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
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
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
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
Now that Gov. Pat McCrory has released his budget proposal for the 2015-17 biennium, there are at least two fiscal issues dividing North Carolina Republicans this year. Before discussing them, however... Read More
by Thomas Mills, Politics NC, March 3, 2015. The GOP’s makers-and-takers narrative is alive and well in North Carolina. Ned Barnett’s profile of state Senator Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg... Read More
Gov. Pat McCrory yesterday released his budget proposal for the next biennium. In odd-numbered years like this one, the legislature passes a two-year budget plan, and the following year will make... Read More
The summary released this week with Governor Pat McCrory’s budget recommendations for the next two years starts out with a falsehood. The first sentence in the first section of the highlights of the... Read More
Last August, I wrote about an important case that had reached the Supreme Court. It concerned the legality under antitrust law, of a state board using its power to stifle competition that would have... Read More
In recent years, North Carolina hospitals have been cutting back on services and staff. The smaller hospitals especially in the rural counties are struggling to survive economically. Expanding patient... Read More
