by Brian Balfour, Civitas Institute, March 22, 2017. Changes to the State Health Plan may be coming, following a vote of the State Health Plan Board of Trustees taking place today. State employees who... Read More
Newly elected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper gave his first State of the State address on March 13. The longtime leader of the North Carolina Senate, Phil Berger, gave the Republican response. Both men... Read More
Two highly regarded Republican political consultants told an audience of state lawmakers, lobbyists, and renewable-energy entrepreneurs Tuesday they should consider government intervention into the... Read More
Gov. Roy Cooper issued his first veto today, and there's a chance it won't be overridden. The measure restores partisan elections for District and Superior Court judges. Cooper's objections are... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 16, 2017. They're likely to make big points with their voter base, but the lawmakers in Raleigh who are proposing another round of big tax cuts may be showing... Read More
by Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, published in Durham Herald-Sun, March 16, 2017. North Carolina has a lot of local governments. To be exact, there are 100 counties and 552 municipalities... Read More
by Paul O'Connor, Capitol Press Association, published in Rocky Mount Telegram, March 16, 2016. I love beer, especially craft beer, and from the look of things about 5 p.m. most days so do many other... Read More
Nothing lays bare the ideological divide between conservatives and liberals like a healthcare debate. We are now in the third major debate in my lifetime. The first happened when Bill and Hillary... Read More
Each of the 15 North Carolina Court of Appeals judges writes on average about 100 opinions per year. When former Judge Linda Stephens used to explain the court’s workload to students, she’d often... Read More
Editorial by Salisbury Post, March 15, 2017. The current leadership of the N.C. General Assembly did not invent economic recovery or budget surpluses. North Carolina has rebounded from recessions... Read More
