State must commit funding
When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina’s participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by John Hood
Incomes remaining stagnant
The U.S. economy continues to recover from the depths of the Great Recession, and North Carolina continues to recover at a faster rate than the national average. But few would describe the general... Read More
Get reform back on track
When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina’s participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision... Read More
Region no longer a pacesetter
When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest jobs report on December 19, most North Carolina politicians, journalists, economists, and policy analysts immediately zeroed in on the... Read More
Suppression claim takes hit
Liberals are desperate to prove that North Carolina’s new election law constitutes the second coming of Jim Crow-era voter suppression. Their desperation reflects three desires. First, they want to... Read More
Wake up with a start up
The U.S. economy continues to recover from the depths of the Great Recession, and North Carolina continues to recover at a faster rate than the national average. But few would describe the general... Read More
Jobs lost at a minimum
Correct ideas are not always popular ones. I freely admit that most North Carolinians favor increasing the legal minimum wage, through either congressional or legislative action. Supporters believe... Read More
Got to pick a pocket?
Did Fagin’s pickpockets stimulate the economy of London? If you’ve read Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist or seen the musical derived from it, Oliver!, you immediately recognize the name. Fagin... Read More
New speaker troubles eeyore caucus
When the news broke that Rep. Tim Moore would be the Republican nominee for speaker of the North Carolina House and Rep. Mike Hager would be majority leader, the usual suspects did the usual things... Read More
Many factors affect state growth
What do Colorado, Texas, Utah, Massachusetts, and North Carolina have in common? Not much, it would seem. Yet according to the latest data, they are among the states leading the national pack in... Read More
