Did you know your tax dollars are being used to, well, convince you to raise your own taxes? If your county is one that has the land transfer tax referendum on the ballot ... Keep Reading
A Conservative General Assembly (N.C. Needs One)
Despite headlines in the July 6 Raleigh News & Observer clamoring about the “middle-of-the-road” nature of the current General Assembly, the simple fact is that ... Keep Reading
Public Employee Collective Bargaining: Bad Policy for North Carolina
Both the House and the Senate are currently considering legislation that would overturn the state’s ban on collective bar- gaining for public employee unions. Extending ... Keep Reading
Compromise on the Smoking Ban: Look to Virginia
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Such is the mantra of Representative Hugh Holliman (D-Davidson). After failing to round up enough votes to ... Keep Reading
Private Property Rights Up In Smoke?
In one of the most intrusive overreaches by government of private property rights since the Kelo decision, the Judiciary I Committee of the North Carolina House of Representatives ... Keep Reading
Big Labor Trying To Buy Way Into North Carolina
For a printable version, please click here Since 1947, North Carolina and most states throughout the Southeast have been “right-to-work” states, meaning union ... Keep Reading
