Gun Laws
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, reprinted in The Greenville Daily Reflector, December 20, 2015. In June 2013, months after the horrific shootings in Newtown, Conn., the town of Highland Park, Ill... Read More
NC Spin Articles
State raises: Time for the legislature to reward all hard workers
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 19, 2015. On first glance, the amounts of the raises are shocking. They range from $13,750 to $87,872 annually. On a percentage basis, they extend from... Read More
Nothing to see here
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 19, 2015. To see or not to see? It was hard not to notice the dramatic contrasts in two recent cases involving law enforcement video. In one, State... Read More
Carolina Comeback is very real
Over the next 12 months, expect to hear a great deal about the “Carolina Comeback.” It will be the reelection theme for Gov. Pat McCrory and other Republican leaders. And it will be the subject of... Read More
You decide: Can we make sense of NC's jobless rate?
Economic statistics can be confusing, I know: I’ve been dealing with them as a professional economist for almost 40 years. While some say you can prove anything with statistics, I say, no, you just... Read More
A nation at risk
Has America really come to this? Have we come to where we must rely on the Republican Party to save us from electing a President who is an arrogant, egotistical blowhard with the vocabulary and... Read More
Board of Elections clarification 'half a loaf' for bond committee
Despite claims that restricting coordination between promoters of the $2 billion bond referendum and candidates will "dramatically and seriously inhibit" the campaign, state elections officials are... Read More
McCrory cracks down on employment fraud
Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Friday designed to curtail employers' ability to classify workers as contractors to get around paying certain state taxes. The order creates an Employee... Read More
NC Supreme Court again upholds state voting maps
Almost a year to the day since the North Carolina Supreme Court first ruled in favor of congressional and legislative voting maps drawn by the Republican-led General Assembly in 2011, the court once... Read More
Report: NC beset with challenges but 'rich with opportunities'
A new 'North Carolina Innovation Index' report - the fifth since 2000 - offers a mixed view of where the state stands in economic development and opportunity. While "beset with challenges," it's also... Read More
