Of course taxes matter
If North Carolina’s tax burden has no effect on business decisions and the performance of the economy, as left-of-center politicians and editorialists have repeatedly insisted, then why are they so... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Save your breath
Before any 2016 death match, Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush face a death march through the media and their own parties’ chattering crowds. Last week’s crisis was Clinton’s email while Secretary... Read More
Legislature should pass compromise on preservation tax credit
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, March 8, 2015. Principle has been pitted against practicality as the N.C. House considers a compromise bill that would revive the state’s historic preservation... Read More
Did Claude Pope resign or was he 'shown the door' at NC GOP?
Sources tell me that members of the NCGOP Executive Committee were informed via email this morning that current state party chairman Claude Pope will not be seeking another term in office. Over the... Read More
House OKs tougher DWI laws
The N.C. House voted Monday night to toughen two state laws targeting repeat drunken drivers. Both bills were sponsored by Democratic Rep. Darren Jackson of Wake County, and they garnered support from... Read More
McCrory amends ethics report to show others paid for seven trips
Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday filed new ethics disclosure forms that show seven previously unreported trips valued at about $13,000 in 2013. The governor’s office said late Monday it is gathering... Read More
Public servants should not choose which members of the public they serve
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 6, 2015. Public servants do not get to choose which members of the public they serve. But the state Senate would make an exception if those employees don’t... Read More
Punishing success
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, reprinted in Greenville Daily Reflector, March 9, 2015. An increase sought by Gov. Pat McCrory in a state economic-development incentive is likely to incite yet more... Read More
Poverty Center closing has this fringe benefit
by Jim Tynen, Capitol Connection, Civitas Institute, March 6, 2015. The wailing and whining following the closing of a University of North Carolina-based center has at least one fringe benefit: it... Read More
Aycock name removal is 'de-Stalinization' in North Carolina
Gov. Charles Brantley Aycock was a hero and role model to many of the progressive leaders in North Carolina’s history. Gov. Kerr Scott (1949-53) would speak reverentially of the time when the great... Read More
