Ten absolute "musts" for Voter ID
Editor’s note: Gerry Cohen – former special counsel to the General Assembly – is widely understood to be North Carolina’s most knowledgeable and respected expert on state elections law... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Polling, after the fact
Civitas has released a poll just two weeks after the midterm election. Apparently, they’ll continue their monthly polling even in a non-election year. It’s very helpful to those of us who want to... Read More
A final conversation with UNC president Margaret Spellings
Although Margaret Spellings will be leaving her post as president of the University of North Carolina system prematurely on January 15, she started several programs in her three years on the job. One... Read More
Aging population and growing liabilities will cause fiscal tsunami
There is a significant demographic change occurring in North Carolina that virtually no one is talking about. A change that will have major implications for the state’s fiscal health for decades to... Read More
Two worlds
Two Worlds Before the election, two polls landed on my desk the same day. One was taken in a rural county. The other was taken in suburban Wake County (Raleigh). And reading them was like looking at... Read More
What legislators should do...and what they probably will do instead
The North Carolina General Assembly has returned to Raleigh this week for yet another convening. Contrary, however, to some previous erroneous references, this will not be—at least technically—a... Read More
Four year degree important but other options in higher education exist
North Carolinians agree education beyond high school is important, but a traditional four-year degree isn’t the only option people consider, a new poll shows. A Nov. 28 Gallup survey commissioned by... Read More
Sir Walter: More than a traitor and pirate
Because he was a traitor and a pirate,” East Carolina University professor and leading North Carolina public historian, Larry Tise, explained to his sons why Sir Walter Raleigh spent 15 years in the... Read More
What can the NFL teach us about business?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor of economics, November 27, 2018. Many consider the National Football League (NFL) to be the most successful professional... Read More
Keep state spending in check
So far this year, North Carolina’s state budget is running a surplus. There’s nothing new about that — robust economic growth and fiscal restraint have produced a series of healthy surpluses... Read More
