From the time it was announced in January, the agreement between Gov. Roy Cooper and the companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline invited questions about its constitutionality, legality, and practicality. North Carolinians are poised to get answers when work by a subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental…
A common justification for more government spending on public schools is that such “investments” are a critical factor in driving businesses to a state. Presumably, the increase in spending leads to an increase in quality, and higher quality schools produce a more capable workforce. While there is some merit to…
North Carolina is one of the nation’s leaders in delivering value for each dollar spent on public services, and is getting better at that with each passing year.
The numbers tell a different story than the campaign rhetoric about recent performance of the N.C. Supreme Court.
Reliably Republican voters disagree among themselves on a variety of issues, as do voters in the Democratic coalition.
If we learned one thing during the devastation and recovery from Hurricanes Florence and Michael, it’s that setting aside more than $2 billion in savings for a rainy day was a very good idea. But that $2 billion didn’t just magically appear. It came from hard decisions, focused…
From Merriam-Webster: Carbon dioxide. A heavy colorless gas CO2 that does not support combustion, dissolves in water to form carbonic acid, is formed especially in animal respiration and in the decay or combustion of animal and vegetable matter, is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis, and is…
Even if the tax-cap amendment passes, future legislatures could raise North Carolina income taxes quite a bit if they deem it necessary — although that would be unwise and counterproductive.
Left-leaning partisans' generic complaints don't fit the proposals voters see on their election ballots.
Duke Energy’s $13 billion plan to modernize the power grid would raise average residential bill by 25 percent, or roughly $26 a month per household.
