North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, at least in the current political climate, is well positioned for reelection in 2020. However, a potential vulnerable policy area that is constantly ... Keep Reading
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Whither 38 House Democrats?
By now, you have likely heard of the vote taken in the North Carolina House of Representatives last week to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the state budget legislation (House ... Keep Reading
On Medicaid, North Carolina should learn lessons from Louisiana — don’t expand
by Daniel Erspamer and Donald Bryson The ongoing impasse surrounding North Carolina’s budget has at its root Medicaid expansion—Gov. Roy Cooper supports it, while legislators ... Keep Reading
NC Budget Watch, Day 47 – $1.1 million of hypocrisy per day
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Cooper administration's corporate incentive frenzy in the days after his June 28 veto of the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General ... Keep Reading
NC BUDGET WATCH, Day 33: $1.2 million in corporate incentives per day
Today marks 33 days since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 966 - 2019 Appropriations Act - the budget bill passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. Gov. Roy Cooper's ... Keep Reading
23 trillion reasons to question any loyalty to either political party
Here is the federal debt clock. Twenty-two trillion-plus and rising is the current federal debt. Government spending is in the news again because of a recent agreement reached by ... Keep Reading
A conservative solution to the state budget impasse
First – and this piece is critical -- North Carolina's state government is not experiencing a budget crisis. From a national perspective, going into this year's state ... Keep Reading
A cure worse than the disease: Internet speech regulations hurt more than they help
By Matt Nese and Donald Bryson Would elections be more secure if it was harder for Americans to speak about them? That bizarre proposition has been put into legislation in North ... Keep Reading
School choice opponents want people to only listen – not think
School Choice opponents want people to only listen – not think At the June 5th Cato-Civitas school choice event former Democratic State Sen. Joel Ford was one of five ... Keep Reading
Why ‘pre-recession’ spending levels make for a dangerous goal
Progressives urge state budget writers to return NC to ‘pre-recession’ budget levels That represents, however, a decades-long high-water mark of unsustainable spending ... Keep Reading
