Andrew Leager, the owner of Boylan Bridge Brewpub and the Special Projects woodworking shop, both in Raleigh, is just one of many business owners in North Carolina facing ... Keep Reading
Fiscal Policy
Shortsighted Government Regulations Harm Optometry Business
An Optometrist’s Journey Dr. Jay Bailey owns Professional Eye Associates in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a family-owned and -operated business where Bailey has accrued 23 ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Reform
This is the final installment of a four-part series outlining a blueprint for meaningful state budget reform for North Carolina. This article focuses on much-needed reform to the ... Keep Reading
State Health Plan for Employees and Retirees Reform
This is the third installment of a four-part series outlining a blueprint for meaningful state budget reform for North Carolina. This article focuses on the growing and ... Keep Reading
Reforms Needed for North Carolina’s Ailing Pension System
This is the second installment of a four-part series outlining a blueprint for meaningful budget reform for North Carolina. This article addresses an issue causing financial stress ... Keep Reading
A Blueprint for Budget Reform
The following article is the first installment of a four-part series tackling the issue of long-overdue budget reform in North Carolina. This article outlines some broad measures ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll Sheds Light on Economic Crisis
The experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it’s still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or ... Keep Reading
What the Tax-Free Weekend Can Teach Us
Did you venture out to purchase school supplies for your aspiring young scholar during our state’s tax-free weekend? Or, perhaps your child’s school days have long passed and you ... Keep Reading
Why We Should Eliminate the Minimum Wage
The growth of teenage unemployment has ominous implications for the future -- but there is a solution, if we are willing to face economic reality. According to a host of ... Keep Reading
Raleigh Businessman Gives the President A Sign
The founder of the iconic lunch haven Snoopy’s in Raleigh was so infuriated by President Obama saying he hadn’t built the business by himself he put up a sign to answer the ... Keep Reading
