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DOJ’s Google Ads suit would hurt NC small businesses like mine
Our advertising choices have grown significantly, and ads have become steadily less expensive and more effective. If Google had a monopoly, that's not what you'd expect to see.
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RFK back off ballot
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Lower taxes do attract key leaders
When Democrats attack pro-growth tax reform as “trickle-down economics,” I can understand their rhetorical intent. But the charge is silly on multiple levels — including the fact that every Democrat who ever serves in state or local office spends much time and effort trying to recruit business executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals to their communities....
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NC Medicaid expansion is hotbed for financial foul play
After expansion, total Medicaid enrollment in NC is now around 3 million, or 25% of residents. And research indicates 1/5 of funds are spent on “improper payments."
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Public school failures behind demand for private school vouchers
A government bureaucracy, even one with as many dedicated public servants as our public schools, will never care as much about a child's success as their parents do.
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Media assume foul play by Elon Musk’s PAC in NC
Publications, particularly those local to NC, lacked the basic level of journalistic scrutiny on the story, not bothering to review statutes or see how other organizations register voters.
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NC health resources strained as Medicare shortchanges doctors
With dwindling payments, many smaller, independent physician practices must cut back on staffing or services, stop seeing Medicare patients, or even close their doors completely.
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Remember Sept 12 unity as we tackle the border, our new national security imperative
It is time to view the threat to public safety posed by poor border security with Sept. 12 patriotism — unbound by political party or geography and with a commitment to future generations.
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Fiscally responsible paid family leave is possible, and needed
These plans are all optional, add no cost to the deficit, and put no mandates on businesses. It’s a “win-win," not only for families but for society as a whole.
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Cash for cuffs
Article 9 doesn’t say how “free public schools” should be organized or how student success is measured. Nor does it limit the scope of what the legislature can require schools to do.
