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Careful what you ask for …
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Give sales-tax windfall back
Funding core services and continuing to reform the income tax are laudable goals. But for now, let’s broaden and lower sales taxes at the same time.
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The humility of 1924 presidential nominees offers path to more optimistic future
The July 4 holiday has always provided Americans a welcomed pause for rest, reflection, celebration, and renewal. Never more so than in 2018. Less than two years ago, we endured one of the bitterest, most divisive elections in our history. Partisan rancor has now reached an unparalleled level and shows no sign of diminishing. Public trust...
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Happy Independence Day
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Avocado toast or filet mignon?
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Retiring lawmaker’s speech puts political tug of war in perspective
Rep. Jeff Collins points to history in defending the legislature's status as state government's dominant branch.
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Surprise!
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Patriots sought independence and freedom
To observe that the Americans whose representatives gathered in Philadelphia in 1776 were inconsistent in their commitments to freedom and self-government is not to deny the significance of what transpired that summer.
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Baby, please don’t go …
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Scholarship program is a worthwhile investment
Debate over the impact of the Opportunity Scholarship Program was renewed recently when N.C. State researchers Anna Egalite, D.T. Stallings, and Stephen Porter published a study that found “large positive impacts associated with voucher usage in North Carolina.” Their working paper is actually the fourth published analysis of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, the state’s voucher program for low-income...
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