The sanctions shuffle
Context needed on school spending
If we are ever to make the best use of resources devoted to education, we need to find a better, less accusatory way to talk about school spending.
Paying for schools faster, cheaper, better
Imagine if you could buy a home with no debt. Wouldn’t you do that? State government has the option to do something similar with the State Capital and Infrastructure Fund, but Gov. Roy Cooper prefers debt. Both the legislature and the governor agree the state should spend $1.5 billion to $1.9 billion on public school...
Shadows lengthen
Taking it to the streets
Redistricting should favor voters
There’s no perfect way to draw electoral districts, but surely we can do better than the current system and the incessant political and legal strife it produces.
17 things in conference budget that protect and promote freedom
There will be parades, speeches, picnics, and gatherings across North Carolina this month to celebrate freedom. The General Assembly will be wrapping up its work, at least for the meantime, this month. In many of the public policy debates this session, it seems to me freedom is in peril. We saw it in the budget...
Celebrate freedom?
Song and dance man
Our revolution needs constant care
Each of us has a role to play in winding, adjusting, and repairing the clockwork of constitutional government — it’s the gift we should all give our country on its birthday.
State judges can consider Rucho ruling’s impact
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in a partisan gerrymandering case could influence a state court dispute involving the same topic.