Chris Hayes and Max Borders This article originally appeared in the Greensboro News and Record. Imagine. You get a call from your stock broker. He says he's got a line on a ... Keep Reading
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Who Pays Taxes in North Carolina?
Lawmakers and political pundits around Raleigh are fond of discussing the issue of who is paying their “fair share” of taxes in North Carolina. Such rhetoric raises the ... Keep Reading
An Economic Stimulus Package for North Carolina
by Kyle Ward President Bush's approval of a $161 billion economic stimulus package raises some interesting questions regarding how state lawmakers might respond to the current ... Keep Reading
Tax Handouts to Business Unfair
This article first appeared in the Chapel Hill News, January 9, 2008. North Carolina's political leaders evidently spent $1.2 billion last year planning the state's economy, ... Keep Reading
Green Energy: Bootleggers, Baptists & Politicians
A version of this article appeared in the Clayton News. Got on your green-tinted lenses? Over the coming months, you’re going to need them. More stories about various new ... Keep Reading
Community Colleges Test Citizenship, Rule of Law
This article first appeared on December 15, 2007 in the Greensboro News & Record. What does it mean to be a citizen? The stir about illegal immigrants attending N.C. ... Keep Reading
Concord Speedway Deal: Legal Corruption
Corruption need not come via bagged cash in bathrooms. It’s happening all around us. Just ask the people of Concord. To change the names and places of the players in the ... Keep Reading
They’re in the S-Chips
Wow. Joe Coletti over at the Locker Room helps expose the poster child for SChip expansion for what he is: a kid whose parents can afford his insurance. ... Keep Reading
Incentives Won’t Create Jobs
The following article appeared in the Sunday September 16, 2007, edition of the Fayetteville Observer newspaper. Can state bureaucrats plan and grow the economy better than the ... Keep Reading
Incentives Tread all over Fairness
Originally appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer, Sept 14, 2007. North Carolinians who are still convinced that targeted incentives like those approved for Goodyear and ... Keep Reading
