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Expand options for behavioral health
Given the stakes, we can’t afford to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. There is no such thing as perfection here. There are only differences in priorities.
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Broken clocks and corporate tax incentives
As data centers multiply and the debate about their unique demands on power and other resources develops, communities are rightly pausing to ask whether such incentives make sense.
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Lack of labels boosts policies’ popularity with NC voters
NC voters show strong support for education scholarships, reduced health care regulation, and more freedom for nurses to do their jobs.
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Lest we forget
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Six strings for success
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Denser cities won’t rely on transit
No, buses and trains will never carry a sizable share of North Carolina travelers. We simply place too high value on automobility for that.
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Mergers only make hospital monopolies worse
Healthy competition benefits consumers through lower prices and improved quality. With NC's hospital markets already highly concentrated, officials should regard further mergers with suspicion, especially those hurried through under the cloak of darkness.
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Okay, Zoomers… time to listen to the grandparents
Rather than attacking grandma and grandpa, GenZ should be trying to learn from them while they can.
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A veto override for school choice, parental rights, and accountability
Parents retain the primary responsibility and authority for the upbringing of their children, and parents do not owe failing systems their children’s futures.
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NC school boards should be courageous, protect girls’ privacy
The girls of Cabarrus County deserve the same Spartan courage Union County showed against Cooper, Cohen, and the left-wing administration in Raleigh.
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Federalist 20: Insufficiency of Present Confederation to Preserve Union cont..
Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be conclusive and sacred.
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