Opinion
History can teach both parties
When you craft public policy through an orderly process, you increase both the quality of legislation and the credibility of legislators.
Opinion
McCrory deserves credit for disaster-relief bill
Hyperbole is alive and well in Raleigh. The superlatives, at one point this week, were flying. Tuesday, lawmakers unanimously approved a $200.9 million disaster relief package for North Carolinians whose lives were uprooted this fall by Hurricane Matthew and western wildfires. The package, as we reported, includes $20 million to the Housing Trust Fund for...
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Fake news
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Ink versus pixels
Opinion
Defining ‘rain’ in the N.C. rainy day fund
Legislators consider new rules to guide use of N.C. state government's emergency savings reserve.
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Eye of the beholder
Opinion
State economy outpaces nation again
State Republicans believe their economic policies have helped North Carolina outperform most other states. They believe the voters largely agree. So expect more of the same.
Opinion
‘Court-packing’ fact check
The following editorial appeared in the December 2016 print edition of Carolina Journal: When it comes to plans to pack the N.C. Supreme Court with new members, the John Locke Foundation instigated nothing. Yet frenzied left-of-center partisans and even some mainstream media outlets fingered JLF as the source of an idea that circulated within the...
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Learning to question claims about ‘economic impact’
Economic development is a game, and it’s played by its own special set of rules. At its core, it involves taking public money and spending it on private companies, which is also presented as a gain for the public as a whole. That’s especially true for stadiums and other facilities built for sports teams, where...
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Mutual assured destruction
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Final flight
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Carolina lawmakers become leaders
Seniority isn’t the only pathway to influence in Washington. The two congressional Marks from North Carolina, Walker and Meadows, exemplify this development.
