Gov. Cooper this week declared that "not enough is being done to help rural N.C. counties build roads, expand high-speed internet, train people in job skills and find other ways to ... Keep Reading
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Your Auto Plant Will Cost How Much?
This N&O article discusses how North Carolina is reportedly still in the running for a Toyota-Mazda auto plant. It could be just a matter of weeks before Toyota announces ... Keep Reading
Event asks: Is there a link between school choice and economic development?
On first glance Wake Forest looks like many other cities in North Carolina ---- until you realize residents there have more school choice options than just about any other place ... Keep Reading
Comparing the Senate and House Econ Incentive Bills
Some tension is mounting between the NC Senate and Gov. McCrory's office over differences between their competing economic development plans. McCrory's plan was largely captured by ... Keep Reading
Details Emerging on NC Commerce Dep’t Changes
Per the N&O, NC Commerce Dep't Secretary Sharon Decker has provided a few details of the new administration's plans to shift some functions of the Commerce Dep't to a newly ... Keep Reading
The Real Fraud: Government ‘Economic Development’ Programs
This is Part II of a two-part series. The first part detailed the audit of the Raleigh Business and Technology Center, a “business incubator” in Southeast Raleigh. This part will ... Keep Reading
Anatomy of a Fraud: Inside the Audit of the Raleigh Business and Technology Center
This is Part I of a two-part series. The first part will detail the audit of the Raleigh Business and Technology Center. The second part will describe the growth of “economic ... Keep Reading
McCrory’s “Economic Development” Plan Avoids the Toughest Questions
Gov. McCrory's announcement yesterday to shift the state's economic development functions to a "private" nonprofit leaves many questions to be answered. How would this impact ... Keep Reading
N&O Fact Checker Observes Only Half the Story
The N&O fact checks a claim made by Walter Dalton in the recent Democratic gubernatorial debate regarding job creation numbers resulting from a corporate welfare economic ... Keep Reading
Government “Economic Development” Schemes Shift Power to the Elite
Government meddling in the market process, courtesy of corporate welfare and targeted tax breaks, is bad economics in large part due to the "knowledge problem" confronting a small ... Keep Reading
