Pay teachers a market wage
In an interview published on the Capital and Main website, former U.S. Labor Secretary and University of California at Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich opined that, despite the importance... Read More
NC Spin Articles
State bond proposal deserves a wider vote
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 15, 2015. In addition to completing a budget — which should have already been finished — the N.C. General Assembly is expected to take up a statewide bond... Read More
What confidence?
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 16, 2015. In a federal courtroom in Winston-Salem, Republicans are defending their voting law changes as actions necessary to “restore confidence” in... Read More
The need to regulate crisis pregnancy centers
Last month, in one of its more troubling recent rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case challenging North Carolina’s “Choose Life” license plates back to the Fourth Circuit Court of... Read More
Bad bill: Soak the rich, drown the poor
North Carolina’s historic 2013 tax reform drastically improved our state’s tax climate, making the Tar Heel State far more competitive for job and investment growth. The Tax Foundation credited... Read More
The forgotten starting point for Medicaid reform
One of the things holding up passage of a state budget for the next two years and the adjournment of the 2015 session of the General Assembly is Medicaid reform. Senate leaders stuffed their version... Read More
Despite record revenues federal government showed a deficit
Ali Meyer documents for Washington Free Beacon readers the federal government’s record-high tax collection for the 2015 budget year. The federal government collected a record amount of taxes in... Read More
Foley should leave state elections board
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 14, 2015. Public trust is essential for any public official to be effective. State Board of Elections member Paul Foley is in danger of losing that trust. It... Read More
Don't engage in statistical silliness
Should regulators require child-safety locks on stepladders? Such a rule would have been a real problem at the Hood abode years ago when my boys were little. At the time, there were a couple of... Read More
Four big questions as lawmakers return from summer vacation
The General Assembly has returned from its week-long break in the middle of this year's legislative session. Here are four questions that may or may not be answered in the next couple of months as... Read More
