From "Under the Dome," Friday, June 14, 2013 UNC President Tom Ross weighed in Friday on the House budget that passed this week, saying it has "sobering implications" for the university campuses... Read More
I have been following what’s going on at the North Carolina State Legislature since 1976. In the summer of 1977, I served as a page for Governor Hunt and really started taking time to pay... Read More
The last ten days at the General Assembly have been some of the busiest of the session, with debates on the House budget, taxes, schools voucher schemes, gun laws, and more. The dizzying pace has made... Read More
Life, the old saying goes, is best thought of as a journey, not a destination. When it comes to reforming North Carolina’s tax code, however, I’d say the reverse is true. The journey may have been... Read More
The budget and tax dance is back on center stage at the General Assembly with the House pushing to approve its spending plan this week. Legislative leaders from both chambers will then return to the... Read More
North Carolina is fifth in the ranks of U.S. states receiving Chinese business investment, according to data released by New York-based Rhodium Group and reported by Reuters. Following California... Read More
First let's think about our Right to Petition. Both the Federal and North Carolina Constitutions establish that the people have a right to petition. The Federal Constitution has this language in... Read More
When is a sales-tax increase not really a sales-tax increase? If you want to make sense of the contrasting claims about tax reform in North Carolina, this is one of the many questions you have to... Read More
Daniel Gilligan, a bright young Democratic policy consultant from Raleigh, offers an analysis of Republican and taxes: “Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly have got themselves all... Read More
The circus came to the State Capitol this week, complete with clowns, a carnival barker and a sideshow. The “Reverend” Barber was decked out like a prelate of the Church of Rome (no insult is... Read More
