What Is Your County Doing About Illegal Immigration? A Review Of Local Policies in North Carolina Many local and state officials claim their hands are tied when it comes to ... Keep Reading
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Less Affordable, Less Access, Less Coverage
Health Care Trends In North Carolina Since 2001 When it comes to the health care debate in North Carolina, four issues typically come to the forefront: affordability, access, ... Keep Reading
Cutting the Gas Tax: A Proposal
Proposal: Permanently cut North Carolina’s gas tax by more than a third, while increasing funding for high priority projects such as urban loops and intrastate highways by ... Keep Reading
The New Voter Myth
Popular opinion has proclaimed this to be the year of the new voter – one in which the surge in new registrants and their enthusiasm to vote will bring a “tidal ... Keep Reading
NC Senate Introduces More Than $500 million in Earmarks in 2008
In recent years, much attention and scrutiny has been placed on the use of “earmarks” in the Federal budget. The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) describes ... Keep Reading
Bullying Your Grandkids
USA Today is reporting that more and more boomers are worried they won't have Medicaid or Social Security benefits. It seems, though, that those in or near retirement -- ... Keep Reading
Debating Illegal Immigration at UNC
Editor’s Note: The following remarks are taken from a debate between Jameson Taylor and Jim Johnson that took place during the November 2007 Conference on Public ... Keep Reading
Earmark Extravaganza
In recent years, much attention and scrutiny has been placed on the use of “earmarks” in the Federal budget. The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) describes ... Keep Reading
Jessica’s Law: Coming Up Short
North Carolina’s Version of “Jessica’s Law” Would Not Have Protected Jessica Lunsford The General Assembly and the Governor have gleefully trumpeted the ... 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
