Proponents of state ”economic incentives” and the so-called “gas tax cut” claim that we need to enact all of this in order to stay competitive with our neighbors. The really smart folks in... Read More
A University of North Carolina Board of Governors panel has recommended the elimination of three university centers, including UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, whose... Read More
North Carolina's public and private universities and community colleges add more than $63 billion a year to the state economy, according to a study released Wednesday. The study by Economic Modeling... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 19, 2015. North Carolina needs to be smarter about spending money to attract new businesses. An analysis of the state’s primary economic incentives... Read More
Criminal charges are expected to be brought against Duke Energy in the next several days that will accuse the nation’s largest electric utility of multiple misdemeanor violations of the federal... Read More
For years, Dana Cope and the State Employees Association of North Carolina have pursued a vendetta against State Treasurer Janet Cowell. They didn’t like the way she manages the state’s pension... Read More
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, February 17, 2015. It’s no secret that powerful special interests drive the legislative agenda in Raleigh. But a new report, “Tar Heel Power Brokers,” lays... Read More
Something important is happening in Greensboro. You could feel it last Thursday when scores of people turned out on a bitterly cold, windy night to defend their city government. You could read it in... Read More
photo by Asheville Citizen-Times by Mark Barrett, Citizen-Times, published in USA Today, February 16, 2015. This year's session of the state General Assembly began with promises of bipartisanship and... Read More
In a ruling that could force sweeping changes in how the state builds highways, the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state must pay a group of landowners whose properties are in the... Read More
