Will hospitals kill Medicaid expansion?
Medicaid expansion now enjoys bipartisan support but enactment is being held up because of North Carolina's Certificate of Need laws. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by John Hood
Cooper defends racial discrimination
Governor Roy Cooper, along with former Governors Jim Hunt, Mike Easley and Bev Perdue have intervened in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding racial preferences by university admissions policies. Read More
Why did NC rank number one?
CNBC used a weighted average of many different categories — and North Carolina ranked either middling or high in all of them. Read More
Some tips for reading this column
How can you be a conservative, libertarian, “fusionist,” or perhaps “conservatarian" Read More
North Carolinians think recession is here
Relatively speaking, North Carolina's economy is performing well. But try selling that to people who have drawn conclusions that things have gone horribly wrong. Read More
Empty buses don't improve air quality
Bus ridership was declining before COVID. What's the future for public transit? Read More
We can't all be experts
When it comes to our work, we specialize in a few things and then trade what we produce for the goods and services other specialists produce. The exchange makes us all better off. Read More
Sales tax to pay for road
For enterprises, it’s more appropriate to charge people according to how much they use the system. Read More
Government got Covid mostly wrong
Washington set the stage for the inflation crisis as well as the recession that might follow. Read More
Three education facts you should know
While North Carolina spends less per-pupil than most states do on K-12 education, we spend much more than average on higher education. Read More
