Each visit to my local supermarket is startling. The prices of milk, meat, and other basics seem to be skyrocketing. It doesn’t take much digging to find out that food prices have risen in the last three years at highest rate since the Great Inflation of 1979-1983.
Could you imagine leaving a courthouse with absolution from a judge or jury — the charge is dismissed, or you’ve been found not guilty — but the criminal record of the prosecution continues to follow you? Unfortunately, that is the potential for all North Carolinians, as an estimated one million criminal records are active and...
“STOP the anti-immigrant bill, HB 10.” When I opened my inbox the above subject line repopulated hundreds of times. It piqued my interest, so I read a little further. The email continued with the assertion that: “This bill will make immigrants in our community feel unsafe and cause detrimental economic impacts on our state. We...
Most students and their families invest time, effort, and resources into higher education for vocational reasons. They expect the knowledge, skills, and relationships acquired at a college or university will lead to good jobs — which will, in turn, generate income for graduates to support themselves and their families as well as the satisfaction and...
Some legislators have proposed that the General Assembly send some tax money back to us. That sounds like fun. I have another idea: Use whatever money is in mind to pay down state debt. State debt currently stands at $8 billion. This would not change the state balance sheet. It would reduce the chance of...
The movement to have North Carolina join other states in exercising the call for an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the US Constitution has been brewing steadily in our state legislature since 2013. As consistent supporters and sponsors of the current Resolution HJR235, here are a few reasons we believe North Carolina needs...
A scholar from the libertarian Cato Institute recently publicized North Carolina's unique constitutional provision protecting economic liberty.
It’s National Charter Schools Week, and there is much to celebrate about North Carolina’s charter school movement. Public charter schools in our state now educate 145,000 students in 63 counties, and charter popularity continues to grow with families. In fact, the state’s charter school waitlist now features over 85,000 student names. Despite widespread popularity, however,...
