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Archive: Daily Journal
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A tale of two op-eds and the 2020 Senate race
Supporters of Sen. Thom Tillis and challenger Garland Tucker are focusing much of their attention on the opposing candidate's writing.
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More freedom means more businesses
Most entrepreneurs said in a recent study that they would be less likely to start a new enterprise in a place that increased regulatory and tax burdens.
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To understand appeal of charter schools, start by talking with parents
In 2011, Thom Tillis, Phil Berger, and the Republican leadership in the N.C. General Assembly removed the 100-school school cap included in the 1996 law that authorized the creation of charter schools, which are tuition-free public schools that have more freedom than district-run public schools. Removing the cap, along with…
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Increased standard deduction would make higher earners pay even larger share
A House budget proposal works to the advantage of lower-income taxpayers.
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Odd-year primaries yield normal outcomes
One conclusion to be drawn from the congressional primaries we’ve seen so far this year is that significant expenditure is a necessary but insufficient condition for electoral success.
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Certificate of Need: Government picking winners and losers
Texas did it in 1985. California did it in 1987. Pennsylvania did it in 1996. New Hampshire did it in 2016. Florida did it in 2019. I’m talking about states that repealed their Certificate of Need laws. CON laws were implemented by almost every state as a condition to receiving…
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State ranks high in college funding
Having previously ranked third, North Carolina now ranks sixth in higher-education appropriations per student — and in only seven other states is tuition lower as a share of revenues.
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General Assembly prepares for long, hot summer as budget battle looms
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the folks on Jones Street. After a week of subcommittee meetings, full appropriation consideration, input from the finance side, two rare Friday sessions, and two full days of debate, on Friday, May 3, the House passed its $23.9 billion General…
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New campaign against ABC reform rests on recycled arguments
Please, send this one back. It tastes bitter. Opponents of measures that would relax North Carolina’s arcane — punitive, even — ABC laws are running out of new arguments, which are becoming more pervasive, more hard-edged. The clock, they know, is ticking.