Editorial by News and Observer, November 24, 2013. Public employees gain secure jobs with a pension, health insurance and other benefits. They also usually give up higher pay and incentive bonuses... Read More
Dean Smith won 879 games, for many years college basketball’s winningest coach. He won two NCAA championships. He coached the 1976 Olympic team to a gold medal. He has numerous ACC regular season... Read More
Farmers are saying they’ve tried and tried but there’s no way on earth they can hire enough workers to pick the apples and cucumbers and sweet potatoes germinating in the fields so Congress had... Read More
North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to an even 8 percent in October, which makes for a positive headline. But there's a gloomier underside. Total employment, according to "smoothed seasonally... Read More
by Dr. Kenneth E. Fernandez and Dr. Jason A. Husser, Elon University, November 22, 2013. The Elon University Poll conducted a live-caller, dual frame (landline and cell phone) survey of... Read More
A new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council – a free-market advocacy group of corporate and political interests that drafts boilerplate legislation for states to enact – is giving a... Read More
by John Frank, Under the Dome, News and Observer, November 22, 2013. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said it's "still too early to tell" if the federal health insurance law will stand as more... Read More
Last week, North Carolina policymakers decided the tax-cut bill they passed just four months ago created enough confusion to require new legislation to clarify and “fix” it. The problem is their... Read More
Is a biscuit the answer? That succinct question was posed in a recent News & Observer story about feeding hungry people on weekends at a downtown Raleigh park. A group has organized local churches for... Read More
A who’s who of North Carolina’s corporate establishment has formed a new group that aims to be an assertive voice on public education in the state. Business for Education Success and... Read More
