Republicans joined House Democrats and, as the... Read More
Hatred is learned. How do we stop teaching it?
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 2015. There is nothing remarkable about Dylann Storm Roof's face, save that it is deceptively young-appearing, making him look more like 15 than 21. When... Read More
Barron's 'Economic Beat' columnist raises red flag on federal debt
Gene Epstein of Barron’s doesn’t like the long-term outlook for the federal budget. In 2008, as now, the agency warned that “Growth in spending—particularly for Medicare and Medicaid–is... Read More
NC Can't take hit of new EPA regs
North Carolina’s air quality has improved so dramatically in the past few decades that last year the state did not issue a single alert for high ozone levels. Such alerts used to be common. In... Read More
Budget differences could lead to a long, hot summer
If writing a state budget were a football game, we would have just entered the fourth quarter with the score tied and the clock quickly ticking toward overtime. With North Carolina's new fiscal year... Read More
