Why can't we get the economy just right
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, September 15, 2017. Although my late mother never finished high school, she still was a wise person. One of her favorite sayings was, there’s two... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Governors matter to business leaders
Democrats believe that their progressive policies would be best for North Carolina’s economy. Republicans believe their conservative ideas are the best recipe. For business executives, entrepreneurs... Read More
UNC BOG members blindside colleagues
In a session filled with cutting debate and rapid-fire resolutions, several members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Thursday issued a litany of significant proposals... Read More
New federal law puts testing debate front and center again
A draft plan for meeting the nation’s new federal education law has some on North Carolina’s top school board expressing frustration this week, particularly when it comes to measuring schools... Read More
Support for public schools waning
Results from the 49th annual PDK Poll of public’s attitudes toward the public schools were released last week. The PDK Poll, commissioned by the pro-public-school magazine, Phi Delta Kappan... Read More
DACA, Senator Tillis, and the Dreamers
by Brooke Medina, Civitas Institute, September 6, 2017. DACA was a temporary, constitutionally-questionable response to an extremely sensitive issue The best place to create a resolution to the... Read More
Amazon's HQ2 is tailor-made for RTP
A match made in Heaven? Amazon HQ2 and RTP. Think about it. A review of Amazon's "key preferences and decision drivers" for a new, second headquarters worth $5 billion or more and coming with... Read More
The middle class is not an accident (or inevitable)
Labor Day report offers a powerful reminder for NC workers – especially Millenials A few years back, there was a witty and briefly popular bumper sticker that conveyed several important and... Read More
Legislature has misused lottery funding
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, Published by Burlington Times-News, September 7, 2017. If we want to know why North Carolina schools haven’t improved anywhere near as much as we need them to, we... Read More
Our state steps us, finally, for clean water
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 7, 2017. It’s been a while since we’ve seen North Carolina environmental regulators do what they should do: Crack down on water pollution. But that... Read More
