The N.C. Senate has written a new version of a bill that would turn a division of the N.C. Department of Commerce into a private corporation. The problem is, the bill is too strict — or too lenient... Read More
The people of North Carolina are about to find out if they have a governor with a mind and an agenda of his own or a weak and mostly ceremonial leader who is unwilling or unable to stand up to the... Read More
by Steve Cranford, Charlotte Business Journal, June 3, 2014. The North Carolina economy should grow at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1.9 percent in 2014, down from 2.3 percent last year, according to... Read More
If Gov. Pat McCrory and the General Assembly enact a 2014-15 budget that eliminates some government positions in order to fund pay raises for other government employees, they’ll get criticized in... Read More
Editorial by Salisbury Post, June 1, 2014. We’ve entered the most difficult time of the school year for teachers — the time when lawmakers bat around ideas about how to pay them for educating our... Read More
Federal regulators have rejected a plan from Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration to tax some managed-care Medicaid providers as a way to draw down more federal money for the state budget. The result... Read More
by Craig Jarvis, News and Observer, June 3, 2014. Support for moving the State Bureau of Investigation under the governor’s control solidified Tuesday, as the proposal picked up support in the House... Read More
Close your eyes and you can almost see the Democrats’ vision for North Carolina. In this corner are expanded Medicaid benefits; in that corner are 99 weeks of unemployment insurance – though why... Read More
After overhauling taxes last year in a way that significantly reduced state resources and shifted the tax load away from the wealthiest taxpayers and profitable corporations and onto ordinary North... Read More
Our state legislators haven’t gotten a pay raise in years. Their salaries are among the worst in the country. I’m for giving them more. A lot more. But not without some strings attached. I’m... Read More
