NC film industry gets a boost
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, reprinted in The Burlington Times-News, June 27, 2017. We wish North Carolina didn’t have to play the incentives game to lure businesses here. But as long as other... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Drug business is out of control
Isis and terrorism, though threats to national security, pale in comparison to the toll of illicit drug use on our human capital. The proposed Opioid Task Force is fast heading for a role as another... Read More
AG cuts will cost constituents
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein heads up the Department of Justice. He and the attorneys that he employs work for us, the people of North Carolina. They are our last line of defense against... Read More
Court denies motion to dismiss case against AG, grants injunction
by Matt Caulder, Capitol Connection, June 29, 2017. A Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss a case against the state Attorney General’s Office over environmental program funding... Read More
Why doesn't the legislature just make it illegal to be a Democrat?
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 30, 2017. Why doesn’t the N.C. General Assembly just go ahead and make it illegal to be a Democrat? Republican leaders mercilessly hacked the budgets of Gov... Read More
Can pro sports teams spur economic development?
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, June 23, 2017. Anyone visiting my home office immediately knows something obvious about me. The multitude of red baseball hats shows I’m a big... Read More
Smoking no longer a luxury
by Paul O'Connor, The Insider, published in The Wilson Daily Times, June 29, 2017/ As a boy, I barely knew an adult who didn’t smoke. My mother and her best friend smoked cigarettes at the kitchen... Read More
Don't be misled; the final budget is worse than it looks
Most of the initial headlines about the final budget agreement announced Monday afternoon by legislative leaders were ones they could have written themselves, touting raises for teachers and state... Read More
Budget builds on conservative success
North Carolina House and Senate leaders have just fashioned a compromise budget for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years. The deal includes sizable pay raises for school teachers and principals... Read More
One positive action
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, June 23, 2017. The “Raise the Age” campaign took on a tough challenge and was remarkably effective. The new state budget transfers responsibility for most... Read More
