At noon on Friday, December 20, 2019, many of North Carolina's schoolchildren began finishing school for the year and started counting the hours until Santa's surprises are ready ... Keep Reading
Articles
Long past time for ‘North Carolina governed by chaos’ narrative to die
State Rep. Deb Butler’s epic September 11 outburst on the floor of the General Assembly is a reminder— to some at least—that North Carolina is governed in a perpetual state of ... Keep Reading
Thanksgiving – a time to thank NC farmers
As our minds turn to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, we generally begin to think about the food associated with them. Agriculture is North Carolina's largest industry, and ... Keep Reading
Leandro, school funding and the courts: What does the public think?
In 2018, intervenors in the long-running Leandro vs. State case on school funding in North Carolina asked Judge David Lee to make recommendations to remedy the state’s failures in ... Keep Reading
N&O swings and misses with tax cut critique
Editors mislead readers with rhetoric on teacher pay and state revenue Figures they cite reveal that NC’s economic performance has actually improved since the tax cuts relative ... Keep Reading
Medicaid expansion – A silver bullet for rural hospitals?
Advocates claim that Medicaid expansion will save rural hospitals They point to data showing non-expansion states have the most rural hospital closures But rural hospitals ... Keep Reading
What’s happening in the legislative session that never ends
It has not been the typical legislative session. Three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina still doesn’t have a state budget. What it does have is a budget stalemate. ... Keep Reading
Who would really bear the burden of the hospital tax to pay for Medicaid expansion?
Roy Cooper and other advocates want you to believe Medicaid expansion will place no financial burden on North Carolinians Cooper’s own budget proposal, however, recommends using ... Keep Reading
Why corporate welfare is not only unfair, but bad for the economy
It’s easy to see the new projects rewarded by government handouts But what about the “unseen,” i.e. the foregone opportunities society is deprived of? When politics, and not ... Keep Reading
How North Carolina conservatives brought state debt under control
While the federal government continues to rack up massive debt, North Carolina state government has seen a trend of declining state debt After decades of rapidly building up ... Keep Reading
