Opinion
Partisan decline is nothing new
In the past eight years, Democratic registration in North Carolina has dropped by about 128,000 voters while Republicans have gained 124,000 voters during the same period.
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Hole in the wall
Opinion
Probing progressive tax nostalgia
Ever since North Carolina enacted a major tax reform package in 2013, left-of-center politicians and pundits have lamented the disappearance of a progressive income tax. The reason for their disappointment is unclear. That disappointment is especially perplexing if their goal is to ensure that taxpayers with higher incomes pay larger percentages of their income in...
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Page turner?
Opinion
On reform, quicken the pace
The pause in North Carolina’s educational progress evident by the early 2000s is difficult to attribute to any particular policy change.
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Watch your back
Opinion
State economy is strong, and Republicans still deserve the credit
The Republicans have enjoyed majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly for nearly seven years now, and pretty soon Phil Berger and Tim Moore will be asking for two more. This is an appropriate time to assess their performance on the economy. Even under the Perdue and Cooper governorships, policy outputs were shaped greatly by House and Senate Republicans, and they have been...
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What happened
Opinion
Congress should take bold steps to keep feds out of local law enforcement
Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime. You may be charged with a crime, or you may not. It doesn’t matter, because, as it’s technically a civil action, law officials will still take your...
Opinion
Administration should consider public opinion on expansion of civil forfeiture
Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime. You may be charged with a crime, or you may not. It doesn’t matter, because, as it’s technically a civil action, law officials will still take your...
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The negotiator
Opinion
Four dates Carolinians should know
It’s worth taking a moment to remember key moments in American history when people from North Carolina played an outsized role in the fight for freedom.
