Should NC subsidize solar industry? No
Trains are notoriously hard to slow down – even when we need them to. North Carolina’s solar subsidies, some of the most generous in the nation, are sort of like a runaway train that just keeps... Read More
Trains are notoriously hard to slow down – even when we need them to. North Carolina’s solar subsidies, some of the most generous in the nation, are sort of like a runaway train that just keeps... Read More
Given your background on Republican political campaigns, why would you take a job working for green energy?” I endured this question for several months after accepting a position as the Director of... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 30, 2014. The recent Republican U.S. Senate primary in Mississippi should spur creative thinking about North Carolina’s election system. Other states offer... Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. — Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Thursday, July 31. Here's what's going on at the legislature and around state government today. THE BUDGET: Formal drafts of the... Read More
What North Carolina needed during the past 18 months was Erskine Bowles sitting in the governor’s chair. Bowles, a Charlotte investment banker, has precisely what has been sorely lacking in Raleigh... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 20, 2014. Rocky Mount residents ought to be breathing a collective sigh of relief after news broke earlier this week of a deal between Duke Energy and the N.C... Read More
Whether or not the government should execute people for particularly heinous crimes has always posed murky moral, ethical and legal questions. But whether people agree or disagree on the subject, it... Read More
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper is premature in giving up defense of the state's marriage laws. "It is time to stop making arguments we will lose and instead move forward, knowing that the ultimate... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 28, 2014. A TV ad in Tennessee targets three justices on the state’s highest court. A narrator says: “28 states fought against Obamacare. But Tennessee... Read More
Duke Energy Progress has agreed to buy for $1.2 billion the interests that Eastern North Carolina municipal power systems own in four Duke power plants, the parties said Monday. The agreement, which... Read More