Senate leaders tout smaller budget plan
by Laura Leslie, WRAL, June 15, 2015. State Senate leaders held a news conference Monday to preview their $21.47 billion budget proposal, substantially smaller than the state House's $22.1 billion... Read More
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Solar energy deserves strong state support
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 15, 2015. A group of lawmakers in Raleigh wants to pull down the shades on this state's thriving solar-energy business. The state, they say, is spending too... Read More
'Main Street' Democrats look to the middle for voters
With their party on the wrong side of Republican super-majorities in the N.C. General Assembly, growing numbers of Democrats are looking for relevance and success where the party found it before... Read More
Surging dollar to blame for blip in 'Carolina Comeback'
Gov. Pat McCrory frequently touts what he calls the "Carolina Comeback," the economic recovery over the past two years that has added jobs to the state's employment rolls. Sate lawmakers routinely... Read More
Advance statistics show retreat
North Carolina’s economy grew slower in 2014 than in 2013, according to data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. BEA is the federal agency that tracks the gross domestic... Read More
Senate out of step with new tax cut plan
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 13, 2015. Republican N.C. Senate leaders last week rolled out a sweeping tax-cut plan that almost undoubtably will extend the legislative session and further... Read More
Signs of political independence
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 13, 2015. Recent actions in Raleigh and Washington offer a rare and refreshing reminder that politicians are not always in lockstep with their party. Some... Read More
Attend to needs before cutting more taxes
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 2015. A bill in the General Assembly sets up a study to determine why teachers leave North Carolina. Why bother? There's no mystery here. Despite some... Read More
Three reasons the future is conservative
The clichй is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into a turbulent future. Of course, conservatives respect the past and draw... Read More
Standing in the schoolhouse door
With the override of Pat McCrory’s veto of Senate Bill 2, the rebranding of North Carolina that McCrory promised when he took office is complete. We’re no longer that enlightened Southern state... Read More
