North Carolina ranked as 8th most burdensome for occupational licensing
Requiring a license is a barrier to entering certain professions. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Brian Balfour
Budgets are about money, not policy
Packing policy into budgets harms transparency and accountability Read More
2022 North Carolina Economic Factbook
North Carolina is emerging from the pandemic stronger than ever. Read More
Cooper right about Certificate of Need, but for the wrong reason
North Carolina has some of the most restrictive laws on hospital expansion and hospital leaders need to do what is right for patients. Read More
Government doesn't make things affordable
Government efforts to make things "affordable" instead typically make things worse. Read More
Property rights are human rights
Human rights fail to exist without property rights. Read More
North Carolina ranks 2nd in economic outlook in new report
In 2011 our state ranked 26th in economic outlook from the "Rich States, Poor States" report. Now we rank 2nd according to The American Legislative Exchange Council. Read More
Two more corporate welfare recipients in NC fail to create promised jobs
Government handouts to corporations comes to $586,000 each, but 37 percent of projects fail to meet incentive objectives. Read More
Exposing the faulty narrative upon which critical race theory is built
Nobody is here pretending that racism does not exist. However, charges of “systemic racism” are wholly unsupportable. Read More
More woes at DOT; and how to fix them
During the pandemic upset supply chains, raising material costs, and roiled labor markets are increasing the costs DOT expects to pay to buy property and build or widen roads. Read More
