Permits for fracking can be issued in North Carolina beginning next week. Supporters of the practice have always assured people worried about the potential environmental consequences of the... Read More
I’ve been a professional economist for almost 40 years. Certainly it doesn’t take someone in my profession to know people disagree about the economy. Indeed, a recent poll showed people split... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, March 12, 2015. For people who talk so much about taxes, North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers don’t seem to know much about them. They started in 2012 by exempting... Read More
The most recent Civitas Poll shows North Carolina voters strongly support laws protecting the integrity and stature of the election process. “North Carolinians recognize the importance of fair and... Read More
Claude Sitton was, indeed, forceful and fearless. But not without flaws, flaws that show what is great and what can be dangerous about journalism. Sitton’s forcefulness shaped a controversy that... Read More
Anybody still holding out hope that the bitter partisan politics of revenge, bullying and raw power grabbing on display in Raleigh during the last four years was on the wane can’t have much hope... Read More
Talk about timing. On the same day that state Senate Republicans rammed through a bill to basically reverse the last county commissioners election in Wake County, the North Carolina Republican Party... Read More
North Carolina’s political leaders may not like the Affordable Care Act, but a large and growing number of residents rely on it for health insurance. Only Florida, California and Texas have more... Read More
When some of the more liberal and more conservative advocacy groups and think tanks in North Carolina agree on a contentious issue in state government, it's worth noting. It doesn't happen all that... Read More
Executive Summary of Elon Poll released March 11, 2015. Nine out of 10 people in North Carolina support the idea of police officers wearing body cameras while on duty and nearly two thirds of... Read More
