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Recipe for good government
The documents that reflect the ingredients of good government have been preserved because of their importance to all North Carolinians.
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Backfire
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Budget deal sets up a busy week
As lawmakers finalize the details of that budget, I hope they take one more factor into consideration: NC is not adequately prepared for another natural or economic disaster.
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Integrating mental health into primary care saves lives, money
When mental health care is disconnected from primary care, those at highest risk often have the least coordinated support.
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Case pits NC constitutional right against local zoning restrictions
If Fairytale Farm gets a new hearing, the court might offer additional guidance to those who question local government restrictions of North Carolinians’ basic economic rights.
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Reform
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Public microschools: A necessary evolution for NC
Microschools represent an opportunity to redesign education around the needs of today’s learners. And with the public sector now leaning in, the conditions are finally aligning to make that vision sustainable at scale.
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As Congress writes transportation bill, rail must remain NC priority
Across NC, 21 freight railroads move everything from construction materials and grain to finished consumer goods. Two of the nation’s largest railroads — CSX and Norfolk Southern — intersect right in our region.
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Migration
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Affordable energy fosters economic growth
NC isn’t the only state where some localities are trying to slow or halt the construction of data centers. But the Institute for Energy Research says, “There is no statistically significant correlation between the number of data centers in a state and its current electricity prices.”
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NC’s Senate race may not be ‘most expensive in history’ after all
Whatley's fortunes will come down to a successful introduction to the voters, a real slip in Cooper's positive image, and good news on the national and international front in order to improve the economy and boost Trump's (and the overall GOP) favorability.
