Avoiding top-down approach to disadvantaged districts
Lawmakers cannot expect to find a single "magic bullet" for boosting student performance in North Carolina's most challenging districts.
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Partisan control shapes state policies
Since the mid-1980s, transportation’s share of the state budget has been higher when the GOP held either the governorship or legislature and lower when Democrats had unified control.
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Americans should be skeptical of single-payer promises
Ten years ago, the passage of Obamacare vastly increased the federal government’s role in our health–care system. The health care overhaul was sold to the American people as a solution for skyrocketing costs and high uninsured rates. While some uninsured gained coverage, the law…
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What does freedom mean to you?
To be free is not necessarily to be happy. It certainly doesn’t make one free of social attachments, or capable of obtaining any particular goal.
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New craft beer law could be first of many needed alcohol reforms
Lawmakers have offered several proposals to repair the broken, outdated way the state governs alcohol through the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system. About a dozen bills, in fact, are moving through the General Assembly, and one, House Bill 363, the Craft Beer Distribution and Modernization Act, is now law.
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Boosting responsibility by turning off the spigot
State and local governments and spendthrift children could benefit from the same lesson.
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Boost health access by lowering cost
North Carolina should not let its licensing laws block rural residents from accessing out-of-state specialists as long as those physicians are in good standing with their home states’ medical boards.
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Budget standoff highlights policy differences
A version of this editorial appeared in the June 2019 print edition of Carolina Journal. To sign up for a free subscription, visit here. A week ago, the state Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion General Fund budget for the next fiscal year. The Senate and…
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Average teacher pay number comes under attack
The Public School Forum takes aim at one of North Carolina's most popular education statistics.
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Don’t play favorites with business taxes
Even if it were technically feasible and politically sustainable, it would still be grossly unfair to tax companies differently based on size, location, average wages, or industry.