This is the story of how two North Carolina legislatures approached court reform — one with prudent professionalism and the other with seat-of-the-pants politics. This is the 50th anniversary of a... Read More
Both the House and the Senate have put forward tax cut plans for the coming biennial budget. The competing plans will be discussed in earnest as legislators work to craft a budget plan to send to the... Read More
If anything useful can be said to have come out of the House Bill 2 controversy, it would be a broader understanding of how limited the powers of local governments are in our state. Before the dispute... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 11, 2017. Republicans believe tax cuts produce prosperity, but can there be too much of a good thing? North Carolina may find out soon. The state Senate... Read More
Here is something you may not know about the way the General Assembly works these days. The odds are that your senator and representative have almost no say in what happens to controversial... Read More
If you want to pick a fight at the General Assembly in no time flat, just say two little words: school calendar. Debates over a pair of recently vetted House bills that would send students back to... Read More
Editorial by Wilmington Star-Journal, April 12, 2017. A famous adage claims that the public must never see how sausage or legislation is made. North Carolina’s state House gave a grand demonstration... Read More
by Dr. Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, April 14, 2017. We are again involved in a debate about health insurance for those not covered by their employer, Medicare, Medicaid or other group... Read More
Editorial by Capitol Broadcasting Company, wral.com, April 7, 2017. While college athletic organizations are moving to return championships to North Carolina after last week’s compromise “repeal... Read More
The first time I visited the campus of Duke University, I did so because Rand Paul asked me to. It was during the 1988 presidential election. Like many conservative and libertarian students of the day... Read More
