The biggest cut facing UNC
Academia can be annoying. It’s full of people who ask difficult questions, sometimes loudly. They take what’s comfortable and roll it around their fingers, looking for flaws. It’s disconcerting... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Incentives debate picks winners and losers
The annual incentives debate in the General Assembly is under way, and this year’s installment is expected to be as robust as any in recent memory. Gov. Pat McCrory has said repeatedly that he wants... Read More
Nichol responds to BOG group recommendation to close Poverty Center
by Gene Nichol, Director UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, printed in News and Observer, February 18, 2015. The working group of the UNC Board of Governors on Wednesday recommended closing... Read More
The incentive North Carolinians really want
The role of government is to provide a fair playing field for commerce with low taxes, reasonable regulations, and a strong infrastructure. It is not the role of government to pick favorites, giving... Read More
Just one legislator
While Governor McCrory was doing what politicians usually do to get snow-day news coverage, state Sen. Jeff Jackson was showing how it’s done in a new media world. Tuesday morning, Jackson (D... Read More
Valentine's Day
When the State Ethics Commission ruled that a lobbyist having sex with a legislator didn’t violate the ban on gifts to legislators because sex acts do not constitute “things of value,” it got... Read More
Instead of tax hikes and corporate welfare, why not tax reform?
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
UNC panel recommends eliminating poverty center, two others
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
Study puts economic impact of NC colleges, universities at $63 billion
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
High rate of failure
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
