Opinion
Economic liberty must be a priority for NC courts
It’s not too late to save our state’s unique free enterprise protections from a future as meaningless surplusage.
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Bad actor
Opinion
Picking winners is for losers
States with lower overall tax rates tend to make less use of targeted incentives. Those states also happen to grow faster than the desperate high-tax states throwing huge incentive grants around.
Opinion
N.C. lawmakers should continue to reject Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion would inexplicably hurt the most vulnerable North Carolinians.
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UNC will lower costs by practicing discipline, accountability
Higher costs slow the rate of college attainment, leading to slower job growth and a greater divide between those with a degree and those without.
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Talent on loan from God
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Defeating NCAE, parents and Republicans on the cusp of reopening schools.
Republicans last overrode a Cooper veto in August of 2018, on a bill dealing with judicial elections.
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Global cooling?
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Stop talking about priorities, governor, and open businesses, schools
Gov. Roy Cooper may not even realize it, but he’s fallen into a weird pattern of announcing priorities. Cooper issues executive orders — using broad powers granted him under the auspices of the N.C. Emergency Management Act — like a firefighter tossing out candy at a Christmas parade. That power, regardless of protests and lawsuits,...
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GOP-led legislature made sure we saved for this rainy day
North Carolina now consistently ranks among the best states in which to do business.
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Closing in
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I thought blacklisting was bad
Even perfectly legal private decisions to cancel people for their political opinions will, over time, weaken the culture of free expression. We need that culture.
